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Description: | The University has in its collection approximately 40 sculptures and busts. Highlights of the sculpture collection include a bronze ‘ Vulcan’ bequeathed by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi; a marble bust of Laura, after Canova; and a bronze statuette of Peter Pan by Sir George Frampton, after the Kensington Park figure, gifted by J.M Barrie, as well as busts of Robert Browning, George Bernard Shaw, Jan Smuts, D’Arcy Thompson, William Robertson (the historian), two portrait medallions of Andrew Lang (the poet and historian), and a medallion of Lieutenant General Robert Melville by James Tassie. A recent acquisition is a group of three sculptures, Three Samurai (1983), by Czech artist Jan Koblasa. | Subjects: | sculpture BUST Art fine art Decorative and Applied Art | Source: | University of St Andrews | Address: | KY16 9AJ | Creator: | University of St Andrews | Contributor: | University of St Andrews | Identifier: | HC:C28 | Language: | en-GB | Relation: | MC:C48 |
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