Henry Albert Pegram

Henry Albert Pegram (July 27, 1862 – March 25, 1937Chamot, M.; Farr, D.; Butlin, M.: " [http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=1751&page=1&sole=y&collab=y&attr=y&sort=default&tabview=bio The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture] ," London 1964.] ) was a British sculptor, an exponent of the New Sculpture movement.

Life

Pegram was born in London and got his first artistic education at the West London School of Art. Already in 1881 and in 1883 he won prizes at the National Art Competitions. In 1881, he entered the Royal Academy schools, where he again won prizes in 1882, 1884, and 1886. In 1887 he left the school and worked until 1891 as assistant to Hamo Thornycroft. He became a member of the Art Workers’ Guild in 1890, an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1904 and finally a Royal Academician in 1922. From 1890 on, Pegram was commissioned for numerous building decorations and statues. In 1913, he was one of the ten sculptors selected to work on the city hall of Cardiff, for which he sculpted the figure of Llewelyn the Last.Quinlan, M.: " [http://www.web-mouse.co.uk/remembrance/extracts/britishwarmemorials/hf-bwm-pegram.htm Henry Alfred Pegram] ". URL last accessed 2008-08-22.] He died in 1937 in his home in Hampstead, London.

Prizes

*Bronze medal at the Paris International Exhibition of 1889 (for "Death Liberating a Prisoner")Wengraf, P.: " [http://www.patwengraf.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=6&tabindex=5&objectid=19884 Henry Alfred Pegram] ". URL last accessed 2008-08-22.]
*Gold medal at Dresden, 1897 (for "The Last Song")
*Silver medal at the Paris International Exhibition of 1900 (for a life-size plaster cast of "Sibylla Fatidica", a marble version was presented in 1904 to the Tate.)

Works (incomplete list)

*"Industry and Britannica", entrance of the Imperial Institute, London. (1891-1892)Lawson, G.: " [http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Pegram%2C_Henry_Alfred_(1862%E2%80%931937)%2C_sculptor Pegram, Henry Alfred] ", version of 2008-08-13. URL last accessed 2008-08-22.]
*"Ignis Fatuus" or "Misleading Light" (1889).
*"The Last Song" (1897).
*Bronze candelabra in St. Paul's, London (1897).
*"Sibylla Fatidica" (1900-1904).
*Reliefs at St Paul's Girls' School, Brook Green. (1903)Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group: " [http://www.maps.lbhf.gov.uk/sculptures/info.asp?ref=51 St Paul's Girls' School] ". URL last accessed 2008-08-22.]
*"The Bather" friezes at Buckingham Gate no. 20, Westminster, London.
*Statue of Thomas Browne in Norwich (1905).
*"Into the Silent Land" (1905).
*"By the Waters of Babylon" (1906).
*Statue of Sir John Logan Campbell in Auckland (unveiled May 24, 1906)." [http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=HNS19060525.2.35&cl=&srpos=0&st=1&e=-------en--1----0-all Unveiling the Campbell Statue] " Hawera & Normanby Star, May 25, 1906. URL last accessed 2008-08-22.]
*Stone frieze at the Ashton Webb building of the Birmingham University (1907).Royal Institute of Architects: " [http://www.ribapix.com/index.php?a=indexes&s=item&key=IYToxOntpOjA7czoxMjoiSHVtYW4gZmlndXJlIjt9&pg=16 Item RIBA20226] ". URL last accessed 2008-08-22.]
*Statue of Cecil Rhodes in Cape Town (1910).
*"Nereus and Galatea" (1911).
*"Chance" (1913).
*Figure of Llewelyn the Last at the City hall of Cardiff.
*"Ophelia and the River Gods" (1914).
*Edith Cavell monument in Norwich (1917).Cocke, R.; Cocke, S.: " [http://www.thenorwichsociety.co.uk/walks/pdfs/Public_Sculpture.pdf Public sculpture in central Norwich] ", The Norwich Society, 2007. URL last accessed 2008-08-22.]
*"Victory" on the War memorial at Cunard building, Liverpool.
*"Hylas" (1922), installed in 1933 in the Rose garden, Regent's Park, London.
*Preston War Memorial in Market Square, Preston, Lancashire (1926).
*Statue of Sir Robert Hart in Shanghai.

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