George Frampton

Sir George James Frampton (18 June, 1860-21 May, 1928) was a notable British sculptor and leading member of the New Sculpture movement. [ [http://www.victorianweb.org/sculpture/read/6.html Benedict Reed, Henry Moore Lecturer in Sculpture Studies, University of Leeds "Subject in the New Sculpture" 2 January, 2005] ]

Early life and career

Frampton, the London-born son of a stone mason, began his working life in an architect's office before studying under William Silver Frith at the Lambeth School of Art. He went on to the Royal Academy Schools where he won the Gold Medal and Travelling Scholarship. From 1887 to 1890 Frampton undertook further study and work at the studio of Antonin Mercie in Paris. ["Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" George Frampton]

Frampton returned to England and took up a teaching position at the Slade School of Art in 1893. [ [http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/aboutus/history.html A Brief History of the Slade School of Art] ]
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Best Known Works

Among Frampton's notable public sculptures are the figures of Peter Pan playing a set of pipes, the lions at the British Museum and the Edith Cavell monument that stands outside the National Portrait Gallery, London. ["Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" "George Frampton"] There are seven casts of the Peter Pan statue, following an original commission by J. M. Barrie. [ [http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/kensington_gardens/peter_pan_statue.cfm Kensington Gardens] ] The statues are situated in

* Kensington Palace Gardens, London, England
* Sefton Park, Liverpool, England
* Brussels, Belgium
* Camden, New Jersey, United States
* Perth, Western Australia, Australia
* Toronto, Canada
* Bowring Park in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.

He was married to the artist Christabel Cockerell and had one son, the painter and etcher Meredith Frampton. ["Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" "George Frampton"]

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