C.J. Allen

Charles John Allen (1862 - 1956) was a British sculptor, a figure in the New Sculpture movement.

Born in Greenford, Middlesex, Allen apprenticed with the London architectural sculpture firm Farmer & Brindley in 1879 and became the assistant to Hamo Thornycroft for four years. In 1894 Allen moved to Liverpool, where he spent more than thirty years as a respected teacher at the University of Liverpool and Vice-Principal at the Liverpool City School of Art.

Work at:

* two allegorical panels for St. George's Hall, Liverpool, 1894
* work at the Liverpool University College (now University of Liverpool) with architect Alfred Waterhouse, 1895
* frieze for the Royal Insurance Building, Liverpool, circa 1897
* panels and other work for the Peres Bank, Leicester, circa 1900
* the 1906 monument to Queen Victoria, Liverpool, Allen's masterwork
* architectural sculpture for the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Building, 1927

References

* [http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/speel/sculpt/allencj.htm online biography and portrait]