Sir William Reid Dick specialized in human and animal figures and was also commissioned to create various portraits. In the 'Slingboy' he has channeled the realism he employed for his many lifelike... Read full biography
Sir William Reid Dick specialized in human and animal figures and was also commissioned to create various portraits. In the 'Slingboy' he has channeled the realism he employed for his many lifelike portraits into an idealized expression of male youth. Reid Dick became an associate of the Royal... Read full biography
Sir William Reid Dick specialized in human and animal figures and was also commissioned to create various portraits. In the 'Slingboy' he has channeled the realism he employed for his many lifelike portraits into an idealized expression of male youth. Reid Dick became an associate of the Royal Academy in 1921, and was elected president of the Royal Society of British Sculptors from 1933-1938. He was appointed Sculptor in Ordinary to King George VI as well as Queen Elizabeth II and many of his... Read full biography
Sir William Reid Dick specialized in human and animal figures and was also commissioned to create various portraits. In the 'Slingboy' he has channeled the realism he employed for his many lifelike portraits into an idealized expression of male youth. Reid Dick became an associate of the Royal Academy in 1921, and was elected president of the Royal Society of British Sculptors from 1933-1938. He was appointed Sculptor in Ordinary to King George VI as well as Queen Elizabeth II and many of his works can be found in London's Parks and Squares, notably the bronze of George V opposite the House of Parliament, the Statue of Roosevelt in Grosvenor Square and the eagle atop the Royal Air Force Monument on The Embankment. Reid Dick first exhibited... Read full biography
Sir William Reid Dick specialized in human and animal figures and was also commissioned to create various portraits. In the 'Slingboy' he has channeled the realism he employed for his many lifelike portraits into an idealized expression of male youth. Reid Dick became an associate of the Royal Academy in 1921, and was elected president of the Royal Society of British Sculptors from 1933-1938. He was appointed Sculptor in Ordinary to King George VI as well as Queen Elizabeth II and many of his works can be found in London's Parks and Squares, notably the bronze of George V opposite the House of Parliament, the Statue of Roosevelt in Grosvenor Square and the eagle atop the Royal Air Force Monument on The Embankment. Reid Dick first exhibited his bronze of the Sling Boy at the Royal Academy in 1911. His first version was cast by the I... Read full biography
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