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Francis Derwent Wood BIOGRAPHY
1871 - 1926. Known for: Sculpture.
Francis Derwent Wood (d.1926) was born in Cumbria but educated in Switzerland and Germany, studying sculpture at Karlsruhe. Returning to Britain in 1889, he entered the Royal College of Arts under... Read full biography
Francis Derwent Wood (d.1926) was born in Cumbria but educated in Switzerland and Germany, studying sculpture at Karlsruhe. Returning to Britain in 1889, he entered the Royal College of Arts under the tutelage of Lanteri. The artist worked with Thomas Brock and assisted Alphonse Legros at the Slade... Read full biography
Francis Derwent Wood (d.1926) was born in Cumbria but educated in Switzerland and Germany, studying sculpture at Karlsruhe. Returning to Britain in 1889, he entered the Royal College of Arts under the tutelage of Lanteri. The artist worked with Thomas Brock and assisted Alphonse Legros at the Slade School of Art. In 1897, Wood was appointed modelling master at the Glasgow School of Art . Two years later, he won a competition for decorative sculpture at the Glasgow Art Gallery. His work consists... Read full biography
Francis Derwent Wood (d.1926) was born in Cumbria but educated in Switzerland and Germany, studying sculpture at Karlsruhe. Returning to Britain in 1889, he entered the Royal College of Arts under the tutelage of Lanteri. The artist worked with Thomas Brock and assisted Alphonse Legros at the Slade School of Art. In 1897, Wood was appointed modelling master at the Glasgow School of Art . Two years later, he won a competition for decorative sculpture at the Glasgow Art Gallery. His work consists of architectural, memorial and ideal sculpture, his best-known piece being being the monument to the Machine Gun Corps at Hyde Park Corner.
Francis Derwent Wood (d.1926) was born in Cumbria but educated in Switzerland and Germany, studying sculpture at Karlsruhe. Returning to Britain in 1889, he entered the Royal College of Arts under the tutelage of Lanteri. The artist worked with Thomas Brock and assisted Alphonse Legros at the Slade School of Art. In 1897, Wood was appointed modelling master at the Glasgow School of Art . Two years later, he won a competition for decorative sculpture at the Glasgow Art Gallery. His work consists of architectural, memorial and ideal sculpture, his best-known piece being being the monument to the Machine Gun Corps at Hyde Park Corner.
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Francis Derwent Wood (d.1926) was born in Cumbria but educated in Switzerland and Germany, studying sculpture at Karlsruhe.
Returning to Britain in 1889, he entered the Royal College of Arts under the tutelage of Lanteri. The artist worked with Thomas Brock and assisted Alphonse Legros at the Slade School of Art.
In 1897, Wood was appointed modelling master at the Glasgow School of Art . Two years later, he won a competition for decorative sculpture at the Glasgow Art Gallery.
His work consists of architectural, memorial and ideal sculpture, his best-known piece being being the monument to the Machine Gun Corps at Hyde Park Corner.