Charles Wheeler (sculptor)

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Sir Charles Thomas Wheeler PRA , KCVO , CBE (born March 14, 1892 in Codsall , South Staffordshire , † August 22, 1974 in Mayfield , East Sussex ) was a British sculptor , painter and medalist .

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Charles Wheeler was born the son of a journalist and grew up in Wolverhampton . From 1908 he studied at the Wolverhampton School of Art with Robert Jackson Emerson and made his first work as a medalist during this time. In 1912 he moved to London and studied from 1912 to 1917 on a scholarship at the Royal College of Art, among others with Édouard Lantéri . From 1914 his work was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts . In 1918 he married the sculptor and painter Muriel born in St. Peter's Collegiate Church in Wolverhampton. Bourne. Robert Jackson Emerson, the former teacher of both artists, designed a bronze medallion for the occasion.

Charles Wheeler became an Associate Member of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1934 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1935 ; from 1944 to 1949 he was its president. In 1940 he was elected a full member of the Royal Academy of Arts. From 1956 to 1966 he was the first sculptor to be its president. From 1942 to 1949 he was a trustee of the Tate Gallery , and in 1953 he was a founding member and president of the Society of Portrait Sculptors .

The sculptural works of Charles Wheeler were mainly building sculptures , sculptures , statues and busts made of stone and bronze . He also does oil paintings and watercolors , especially portraits and landscapes . He was a member of the Royal Watercolor Society and the Royal Society of Portrait Painters .

Charles Wheeler's writings are archived at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds , where some of his works are also located.

Works

  • 1926: Mother and Child in Lindenholz ; this group was later made (partly under the name Madonna and Child ) in stone and bronze; Charles Wheeler made it with the method of direct carving at the entrance of Winchester College , in 1956 it was installed in gilded bronze in the Manchester Cathedral
Mary of Nazareth, St James's Church, Piccadilly
  • 1930–1937: Sculptures for the Bank of England
  • 1934: bronze statue of Muriel Wheeler
  • 1934: Winged Springbok in Trafalgar Square , London
  • 1934: two statues of Mercurius in Temple Place, London
  • 1944, erected in 1975: Mary of Nazareth in St James's Church in Piccadilly
  • 1948: Bronze bust of John Jellicoe for the memorial fountain in Trafalgar Square, London
  • 1948: Sculpture groups for the memorial fountain for John Jellicoe in Trafalgar Square, London
  • 1950s in collaboration with Gerald Giudici (1896–1969): Earth and Water in front of the Ministry of Defense building in Whitehall , London
  • 1952/1955: Sculptures for the Merchant Marine Memorial on Tower Hill , London
  • 1952–1954: Sculptures for the three Naval Memorials in Chatham , Portsmouth and Plymouth
  • 1962: Bronze group Hercules and the Lion and St George and the Dragon in Lombard Street , London
  • 1964: Bronze statue of Thomas Paine on King Street in Thetford
  • 1969: Fountain of Poseidon as a gift from Barclays Bank to London on Lombard Street
  • 1974 (revealed): Lady Wulfruna outside St. Peter's Collegiate Church in Wolverhampton

painting

  • 1941: self-portrait
  • The Hollow in the Downs

Medals

  • Medal awarded for Golden Youth for Robert Jackson Emerson

Honors

Exhibitions

Charles Wheeler exhibited a total of 55 works in the Royal Academy of Arts from 1914. Other exhibitions were:

  • 1918–1943: Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (1918 A Portrait , 1926 AW Bourne, Esq. (His father-in-law), 1935 Lawrence of Arabia , 1937 Ariel of the Bank and South Wind , 1945 The Offspring )
  • 1933: Aberdeen Artists' Society (several works)
  • 1935–1967: Royal Scottish Academy (1935, 1937 (2 works), 1938 (2 works), 1939 (3 works), 1956, 1967)
  • 1948, 1957, 1960: London County Council

Fonts

  • High relief. The autobiography of Charles Wheeler, sculptor. Country Life Books, Feltham 1968, OCLC 59739769 .

literature

Web links

Commons : Charles Wheeler  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Muriel Wheeler on blackcountryhistory.org
  2. ↑ The Wheeler Medallion on blackcountryhistory.org
  3. ↑ Sir Charles Wheeler, PRA on the Royal Academy of Arts website
  4. ^ Catherine Moriarty: "The Sea Goeth it All About": Maritime Themes in British Public Sculpture. Mémoire sculptée de l'europe, Council of Europe. Strasbourg, December 2001, p. 8, footnote 6 (PDF; 492 kB)
  5. ↑ A – Z of archive collections held at the Henry Moore Institute ( Memento of the original from September 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. and Talking Heads ( memento of the original from September 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Henry Moore Institute website  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.henry-moore-fdn.co.uk @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.henry-moore-fdn.co.uk
  6. ↑ Mother and Child on Wolverhampton Arts and Museums
  7. ↑ The Winchester Madonna on peterberthoud.co.uk
  8. ↑ Terry Wyke, Harry Cocks: Public Sculpture of Greater Manchester. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool 2004, ISBN 0-85323-557-0 , p. 60 ( limited preview in Google book search)
  9. ↑ Winged Springbok on vanderkrogt.net
  10. ↑ Two statues of Mercury on vanderkrogt.net
  11. ↑ Christopher Hibbert, Ben Weinreb, John Keay, Julia Keay: The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-4050-4925-2 , p. 765 ( limited preview in Google book search)
  12. ↑ John Jellicoe on vanderkrogt.net
  13. ^ Memorial Fountain to John Jellicoe on vanderkrogt.net
  14. ^ Ministry of Defense, Horse Guards Avenue SW1
  15. ↑ Tower Hill Memorial - World War II extension on vanderkrogt.net
  16. ^ Catherine Moriarty: "The Sea Goeth it All About": Maritime Themes in British Public Sculpture. Mémoire sculptée de l'europe, Council of Europe. Strasbourg, December 2001, p. 5 (PDF; 492 kB)
  17. ↑ Chatham Naval Memorial on vanderkrogt.net
  18. ↑ Christopher Hibbert, Ben Weinreb, John Keay, Julia Keay: The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-4050-4925-2 , p. 194 ( limited preview in Google book search)
  19. ↑ Thomas Paine on vanderkrogt.net
  20. ↑ Christopher Hibbert, Ben Weinreb, John Keay, Julia Keay: The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-4050-4925-2 , p. 194 ( limited preview in Google book search)
  21. ↑ Lady Wulfruna and Wolverhampton's Sculptor Son ( Memento of the original from November 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on blackcountrybugle.co.uk  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.blackcountrybugle.co.uk
  22. ↑ George Thomas Noszlopy, Fiona Waterhouse: Public Sculpture of Staffordshire and the Black Country. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool 2005, ISBN 0-85323-989-4 , p. 190 ( limited preview in Google book search)
  23. ↑ Self Portrait on blackcountryhistory.org
  24. ↑ The Hollow in the Downs at Wolverhampton Arts and Museums
  25. ↑ Medal awarded for Golden Youth at Wolverhampton Arts and Museums
personal data
SURNAME Wheeler, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wheeler, Charles Thomas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British sculptor, painter and medalist
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Codsall , South Staffordshire
DATE OF DEATH 22nd August 1974
Place of death Mayfield , East Sussex