Ivan Mitford-Barberton
Ivan Graham Mitford-Barberton , ARCA , FRGS , ARBS, (born February 1, 1896 in Somerset East , † June 9, 1976 in Hout Bay ) was a South African sculptor and author .
Artistic career
Ivan Mitford-Barberton was a descendant of several families who were among the first British settlers in South Africa in 1820. He did his school education in Grahamstown . When he was twelve years old, his family moved to Kenya , where he came into contact with African and Arabic motifs that would later play an important role in his work. From 1915 to 1918 he served as a soldier in East Africa. From 1919 to 1922 he studied at the Grahamstown School of Art , and from 1923 at the Royal College of Art in London , under Henry Moore and Derwent Wood. During this time he traveled to France and Italy. In 1927 he returned to South Africa and opened a studio there.
Mitford-Barberton was an active member of the South African Society of Arts and taught art at the Michaelis School of Fine Art in Cape Town . He designed the Jock of the Bushveld memorial in Barberton , a place his ancestors helped found. In the 1930s he designed parts of the exterior and interior decoration of the Mutual Building (now Mutual Heights ) in Cape Town, completed in 1939 , which at that time was the tallest building in Africa at 91 meters ( apart from the pyramids ). The outer facade was equipped with a 120 meter long granite frieze and nine, four meter high figures. The bronze statue of the Hout Bay Leopard in a district of Cape Town where he lived is also his work.
From 1947 to 1961 Ivan Mitford-Barberton was a member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors , from 1957 to 1961 a fellow of the society and a member of the Cape Town Theosophical Lodge . Mitford-Barberton was regarded as a capacity in the field of heraldry , also designed new coats of arms and was a member of the Heraldry Council of South Africa.
Ivan Mitford-Barberton wrote several books on the history of his family and the first British settlers in South Africa (" 1820 Settlers ").
Publications
- The Barbers of the Peak . 1934
- Ivan Mitford-Barberton, sculptor . 1962
- With Violet White: Some Frontier Families: Biographical Sketches of 100 Eastern Province Families Before 1840 . 1969
- Comdt. Holden Bowker. An 1820 Settler Book Including Unpublished Records of the Frontier Wars. 1970
- With Raymond Mitford-Barberton: The Bowkers of Tharfield .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ivan Graham Mitford-Barberton on 1820settlers.co.uk
- ↑ Ivan Graham MITFORD-BARBERTON on vgallery.co.za
- ↑ Ivan Graham aca Frgs Mitford-Barberton on sahistory.org.za
- ^ History of Cape Town Theosophical Lodge on theosophy.org.za
- ↑ Flag & Shield on roodepoortinfo.co.za
Web links
- 'Ivan Mitford-Barberton', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 , accessed June 28, 2013
- Ivan Mitford-Barberton on bowker.info
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mitford-Barberton, Ivan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mitford-Barberton, Ivan Graham |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 1, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Somerset East |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 1976 |
| Place of death | Hout Bay |