John Henry Foley
John Henry Foley (born May 24, 1818 in Dublin , † August 27, 1874 in London ), often referred to as JH Foley , was an Irish sculptor . His statues by Daniel O'Connell in Dublin and those of Prince Albert for the Albert Memorial in London are best known .
Life
Foley was born in the family of glass blower Jesse Foley on 6 Montgomery Street in Dublin. He had two sisters. At that time, the area in Dublin was known as a bohemian quarter. In 1831, Foley began at the Royal Dublin Society for drawing and modeling study . During this time he won his first art prizes. Four years later he moved to live with his brother Edward in London . In the English capital he moved to the Royal Academy of Arts . Foley was able to open his first exhibition as early as 1839 and became known for his work Jugend am Bach (Hermaphrodite). He entered the Royal Academy in 1849 and became a full member in 1858 .
Due to his first sensational successes, he quickly received many orders and opened his own studio .
Henry Foley was married to Mary Anne Gray. Foley died in Hampstead, north London and was buried in the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral on September 4, 1874. His work models were sent to the Royal Dublin Society , where Foley began his artistic training. Foley's classmate and future assistant in his studio, Francis John Williamson also became a successful sculptor.
In front of the main facade of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London is a statue of John Foley as a gaunt figure with a mustache.
Montgomery Street in Dublin was later renamed Foley Street in his honor.
Works (selection)
- chronological -
- 1839: Ino and Bacchus
- 1844: Hermaphrodite ( Youth Stream ) for the decoration of the Houses of Parliament ,
cast in bronze by J. Hadfield for the 1851 World's Fair - 1847: John Hampden for St. Stephen's Hall in the Palace of Westminster
- 1851: a 10,000 £ doped order to produce sculptures of Caractacus and Egeria for the Egyptian room at the mansion of London Corporation
- 1860: The Elder Brother from Comus ; Foley's thesis
- 1847, 1853 and 1866: John Hampden , John Selden and Charles Barry each for Westminster Palace
- Between 1831 and 1869 the Royal Academy showed an exhibition of selected sculptures by Foley.
- 1854: Memorial James Stuart for Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka )
- 1861: Oliver Goldsmith (drawn up in 1864) and Edmund Burke (1868), in front of Trinity College , Dublin
- 1862: Memorial Brigadier General John Nicholson , Lisburn Cathedral
- ? Joshua Reynolds (marble), at the Tate Gallery
- 1864: a symbolic stone group for the continent Asia ,
other sculptors created three further continent symbol groups. All statues were given their place at the four corners of the George Gilbert Scott Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens - 1864: Memorial Father Matthew , campaigner for abstinence , Cork
- 1866: The Muse of Drawing , a monument to the painter James Ward , in Kensal Green Cemetery
- 1867: Michael Faraday
- 1868: Bronze statue of Prince Albert , which was intended for the center of the memorial. The original design was by Carlo Marochetti, who died while working.
- 1868: Lord Clyde , Glasgow
- 1869: Sir Dominic Corrigan (marble), in the cemetery chapel of the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin
- 1873: John Stuart Mill , situated on the River Thames in London
- Posthumously there was another retrospective at the Royal Academy in 1875.
- 1876: Sir BL Guinness , Dublin; completed by Foley's staff
- Field Marshal Hughes Gough, formerly in Phoenix Park , Dublin, now in front of Chillingham Castle ; also completed by his staff after Foley's death
Foley bequeathed the majority of his works to the artist Benevolent Fund .
Statue of Benjamin Guinness in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
Hermaphrodite in Stratford-upon-Avon
Michael Faraday in London
Reformer Benjamin Matthew in St. Patrick's street Cork
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Sources:
Catalog of the Sculpture, Paintings, Engravings, and Other Works of Art belonging to the Corporation, together with the Books not included in the Catalog of the Guildhall Library. Part the first. Printed for the use of the members of the Corporation of London. 1867, pp. 43-47.
John T. Turpin: Catalog of the Sculpture of JH Foley . Dublin Historical Record 1979, 32, pp. 108-118.
WC Monkhouse: The Works of JH Foley. 1875.
Destruction of factories in Ireland
After the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922, some of Foley's works were removed or destroyed as the persons honored were inconsistent with Irish independence. These included the sculptures of Lord Carlisle , Lord Dunkellin (in Galway ) and Field Marshal Hughes Gough in Phoenix Park in Dublin. The statue of Lord Dunkellin was beheaded and thrown into the river.
literature
- Foley, John Henry . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 10 : Evangelical Church - Francis Joseph I . London 1910, p. 599 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
- John T. Turpin: The Career and Achievement of John Henry Foley, Sculptor (1818-1874) . In: Dublin Historical Record . tape 32 , no. 2 , March 1979, ISSN 0012-6861 , p. 42-53 , JSTOR : 30104301 .
Web links
- Full biography and all of the artist's works on biography JH Foley. libraryireland.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Homan Potterton: The O'Connell Monument. Dublin. 1973.
- ↑ a b biography of JH Foley on libraryireland.com; Retrieved June 25, 2014.
- ↑ AP Behan: Bye Bye Century! In: Dublin Historical Record. 54, No. 1, Old Dublin Society 2011, pp. 82-100.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Foley, John Henry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Foley, JH |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 24, 1818 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dublin |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 27, 1874 |
| Place of death | London |