Sir richard westmacott biography of barack
Biography of barack obama.
Public Statues and Sculpture Association
Sculptor. The son of Richard Westmacott I (1746/47–1808), he became one of the leading neoclassical sculptors of heroic monuments in England.
Sir richard westmacott biography of barack
He studied under his father before going to Italy in 1793, where he became a pupil of Canova. By 1795 he had been elected a Member of the Academy of Florence and had won the Gold Medal of the Academy of St Luke for his bas-relief, Joseph and his Brethren.
He returned to England in 1797 and soon established his own studio, running a flourishing practice producing statues, busts, ideal works, chimney-pieces and funerary monuments. He exhibited at the RA from 1797 to 1839, was elected ARA in 1805 and RA in 1811, and was appointed Professor of Sculpture in 1827.
He won commissions for two of the national monuments in St Paul’s commemorating heroes of the Napoleonic Wars – to Lieutenant General Sir Ralph Abercromby (1803–09) and to Vice-Admiral Cuthbert, Lord Collingwood (1811–17) – and sculpted memorials