Morton Edwards
The Bather
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维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆
倫敦, 英国
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- 此状态始于
- 2026年9月25日
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- 博物馆自己的馆藏数据
About the sculpture
The Museum purchased this figure direct from the sculptor, Morton Edwards (1834-1917), in 1872. In his Guide to Modelling in Clay and Wax (1879) Edwards commented on the interest in tinted statuary, noting that John Gibson had revived the process of colouring marble, and that 'there seems to have been latterly a much more favourable opinion respecting its employment, for there are many who think very highly of the results obtained by colouring or tinting marble statues both among sculptors and artists. ... The public generally say, "Give us a picture - sculpture is too cold"; and they are in a measure right. What should we say of anyone who esteemed a black and white crayon drawing of a picture more than the picture itself in all its glory of colour?'
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Edwards was born in London. In 1879 he published 'A Guide to Modelling in Clay and Wax', in which he described himself as Professor of Modelling, Secretary of the Society of Sculptors 1862; editor of the Fine Arts Magazine and Sculptors' Journal 1863; Secretary of Literary and Artistic Society 1872 and Secretary of the Glyptic Society in 1876. In the preface he noted that he studied under William Behnes [q.v.] from 1852 to 1845, and in Rome under John Gibson [q.v.] in 1859. According to Susan Rich, a descendant of Edwards, he spent 27 years in the United States, and in 1910 was planning to return to London from San Francisco, in order to raise funds to finance his book 'The History of Sculpture from the earliest period to the present time'.
维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆
作品信息
- 馆藏编号
- 372-1872
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