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'''James Woodford''' (1893–1976) was an [[England|English]] [[sculptor]]
'''James Woodford''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|RA}} (1893–1976) was an English [[sculptor]].


==Life==
==Life==
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Woodford designed the bronze doors of the 1930s extension of the Liverpool Blind School in Hope Street. The doors were later transferred to the new Blind School when it moved to Wavertree, a suburb of Liverpool.
Woodford designed the bronze doors of the 1930s extension of the Liverpool Blind School in Hope Street. The doors were later transferred to the new Blind School when it moved to Wavertree, a suburb of Liverpool.


In 1934 Woodford created a monumental pair of doors for the headquarters of the [[Royal Institute of British Architects]] at 66 Portland Place, London. They each weigh one-and-a-half tons, the deep relief designs showing the River Thames and various London buildings. He also made figures on the exterior columns, interior ceiling [[plaster]] [[relief]]s depicting the main periods of English architecture and various building trades and crafts, and stone window-pieces depicting building through the ages.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lMBNAAAAYAAJ&q=london+statues&dq=london+statues&hl=en&ei=R5SOTY3pEsyGhQeCtOW7Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA |title=London's Statues: a guide to London's outdoor statues and sculpture |author=Byron, Arthur |publisher=Constable |year=1981 |isbn=978-0-09-463430-5 |pages=348, 353}}</ref> Four years later he made a set of 18 sculptured [[roundel]]s for the six [[bronze]] doors of [[City Hall, Norwich|Norwich City Hall]], each depicting a manual trade that had been practised in the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thenorwichsociety.co.uk/pdfs/Public_Sculpture.pdf |title=Public Sculpture in Central Norwich |publisher= |accessdate=30 May 2011}}</ref>[[File:RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London.jpg|thumb|Detail from the doors at 66 Portland Place.]]
In 1934 Woodford created a monumental pair of doors for the headquarters of the [[Royal Institute of British Architects]] at 66 Portland Place, London. They each weigh one-and-a-half tons, the deep relief designs showing the River Thames and various London buildings. He also made figures on the exterior columns, interior ceiling [[plaster]] [[relief]]s depicting the main periods of English architecture and various building trades and crafts, and stone window-pieces depicting building through the ages.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lMBNAAAAYAAJ&q=london+statues&dq=london+statues&hl=en&ei=R5SOTY3pEsyGhQeCtOW7Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA |title=London's Statues: a guide to London's outdoor statues and sculpture |author=Byron, Arthur |publisher=Constable |year=1981 |isbn=978-0-09-463430-5 |pages=348, 353}}</ref> Four years later he made a set of 18 sculptured [[roundel]]s for the six [[bronze]] doors of [[City Hall, Norwich|Norwich City Hall]], each depicting a manual trade that had been practised in the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thenorwichsociety.co.uk/pdfs/Public_Sculpture.pdf |title=Public Sculpture in Central Norwich |publisher= |accessdate=30 May 2011}}</ref>[[File:RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London.jpg|thumb|Detail from the doors at 66 Portland Place.]]


Woodford did some decorative work for the liner [[RMS Queen Mary]], carving wooden screens and designing bronze uplighters for the cabin class smoking room.<ref>{{cite book |title=Designing liners: a history of interior design afloat |last=Wealleans |first=Anne |year=2006 |publisher=Taylor and Francis |location= |isbn=978-0-415-37466-8 |page=126 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=U_hd3DfNYioC&printsec=frontcover |accessdate=6 August 2011}}</ref> Another commission around this time was for the facade of the fashionably decorated Good Intent restaurant in [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]], where he carved large wooden reliefs of a mermaid and two seahorses.<ref>{{cite book |title=Edward Halliday: art for life, 1925–1939 |last=Compton |first=Ann |author2=Edward Halliday |year=1988 |publisher=Liverpool University Press |isbn=978-0-85323-972-7 |page=35 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=no5eCPjZapgC&dq=%22james+woodford%22+sculptor&source=gbs_navlinks_s |accessdate=6 August 2011}}</ref>
Woodford did some decorative work for the liner [[RMS Queen Mary]], carving wooden screens and designing bronze uplighters for the cabin class smoking room.<ref>{{cite book |title=Designing liners: a history of interior design afloat |last=Wealleans |first=Anne |year=2006 |publisher=Taylor and Francis |location= |isbn=978-0-415-37466-8 |page=126 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=U_hd3DfNYioC&printsec=frontcover |accessdate=6 August 2011}}</ref> Another commission around this time was for the facade of the fashionably decorated Good Intent restaurant in [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]], where he carved large wooden reliefs of a mermaid and two seahorses.<ref>{{cite book |title=Edward Halliday: art for life, 1925–1939 |last=Compton |first=Ann |author2=Edward Halliday |year=1988 |publisher=Liverpool University Press |isbn=978-0-85323-972-7 |page=35 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=no5eCPjZapgC&dq=%22james+woodford%22+sculptor&source=gbs_navlinks_s |accessdate=6 August 2011}}</ref>


For the coronation ceremony of [[Queen Elizabeth II]] in 1953, Woodford made a set of ten plaster sculptures of the [[Queen's Beasts]], each {{convert|6|ft|m}} tall to be placed at the entrance of [[Westminster Abbey]]. He went on to make a set of [[Portland stone]] replicas which an anonymous donor presented to [[Kew Gardens]] in 1956. They now stand on the Palm House Terrace.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/garden-attractions-A-Z/Palm-House-Parterres.htm |title=Palm House Parterres |author= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=30 May 2011}}</ref>
For the coronation ceremony of [[Queen Elizabeth II]] in 1953, Woodford made a set of ten plaster sculptures of the [[Queen's Beasts]], each {{convert|6|ft|m}} tall to be placed at the entrance of [[Westminster Abbey]]. He went on to make a set of [[Portland stone]] replicas which an anonymous donor presented to [[Kew Gardens]] in 1956. They now stand on the Palm House Terrace.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/garden-attractions-A-Z/Palm-House-Parterres.htm |title=Palm House Parterres |author= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=30 May 2011}}</ref>


In the 1950s Woodford made a set of reliefs representing the four elements for the [[Lloyd's of London|Lloyds]] building in Lime Street in the City of London. They were placed very high up; Arthur Byron in "London's Statues" describes them as "barely visible."<ref>{{cite book |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lMBNAAAAYAAJ&q=london+statues&dq=london+statues&hl=en&ei=R5SOTY3pEsyGhQeCtOW7Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA |title=London's Statues: a guide to London's outdoor statues and sculpture |author=Byron, Arthur |publisher=Constable |year=1981 |isbn=978-0-09-463430-5 |page=288}}</ref> Following the demolition of the building they were installed on a wall at street level as part of the landscaping of the [[Willis Building (London)|Willis Building]] on the same site.
In the 1950s Woodford made a set of reliefs representing the four elements for the [[Lloyd's of London|Lloyds]] building in Lime Street in the City of London. They were placed very high up; Arthur Byron in "London's Statues" describes them as "barely visible."<ref>{{cite book |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lMBNAAAAYAAJ&q=london+statues&dq=london+statues&hl=en&ei=R5SOTY3pEsyGhQeCtOW7Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA |title=London's Statues: a guide to London's outdoor statues and sculpture |author=Byron, Arthur |publisher=Constable |year=1981 |isbn=978-0-09-463430-5 |page=288}}</ref> Following the demolition of the building they were installed on a wall at street level as part of the landscaping of the [[Willis Building (London)|Willis Building]] on the same site.


In 1951 he made the bronze statue of [[Robin Hood]] that stands near the gates of [[Nottingham Castle]].<ref>http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/NM/SB0049.htm</ref> In 1962 he modelled a new version of the royal coat of arms for use on major public buildings such as courts and embassies for the [[Ministry of Works (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Public Buildings]];<ref name=arms /> the ''Times'' said it was "more shapely than the old design, and displays the Lion and Unicorn with greater vigour".<ref name=arms>{{cite news|title=New Design for Royal Arms|newspaper=The Times (London)|date=29 December 1962|page=8}}</ref>
In 1951 he made the bronze statue of [[Robin Hood]] that stands near the gates of [[Nottingham Castle]].<ref>http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/NM/SB0049.htm</ref> In 1962 he modelled a new version of the royal coat of arms for use on major public buildings such as courts and embassies for the [[Ministry of Works (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Public Buildings]];<ref name="arms" /> the ''Times'' said it was "more shapely than the old design, and displays the Lion and Unicorn with greater vigour".<ref name="arms">{{cite news|title=New Design for Royal Arms|newspaper=The Times (London)|date=29 December 1962|page=8}}</ref>


He was elected an associate of the [[Royal Academy]] in 1937 and became a full member in 1945.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.racollection.org.uk/ixbin/indexplus?_IXACTION_=file&_IXFILE_=templates/full/person.html&_IXTRAIL_=Academicians&person=5988 |title=James Woodford, R.A. |publisher=Royal Academy of Arts |accessdate=2011-03-27}}</ref>
He was elected an associate of the [[Royal Academy]] in 1937 and became a full member in 1945.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.racollection.org.uk/ixbin/indexplus?_IXACTION_=file&_IXFILE_=templates/full/person.html&_IXTRAIL_=Academicians&person=5988 |title=James Woodford, R.A. |publisher=Royal Academy of Arts |accessdate=2011-03-27}}</ref>
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For the Bishop of Ely, see James Woodford (bishop). For the author of The Diary of a Country Parson, see James Woodforde.

James Woodford RA (1893–1976) was an English sculptor.

Life

Woodford was born in Nottingham in 1893. His father was a lace designer. Woodford started studying at the Nottingham School of Art, but his studies were curtailed when he enlisted during the First World War. After the war, he continued his training at the Royal College of Art in London. He was Rome Scholar in 1922–25.[1]

Woodford designed the bronze doors of the 1930s extension of the Liverpool Blind School in Hope Street. The doors were later transferred to the new Blind School when it moved to Wavertree, a suburb of Liverpool.

In 1934 Woodford created a monumental pair of doors for the headquarters of the Royal Institute of British Architects at 66 Portland Place, London. They each weigh one-and-a-half tons, the deep relief designs showing the River Thames and various London buildings. He also made figures on the exterior columns, interior ceiling plaster reliefs depicting the main periods of English architecture and various building trades and crafts, and stone window-pieces depicting building through the ages.[2] Four years later he made a set of 18 sculptured roundels for the six bronze doors of Norwich City Hall, each depicting a manual trade that had been practised in the city.[3]

Detail from the doors at 66 Portland Place.

Woodford did some decorative work for the liner RMS Queen Mary, carving wooden screens and designing bronze uplighters for the cabin class smoking room.[4] Another commission around this time was for the facade of the fashionably decorated Good Intent restaurant in Chelsea, where he carved large wooden reliefs of a mermaid and two seahorses.[5]

For the coronation ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, Woodford made a set of ten plaster sculptures of the Queen's Beasts, each 6 feet (1.8 m) tall to be placed at the entrance of Westminster Abbey. He went on to make a set of Portland stone replicas which an anonymous donor presented to Kew Gardens in 1956. They now stand on the Palm House Terrace.[6]

In the 1950s Woodford made a set of reliefs representing the four elements for the Lloyds building in Lime Street in the City of London. They were placed very high up; Arthur Byron in "London's Statues" describes them as "barely visible."[7] Following the demolition of the building they were installed on a wall at street level as part of the landscaping of the Willis Building on the same site.

In 1951 he made the bronze statue of Robin Hood that stands near the gates of Nottingham Castle.[8] In 1962 he modelled a new version of the royal coat of arms for use on major public buildings such as courts and embassies for the Ministry of Public Buildings;[9] the Times said it was "more shapely than the old design, and displays the Lion and Unicorn with greater vigour".[9]

He was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1937 and became a full member in 1945.[10]

References

  1. ^ ""Mask",1933". Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  2. ^ Byron, Arthur (1981). London's Statues: a guide to London's outdoor statues and sculpture. Constable. pp. 348, 353. ISBN 978-0-09-463430-5.
  3. ^ "Public Sculpture in Central Norwich" (PDF). Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  4. ^ Wealleans, Anne (2006). Designing liners: a history of interior design afloat. Taylor and Francis. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-415-37466-8. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  5. ^ Compton, Ann; Edward Halliday (1988). Edward Halliday: art for life, 1925–1939. Liverpool University Press. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-85323-972-7. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  6. ^ "Palm House Parterres". Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  7. ^ Byron, Arthur (1981). London's Statues: a guide to London's outdoor statues and sculpture. Constable. p. 288. ISBN 978-0-09-463430-5.
  8. ^ http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/NM/SB0049.htm
  9. ^ a b "New Design for Royal Arms". The Times (London). 29 December 1962. p. 8.
  10. ^ "James Woodford, R.A." Royal Academy of Arts. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
  • James Woodford An article on The National Archives website with photographs of many of Woodford's works and further details of his service in The Great War.
  • Royal Academy Summary biography
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