Born in Cardiff as William Goscombe John but he adopted Goscombe. He travelled across Europe and studied with Rodin. Worked in the "new sculpture" style. When he and his wife Marthe returned to the UK in about 1905 they lived at 24 Greville Road, St John's Wood/Kilburn. Marthe died in 1923 and he created a memorial statue for her tomb in Hampstead Cemetery, a female figure, well-clothed, in a pose similar to that on Sullivan's memorial, which has been stolen, 2001, returned and, 2006 stolen again. He died at home in Greville Road.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Sir William Goscombe John
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Sir Arthur Sullivan
Leaning against the pedestal there is a crying woman. The guitar, score and m...
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Francis John Williamson
Sculptor. Born Hampstead. Spent much of his life in Esher with Grapes House being his home and studio. Specialised in portraits of Queen Victoria who favoured him.
1 memorial
William Charles Holland King
W. C. H. King was a sculptor. He was born in Cheltenham in 1884 and died in 1973. He was apprenticed to a firm of architectural sculptors at the age of 16 where he engaged in training for wood carv...
2 memorials
Theodore Spicer Simson
Sculptor and medallist. On the page about his brother, Geoffrey, Wikipedia says "The eldest {sibling}, Theodore Spicer-Simson, became a world-famous medallion portrait artist, moving between France...
1 memorial
Denys Mitchell
Sculptor. Â Buy Design reports that Mitchell died in August 2015.
1 memorial
Raphael Maklouf
Born in Jerusalem, to a Jewish family who emigrated to the UK after WW2. His designs have been used for coins in the UK and other countries.
1 memorial
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