John Warrington Wood
John Warrington Wood (9 September 1839 - 26 December 1886) was a British sculptor of mythological subjects and portrait busts. He exhibited works at the Royal Academy from 1868 to 1874.[1]
Biography[]
Born in Warrington, Lancashire, Wood trained as a stonemason. He was the son of James Wood who was a road surveyor for Warrington but had started his career as a stonemason.[2] His birth name was John Wood, and he added Warrington in circa 1865 to avoid confusion with a fellow artist of the same name.
From 1858 Wood attended the new Warrington School of Art (Warrington Collegiate Institute) in the evenings and he quickly achieved local recognition and patronage.[2] In 1865 Wood moved to Rome and established a highly successful practice, mainly focusing on portrait busts and sacred themes. In 1877 he was elected to the Guild of St Luke in Rome.[2]
Wood died suddenly of complications of a heart condition at the Lion Hotel in Bridge Street, Warrington.[2]
References[]
- ^ "John Warrington Wood". Liverpool Museums.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "John Warrington Wood". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII. 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
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