Lot 54
BENJAMIN CRESWICK (1853-1946)
CAST BRONZED IRON PANEL, 1886
Auction: 1 April 2020 at 11:00 BST
Description
mid-brown patina, cast in high-relief depicting three children skipping below apple trees, signed in bronze B. CRESWICK/ 1886, framed
Dimensions
30.5cm x 26.5cm
Footnote
Note: Born in Sheffield, Benjamin Creswick began his career as a knife-grinder, before taking an early interest in sculpture through the encouragement of John Ruskin. In 1887 he modelled a terracotta frieze depicting the processes knife-grinding for the exterior of Cutlers' Hall, before working with A. H. Mackmurdo on the Century Guild’s at the Inventions Exhibition in 1885. After settling in Birmingham in 1889, Creswick’s talents as a sculptor earned him the role of Master of Modelling and Modelled Design at Birmingham School of Art. Later in 1914, Creswick became Professor of Sculpture at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists.