3525 x 5358 px | 29,8 x 45,4 cm | 11,8 x 17,9 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
23. September 2014
Ort:
Alaxandra Park, Wood Green, Haringay, London
Weitere Informationen:
Sir Charles Wheeler was commission to produce a lion sculpture for Alexandra Park for siting at the children’s zoo. Sir Charles worked on many public buildings, the Bank of England and a fountain in Trafalgar Square. Sir Charles Thomas Wheeler KCVO, PRA (14 March 1892 – 22 August 1974) was a British sculptor, and the first sculptor to hold the Presidency of the Royal Academy (from 1956 through 1966). Wheeler was born in Codsall, Staffordshire and raised in nearby Wolverhampton. In 1912 he won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art where he studied under Edouard Lanteri. For World War I Wheeler was classified as unfit for active service and instead modeled artificial limbs for war amputees. He came to specialize in portraits and architectural sculpture. He became RA in 1940 and PRA in 1956. In 1968 he wrote his autobiography.