Tweed, John

has biography | a une biographie: British sculptor in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Tweed was a prolific sculptor of colonial statues and was popularly known as "The Empire Sculptor" during his lifetime. Some of his notable colonial works include the statue of Robert Clive in Westminster and two statues of Cecil Rhodes installed in Bulawayo and Salisbury (Harare), both of which have since been removed.
was born | est né: 21 January 1869
died in | est mort par: 12 November 1933
has nationality | a la nationalité: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
has type | est de type: artist
was influenced by | a été influencé par: Rodin, Auguste; Thornycroft, Hamo

is referred to by | est référencé par: Wikipedia - John Tweed; Wikipedia - Statue of Cecil Rhodes, Bulawayo; British Pathé - Unveiling of the Cecil Rhodes statue in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, 1911; AP Archive - 'Removal of the Cecil Rhodes statue in Salisbury' (1980); Tommy Maddinson, 'Colonial Statues on Twentieth-Century Film', Cast in Stone blog post, February 13 2024; Art UK; National Portrait Gallery; PSSA; Nicola Capon, John Tweed: Sculpting the Empire (Reading: Spire Books, 2013)

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Landon, Perceval

Items with "was produced by | a été produit par: Tweed, John"
Equestrian statue of George White, Westminster
Statue of Benjamin Disraeli, Aylesbury
Statue of Charles Cavendish
Statue of Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart
Statue of George Elliott Benson, Hexham
Statue of Horatio Kitchener, Westminster
Statue of James Cook, Whitby
Statue of Lt. Gen. Sir John Moore, Sandgate
Statue of Robert Clive, Westminster