Westmacott, Richard (sculptor)

Richard Westmacott learned the art of sculpture first under the guidance of the father of the sculptor , then continued his studies in London.

In 1793 he went to Rome , where he became a student of Antonio Canova . In 1797 he returned to England and created his own studio.

The author of a number of monuments, statues, busts and other works in stone.

In 1806, he gained fame with the Addison statue created for Westminster Abbey . He consolidated this fame with his subsequent works, of which he was especially remarkable: the monuments of Sir Ralph Abercrombie and Lord C. Collingwood in London's St. Paul's Cathedral (1809); a statue of King George III on horseback for a monument to this sovereign in front of the Windsor Palace (1820); A colossal statue of Achilles in Hyde Park , dedicated to the victory of the Duke of Wellington over Napoleon (1822) ^[6] . (This was the first sculpture of a naked man in the British capital. And even decorated with a bronze fig leaf , it caused a storm of indignation among the townspeople) ^[7] ; statues of Admiral Nelson in Birmingham , Liverpool and Barbados ; a monument to Lord D. Cunning , erected in 1832 near the parliament building - the best of the works of this kind in London and a statue of the Duke of York in St. James's Park .

Since 1827 he was a professor at the London Royal Academy of Arts . He was consecrated to chivalry in 1837.

In addition to creativity, he was engaged in historical and critical research in his specialty and published in 1846, "An Essay on Medieval Plastic in England."

His son Richard (1799–1872) was also a famous sculptor.

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  Monument to D. Locke

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  Monument to W. Pitt the Younger in Cambridge

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  Monument to Admiral Nelson in Birmingham

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  Achilles in Hyde Park (modern look)

• Somov A.I. Westmacott // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.

• Sir Richard Westmacott RA (1775-1856 ) .