The People's Sculptor
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The People's Sculptor

The Life and Art of William Lamb

  1. 140 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

The People's Sculptor

The Life and Art of William Lamb

About this book

Tracing the life and work the life of Scottish sculptor William Lamb (1893 - 1951) this is a story of indomitable will and irrepressible creativity. The son of an alcoholic father and a survivor of the 'lost generation' who came of age in 1914, it was with courage and determination that Lamb overcame the obstacles life put in his path. Traumatised in the trenches at Passchendaele during the First World War and blighted by depression, Lamb was also severely wounded in his right hand.With characteristic resolve he retrained with his left hand - at Edinburgh College of Art and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. Despite the uncertainty of an art market rocked by world war, Lamb established his reputation in Montrose with sculptures of the townspeople and fishermen of east Scotland. He produced prints, water colours and drawings to help fund his sculpture. Occasionally he undertook commissions and in 1932 he completed portrait bronzes of the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret.The Second World War dried up his supplies of materials, so he turned to wood carving and, when death finally put an end to his creativity, he left a large collection of his artwork as a legacy to the Scottish people.

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Information

Publisher
Birlinn
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9781780271620
eBook ISBN
9780857906229
Topic
Art

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright page
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Preface
  7. 1 Walt
  8. 2 Skipper
  9. 3 Jock
  10. 4 The First Return
  11. 5 Paris
  12. 6 Tour de France
  13. 7 Italy
  14. 8 The Second Return
  15. 9 The Etchings
  16. 10 The Scottish Renaissance
  17. 11 The Early Sculptures
  18. 12 Bill
  19. 13 ARSA
  20. 14 Drawings and Watercolours
  21. 15 William Rex
  22. 16 The New Studio
  23. 17 Uncle Bill
  24. 18 World War II
  25. 19 Last Years
  26. Bibliography and Sources
  27. Index