C. J. Allen | |
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Born | 2 September 1862
Greenford |
Died | January 1956 (aged 93–94) |
Occupation | Sculptor, medalist |
Charles John Allen (2 September 1862 [1] – 1956) was a British sculptor, and a figure in the New Sculpture movement.
Born in Greenford, Middlesex, [2] Allen studied at the Lambeth School of Art [3] and then apprenticed with the London architectural sculpture firm Farmer & Brindley in 1879, [2] becoming the assistant to Hamo Thornycroft for four years. In 1894 Allen moved to Liverpool, where he spent more than thirty years as a respected teacher at the University of Liverpool and Vice-Principal at the Liverpool School of Architecture and Applied Arts, [2] which became the Liverpool School of Art in 1905. [3]
Allen died in 1956 at Farley Green, Albury, Surrey, where he had lived with his sister since the death of his wife, shortly after his retirement from teaching. [3]
C. J. Allen | |
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Born | 2 September 1862
Greenford |
Died | January 1956 (aged 93–94) |
Occupation | Sculptor, medalist |
Charles John Allen (2 September 1862 [1] – 1956) was a British sculptor, and a figure in the New Sculpture movement.
Born in Greenford, Middlesex, [2] Allen studied at the Lambeth School of Art [3] and then apprenticed with the London architectural sculpture firm Farmer & Brindley in 1879, [2] becoming the assistant to Hamo Thornycroft for four years. In 1894 Allen moved to Liverpool, where he spent more than thirty years as a respected teacher at the University of Liverpool and Vice-Principal at the Liverpool School of Architecture and Applied Arts, [2] which became the Liverpool School of Art in 1905. [3]
Allen died in 1956 at Farley Green, Albury, Surrey, where he had lived with his sister since the death of his wife, shortly after his retirement from teaching. [3]