Thomas Stirling Lee | |
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Born | |
Died | 29 June 1916
St George's Hospital,
Knightsbridge, London, England | (aged 59)
Nationality | English |
Education | |
Known for | Sculpture |
Elected |
Thomas Stirling Lee ( London, 16 March 1857 – 29 June 1916, London) was an English sculptor, specialising in reliefs and portrait heads. [1]
Lee was born in Lambeth, London on 16 March 1857, the son of John Swanwick Lee, a surveyor. [2] He was educated at Westminster School and then served as an apprentice in the studio of John Birnie Philip. [2] [3]
Lee studied at the Royal Academy Schools from 1876 to 1880, where he won both a Gold Medal and a Travelling Scholarship. [1] In 1880–1881 he studied under Pierre-Jules Cavelier at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and then studied in Rome until 1883. [1]
Stirling Lee's commission for 28 panels for the exterior of St George's Hall, Liverpool, resulting from an open competition held by Liverpool City Council in 1882, [2] is regarded as his most important, [2] but it was the subject of controversy, [2] when the first two featured naked girls, [2] depicting "the child Justice" and "the girl Justice". [3] Lee only completed six of the 28 panels, but was subsequently commissioned to make two, and oversee all, of a further set of six on the theme of 'National Prosperity'. [2]
Stirling Lee cast a number of bronze portrait reliefs (medallions) of friends and personalities. [4] Examples are to be seen, e.g., in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, [5] the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, [6] and in private collections. [7]
He was a member of the National Portrait Society from 1910 to 1915, [1] building a studio in Chelsea, London. [8] He was a member and twice chairman of the Chelsea Arts Club [2] [9] and a member of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers. [10] Stirling Lee was an active member of the Art Workers' Guild and was elected Master in 1898. [9] [11] [12]
Falling unconscious in the arcade at South Kensington Station, [13] Stirling Lee died at St George's Hospital, Knightsbridge, London [2] on 29 June 1916. [14] His friends subscribed to a fund for a bronze panel on the family vault at New Southgate. [2]
Lee's work includes:
Thomas Stirling Lee | |
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Born | |
Died | 29 June 1916
St George's Hospital,
Knightsbridge, London, England | (aged 59)
Nationality | English |
Education | |
Known for | Sculpture |
Elected |
Thomas Stirling Lee ( London, 16 March 1857 – 29 June 1916, London) was an English sculptor, specialising in reliefs and portrait heads. [1]
Lee was born in Lambeth, London on 16 March 1857, the son of John Swanwick Lee, a surveyor. [2] He was educated at Westminster School and then served as an apprentice in the studio of John Birnie Philip. [2] [3]
Lee studied at the Royal Academy Schools from 1876 to 1880, where he won both a Gold Medal and a Travelling Scholarship. [1] In 1880–1881 he studied under Pierre-Jules Cavelier at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and then studied in Rome until 1883. [1]
Stirling Lee's commission for 28 panels for the exterior of St George's Hall, Liverpool, resulting from an open competition held by Liverpool City Council in 1882, [2] is regarded as his most important, [2] but it was the subject of controversy, [2] when the first two featured naked girls, [2] depicting "the child Justice" and "the girl Justice". [3] Lee only completed six of the 28 panels, but was subsequently commissioned to make two, and oversee all, of a further set of six on the theme of 'National Prosperity'. [2]
Stirling Lee cast a number of bronze portrait reliefs (medallions) of friends and personalities. [4] Examples are to be seen, e.g., in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, [5] the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, [6] and in private collections. [7]
He was a member of the National Portrait Society from 1910 to 1915, [1] building a studio in Chelsea, London. [8] He was a member and twice chairman of the Chelsea Arts Club [2] [9] and a member of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers. [10] Stirling Lee was an active member of the Art Workers' Guild and was elected Master in 1898. [9] [11] [12]
Falling unconscious in the arcade at South Kensington Station, [13] Stirling Lee died at St George's Hospital, Knightsbridge, London [2] on 29 June 1916. [14] His friends subscribed to a fund for a bronze panel on the family vault at New Southgate. [2]
Lee's work includes: