A Bacchante - Bronze by Frederick James Halnon
A Bacchante - Bronze by Frederick James Halnon
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FREDERICK JAMES HALNON
(1881-1958)
A Bacchante
Signed on the reverse
Bronze with green patination on marble base
35 cm., 13 ¾ in. high inc. base
Halnon was born in London and studied at the Goldsmith’s Institute from the early age of 11 where he was a pupil of Alfred Drury, a leading exponent of the New Sculpture Movement. There he won two national gold medals in 1902-3. He went on to become modelling master at Goldsmiths’ College. In 1906 he joined the Royal British Society of Sculptors, thanks to the sponsorship of Alfred Drury, his second nomination coming from Francis Derwent-Wood. An adherent of the New Sculpture movement, he was particularly influenced by the work of Frederic, Lord Leighton. He exhibited a portrait plaque of Leighton in the 1906 Royal Academy. In 1923 Halnon became an Associate member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors, and a Fellow in 1938.
A version of A Bacchante is in the Royal Collection.
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A BacchanteSigned on the reverseBronze with green patination on marble base35 cm., 13 ¾ in. high inc. baseHalnon was born in London and studied at the Goldsmith’s Institute from the early age of 11 where he was a pupil of Alfred Drury, a leading exponent of the New Sculpture Movement. There he won two national gold medals in 1902-3. He went on to become modelling master at Goldsmiths’ College. In 1906 he joined the Royal British Society of Sculptors, thanks to the sponsorship of Alfred Drury, his second nomination coming from Francis Derwent-Wood. An adherent of the New Sculpture movement, he was particularly influenced by the work of Frederic, Lord Leighton. He exhibited a portrait plaque of Leighton in the 1906 Royal Academy. In 1923 Halnon became an Associate member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors, and a Fellow in 1938. A version of A Bacchante is in the Royal Collection.){kind=link}