Charon
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Charon 1909

Alexander Proudfoot (1878–1957)

Glasgow Life Museums

Sculptor. Born in Liverpool, he studied at Glasgow School of Art under Johan Keller. He was to become head of sculpture at the School, 1912–28. The Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, and Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow, hold his work. He was to complete war memorials at several sites in Scotland. Exhibited RA, RSA, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, and the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts. Sometimes signed work A P. Lived in Glasgow. Two years before he died, Proudfoot married the sculptor Ivy H Gardner, who had been his studio assistant.

Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)

Artworks by Alexander Proudfoot

  • Charon
    Charon Alexander Proudfoot (1878–1957)
    Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)
  • Thais and Paphnutius
    Thais and Paphnutius Alexander Proudfoot (1878–1957)
    Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
  • Frederic Lamond (1868–1948)
    Frederic Lamond (1868–1948) Alexander Proudfoot (1878–1957)
    Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)
  • R. Macaulay Stevenson (1854–1952)
    R. Macaulay Stevenson (1854–1952) Alexander Proudfoot (1878–1957)
    Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)
  • Bearsden War Memorial
    Bearsden War Memorial Alexander Proudfoot (1878–1957)
  • North Shields First World War Memorial
    North Shields First World War Memorial John Reid (c.1890–1968) and Alexander Proudfoot (1878–1957)
  • Six Allegorical Figures and Associated Decorative Carvings
    Six Allegorical Figures and Associated Decorative Carvings Holmes & Jackson Ltd (active 1892–1963) and Benno Schotz (1891–1984) and Archibald Dawson (1892–1938) and Alexander Proudfoot (1878–1957)
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Alexander Proudfoot was born in Liverpool, England on 7 November 1878. His occupation was given as Stonemason in the 1901 England and Wales census. From c.1906 to 1910 he studied sculpture under Johan Keller at Glasgow School of Art, where he was awarded the Haldane travelling scholarship in 1908. He subsequently worked as a sculptor in Glasgow and in 1914-15 shared a studio with Keller. From 1912 to 1928 he was Head of Sculpture at Glasgow School of Art. During World War One he served in the Artists' Rifles. Following the war, he produced a number of war memorials.

Proudfoot exhibited at the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts; Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool; Royal Scottish Academy and Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour in Edinburgh; and at the Royal Academy in London. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy (ARSA) in 1920, and a full member of the Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) in 1933. He was also a member of the Glasgow Art Club and served as its President in 1924-26 and 1939-41.

In 1955 he married to the sculptor Ivy H. Gardner (1894-1975), who had previously worked as his studio assistant. He died on 10 July 1957.

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