Henry Richard Hope-Pinker (1850 – 3 August 1927) was a British sculptor, notable for his portraits and statues of contemporary Victorian figures.
Biography
Hope-Pinker was born in Peckham in southeast London. His father was a builder and master mason, based in Hove, where Hope-Pinker received some training in stone carving before entering the Royal Academy Schools in London. Working in London, Hope-Pinker became a member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors and was a specialist in portrait busts of high-profile contemporary figures. He carved several statues, including one of Charles Darwin, for the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. His bust of Henry Fawcett is in the National Portrait Gallery in London, which also hold two of his other works.
Selected works
- Bust of George Rolleston, 1856, Oxford University Museum of Natural History
- Statue of Queen Victoria, 1894, Georgetown, Guyana
- Statues of Charles Darwin, John Hunter, Thomas Sydenham and Roger Bacon, Oxford University Museum of Natural History
- Statue of Henry Fawcett, Market Place, Salisbury
- Statue of William Edward Forster, 1890, Victoria Embankment Gardens, London
- Bust of Joseph Prestwich, c. 1901, Oxford University Museum of Natural History
- Bust of Walter Frank Raphael Weldon, Oxford University Museum of Natural History
- Bust of John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, 1907 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
- Several busts and statuettes of James Martineau
- Terracotta medallion of Robert Henry Soden Smith, 1884, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
References
- ^ University of Glasgow History of Art / HATII (2011). "Henry Richard Hope-Pinker". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain & Ireland 1851–1951. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ James Mackay (1977). The Dictionary of Western Sculptors in Bronze. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 0902028553.
- ^ "HR Pinker". Courtauld Institute of Art. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- "Henry Richard Hope-Pinker". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- "Hew Locke challenges Empire in Birmingham". Hyperallergic. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- Historic England. "Statue of William Edward Forster (1066178)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- "James Martineau". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- "Robert Henry Soden Smith MA (1822-1890)". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
External links
23 artworks by or after Henry Richard Hope-Pinker at the Art UK site
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