Thomas Bodkin (1887–1961)

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Sculptor and President of the Royal Academy from 1956 to 1966, Bodkin was instrumental in founding the Society of Portrait Sculptors, of which he became the first president in 1953. His public work includes commissions for Sir Herbert Baker's India House in 1925, South Africa House in 1930, Church House in 1934 and the Trafalgar Square fountains from 1939.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

Thomas Bodkin (1887–1961)

Date

1955

Medium

terracotta

Measurements

H 33.7 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

5015

Acquisition method

donated by the artist's widow, Muriel, née Bourne, Lady Wheeler, 1975

Work type

Bust

Inscription description

incised with initials and dated

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