International studio (45.1912)

Sir George Frampton, R.A.

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vocation as a sculptor has certainly to be taken
into account. It explains the presence in his art
of some distinguishing characteristics which are
sufficiently rare to be reckoned as remarkable, and
it explains, too, the success of his effort to prove
that it is by a rational alliance with architecture



Dr. Barnardo, his monument to Canon Major
Lester, and his recumbent effigies of Lady Isobel
Wilson and the Duke of Argyll—comes from his
finely expressed appreciation of the value of
reticence in decorative design, and from his well-
considered elimination of unnecessary trivialities,
not from any lack of vigorous
masculinity. The strength of
these things, indeed, is as
convincing as their subtlety
and refinement; they bear
the plain stamp of power, but
of power disciplined and con¬
trolled by a perfectly trained
intelligence.
Undoubtedly his ability to
preserve in all his productions
this admirable balance of
qualities comes primarily from
something temperamental,
from something that has been
shaping and developing his
character all through his life ;
but his remarkable architec¬
tural sense of proportion and
relation of parts, which is quite
as evident in his ideal work as
in his architectural sculpture,
has not less undoubtedly been
perfected by training. The
fact that he went through a
period of work in an architect’s
office before he found his true

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