DOI Heft:
No. 68 (November 1898)
DOI Artikel:Baldry, Alfred Lys: The work of F. W. Pomeroy
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19230#0104
F. W. Pomeroy
metal-work for Welbeck Abbey, the bronzes for
Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square, and the carved
stone panels and frieze for the Sheffield Town Hall.
In the often thankless task of public statue-making
he has also been fortunate, for the model with which
he won, in 1894, the competition for the Burns statue
at Paisley excited nothing but praise, and when the
completed work was unveiled, in November 1895,
even the local critics were satisfied. It would,
perhaps, be difficult to find a more convincing
proof of Mr. Pomeroy's ability.
That so much production should have been pos-
" PENSEE " BRONZE STATUETTE
BY F. W. POMEROY
"UNDINE" BY F. W. POMEROY
sible to him within the short space of ten years
speaks well for his indefatigable energy ; but when
it is remembered that everything to which he has
put his hand has been distinguished by rare quali-
ties of design and complete appropriateness of
treatment, and that he has never failed to preserve
exactly the right decorative relation between the
work produced and purpose to which it has to be
applied, we are able to understand how much besides
mere energy goes to the making of his art. It is
scarcely wonderful that artistic effort should at last
be gaining the real appreciation of the public, when
our artists are so able and so enthusiastic.
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metal-work for Welbeck Abbey, the bronzes for
Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square, and the carved
stone panels and frieze for the Sheffield Town Hall.
In the often thankless task of public statue-making
he has also been fortunate, for the model with which
he won, in 1894, the competition for the Burns statue
at Paisley excited nothing but praise, and when the
completed work was unveiled, in November 1895,
even the local critics were satisfied. It would,
perhaps, be difficult to find a more convincing
proof of Mr. Pomeroy's ability.
That so much production should have been pos-
" PENSEE " BRONZE STATUETTE
BY F. W. POMEROY
"UNDINE" BY F. W. POMEROY
sible to him within the short space of ten years
speaks well for his indefatigable energy ; but when
it is remembered that everything to which he has
put his hand has been distinguished by rare quali-
ties of design and complete appropriateness of
treatment, and that he has never failed to preserve
exactly the right decorative relation between the
work produced and purpose to which it has to be
applied, we are able to understand how much besides
mere energy goes to the making of his art. It is
scarcely wonderful that artistic effort should at last
be gaining the real appreciation of the public, when
our artists are so able and so enthusiastic.
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