John Warrington Wood (9 September 1839 – 26 December 1886) was a British sculptor of mythological subjects and portrait busts. He exhibited works at the Royal Academy from 1868 to 1874.[1]

Biography

Born in Warrington, Lancashire, Wood trained as a stonemason. He was the son of James Wood who was a road surveyor for Warrington but had started his career as a stonemason.[2] His birth name was John Wood, and he added Warrington in circa 1865 to avoid confusion with a fellow artist of the same name.

From 1858 Wood attended the new Warrington School of Art (Warrington Collegiate Institute) in the evenings and he quickly achieved local recognition and patronage.[2] In 1865 Wood moved to Rome and established a highly successful practice, mainly focusing on portrait busts and sacred themes. In 1877 he was elected to the Guild of St Luke in Rome.[2] His 1881 marble bust of Lady Mary Enid Layard is in the collection of the British Museum in London.[3]

Wood died suddenly of complications of a heart condition at the Lion Hotel in Bridge Street, Warrington.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "John Warrington Wood". Liverpool Museums.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "John Warrington Wood". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII. 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  3. ↑ Aileen Dawson (1999). Portrait Sculpture A Catalogue of the British Museum collection c. 1675-1975. British Museum Press. ISBN 0714105988.
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