Sculptor. Born USA, not to be confused with his father also a sculptor with the same name, of Irish descent. In London c.1894-8, met and worked with John Singer Sargent. Also worked in Paris c.1903-14. Back in America commissioned for the 1918 Lincoln statue at Springfield, Illinois. The Royal Exchange bust is surely a version of this.
Spent his last years in Europe: first Paris, then from c.1932 Ireland and London. Died Dublin.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Andrew O'Connor
{Inscribed on the red granite plinth:} Lincoln by Andrew O'Connor Presented t...
Sculptor. Served his apprenticeship at Woburn Abbey. Studied stone carving and sculpture at the City and Guilds of London School of Art, where he obtained a first.
From the Isle of Man. He also carved the bust of A. W. Moore, for the House of Keys on the Isle.
R.A., sculptor. Born Belfast. Works include: "The reading girl" and the group "Europe" at the Albert Memorial.
Barrister, literary critic and Charles I obsessive. He hyphenated his Nicholson with his wife's Hope. Andrew Behan researched this eccentric character, bur first a preamble from Andrew: "I couldn'...
