Born in Cardiff as William Goscombe John but he adopted Goscombe. He travelled across Europe and studied with Rodin. Worked in the "new sculpture" style. When he and his wife Marthe returned to the UK in about 1905 they lived at 24 Greville Road, St John's Wood/Kilburn. Marthe died in 1923 and he created a memorial statue for her tomb in Hampstead Cemetery, a female figure, well-clothed, in a pose similar to that on Sullivan's memorial, which has been stolen, 2001, returned and, 2006 stolen again. He died at home in Greville Road.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Sir William Goscombe John
Creations Information
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Leaning against the pedestal there is a crying woman. The guitar, score and m...
Other Subjects
Samuel Henry Gardiner
Andrew Behan has researched this man: Samuel Henry Gardiner was born on 27 July 1832 in Newington, Surrey, the elder son of Richard Henry Gardiner and Eliza Gardiner née McCraw. His father was a S...
Raymond Watson
Sculptor. From ArtEventsJa: "Raymond Watson has lived and worked in Jamaica, Trinidad, and London, and exhibited across the Caribbean, the United States, South America and England. ... In 1994, Ray...
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Sculptor. Born Dublin to a French father and Irish mother. The family emigrated to New York when Augustus was a baby. Studied in America and Europe. Very successful as a monumental sculptor and...