Albert Power (sculptor)
Albert George Power (1881/1883-1945) was an Irish sculptor.[1][2]
Background
Power was born in Dublin in 1881 or 1883. As a child he played in local clay brickyards and sculpted busts of his friends. He became an apprentice to the family of renowned Irish sculptor Edward Smyth.[2][3]
Career
Power was considered the leading Irish sculptor of the 1920s and 1930s. He was an Irish nationalist and promoted the use of Irish materials.[4] He was noted for his academic realist style.[3]
Work
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Bust of W. B. Yeats by Power (1918), displayed in the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin, USA.
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1916 memorial designed by Power, erected in Limerick, Ireland.
Personal life
Power's son, James, was also a renowned artist.
Death
Power died in 1945 and was buried at Glasnevin Cemetery.
References
- ↑ "Albert Power – Artist, Fine Art Prices, Auction Records for Albert Power". askart.com. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- 1 2 Yeats, W. B. (2 October 1989). "Prefaces and Introductions: Uncollected Prefaces and Introductions by Yeats to Works by other Authors and to Anthologies Edited by Yeats". Springer. Retrieved 2 December 2016 – via Google Books.
- 1 2 "Albert Power, Irish Sculptor: Biography, Gaelic Sculptures". visual-arts-cork.com. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ↑ Boscagli, Maurizia; Duffy, Enda (1 January 2011). "Joyce, Benjamin and Magical Urbanism". Rodopi. Retrieved 2 December 2016 – via Google Books.
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