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Sir William Reid Dick
English, 1879-1961

Sir William Reid Dick English, 1879-1961

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Sir William Reid Dick English, 1879-1961

The Spinner

Signed and dated Reid Dick ARA/1924

Conceived and modelled in 1924

Plaster with wash
Height: 44” (112 cm)
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Sir William Reid Dick’s sculptural production was much indebted to the work of New Sculpture artists, but also steeped in Rodin’s end-of-the-century lessons, representing a unique form of artistic expression...
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Sir William Reid Dick’s sculptural production was much indebted to the work of New Sculpture artists, but also steeped in Rodin’s end-of-the-century lessons, representing a unique form of artistic expression in England during the first half of the 20th century.


Reid Dick was born in Glasgow in 1878 in a working-class family. He received limited schooling and started training as a stonemason in his early teens and then worked as a carver on the Kelvingrove Art Gallery. There, he met George Frampton – the superintending sculptor – and Francis Derwent-Wood, who was working temporarily on the project. This encounter represented a key moment in the career of the artist, who left his job as stonemason and started training at the Glasgow School of Art.


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Provenance

Studio of the artist c.1924
Family of the artist, by descent

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