John Gibson (sculptor): Difference between revisions

'''John Gibson''' {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Royal Academician|RA]]}} (19 June 1790 &ndash; 27 January 1866) was a [[Wales|Welsh]] Neoclassical sculptor who studied in Rome under [[Antonio Canova|Canova]]. He excelled chiefly in bas-relief, notably the two life-size works ''The Hours Leading the Horses of the Sun'' and ''Phaethon driving the Chariot of the Sun'', but was also proficient in monumental and portrait statuary. He is famous for his statues of [[Robert Peel]] ([[Westminster Abbey]]), [[William Huskisson]] and [[Queen Victoria]] ([[Houses of Parliament]]).<ref>https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/other-committees/works-of-art/news-parliament-2017/artwork-of-the-month-queen-victoria-by-john-gibson/</ref><ref>[https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/sir-robert-peel Statue of Robert Peel image]</ref><ref>http://www.victorianweb.org/sculpture/gibson/7.html</ref> Gibson was elected a Royal Academician in 1836, and left the contents of his studio to the [[Royal Academy]], where many of his marbles and casts are currently on display.