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| James Arthur Woodford (1893–1976) | ||||||||||
| Born at Nottingham, Woodford was the son of a lace designer whose artistic talent he inherited. He was remarkably gifted and was to become one of the finest sculptors of the twentieth century. In 1915, he interrupted his studies to enlist in the First World War, and at its conclusion, he resumed his training at the Nottingham School of Art, and later, at the Royal College of Art in London. Woodford won the Prix de Rome for Sculpture in 1922, was Rome Scholar between 1922 and 1925, and was elected to the Royal Academy in 1945. In 1945, he was also principal of the Nottingham School of Art as a fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors. He had a very busy and successful career, primarily as an architectural and heraldic sculptor, and received many large commissions. He was noted for his fine draughtsmanship and skills as a portraitist. Woodford exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition between 1926 and 1970. He died at Twickenham. | ||||||||||
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