Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
William Reid Dick, Sculptor
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Bib. Number0023164
William Reid Dick, Sculptor
Author/EditorWARDLEWORTH Dennis
PublisherAshgate
Place PublishedFarnham
Year2013
Date & Collationxiv.215pp.Illus.Bibliography.Archives and other sources.Appendix I and 2;Index.
LanguageEnglish
More InformationMonograph on sculptor William Reid Dick (1878-1961). Described a s 'forgotten sculptor'. 2 Reid Dick described as semi-aristocratic, in contrast to Moore and Epstein, who both professed humble beginnings. 3 reference to Moore in relation to Herbert READ, as one of four artists that rose to international status from the 1930s. 38 Reference to Reid Dick and his contemporaries in the World War I, including Moore, Charles Wheeler, Gill, Epstein and Gaudier Brzeska. Moore was 16 in 1914. He joined the Civil Service Rifles in February 1917 and was gassed at the Battle of Cambrai in 1918.
In chapter 7 The 1920s - architectural sculpture: 77 passing reference to Moore in relation to Reid Dick and Violet Manners, the Duchess of Rutland. Reid Dick was a Royal Academician, unlike Moore and Hepworth. 88 In 1927, Frank Pick from London Transport and architect Eric Gill commissioned a team of young sculptors to represent the winds on each of eight faces of the new headquarters above St James's Park underground station. The other sculptors were Eric Aumonier (1899-1974), A.H. Gerrard (1899-1998), Frank Rabinovitch (1903-1991), Allan Wyon (1882-1962) and Jacob Epstein. 98 Comparison of Reid Dick's madonnas in relation to those of Moore, Epstein, Dalou and Gill.
108-109 In chapter 8 The 1920s - the statuettes reference to Moore in relation to art critic Kineton Parkes; Moore's appointment as assistant to Ernest Cole at the Royal College; Gilbert Ledward; carving as a method; inclusion of Moore in Parke's book in a chapter subtitled 'The Young Englishmen'; 1930 saw the 'emergence of the new generation of Moore, Skeaping and Hepworth' , in contrast to the orthodox and the rebels.
149-50 in chapter 12 The 1940s - war and decline in a letter from Kenneth Clark to Moore, Clark wrote that the idea was to form an organisation which 'might be a means of getting Government to give artists proper employment.' Reference to Moore in relation to Clark, Reid Dick and the Central Institute of Art and Design (CIAD); and also in relation to a competition to assess statues on Westminster Bridge, London, in March 1947. Dobson, Epstein, Hepworth, Kennington and Wheeler were all invited to submit proposals. Epstein and Moore did not submit.
173-4 Chapter 13 The final years reference to Moore in relation to sculpture exhibition in Battersea Park organised by London County Council Parks Committee in 1948; Kenneth Clark, Patricia Strauss and Charles Wheeler; young Modernist sculptors; Moore regarded as one of Britain's leading sculptors in the 1950s; Moore's given a one-man show at the Museum of Modern Art, New York 1946; Venice Biennale 1948; retrospective at the Tate Gallery 1951.
186 passing reference to Moore in relation to Reid Dick's legacy.