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Charles John Allen (1862–1956) was a British sculptor, a figure in the New Sculpture movement. Born in Greenford, Middlesex, Allen studied at the Lambeth School of Art and then apprenticed with the London architectural sculpture firm Farmer & Brindley in 1879 and became the assistant to Hamo Thornycroft for four years. In 1894 Allen moved to Liverpool, where he spent more than thirty years as a respected teacher at the University of Liverpool and Vice-Principal at the Liverpool City School of Art. Work at: * two allegorical panels for St. George's Hall, Liverpool, 1894 * work at the Liverpool University College (now University of Liverpool) with architect Alfred Waterhouse, 1895 * frieze for the Royal Insurance Building, Liverpool, c. 1897 * panels and other work for the Peres Bank, Leicester, c. 1900 * the 1906 monument to Queen Victoria, Liverpool, Allen's masterwork * architectural sculpture for the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Building, 1927 * choir stall canopies and the font in Ullet Road Unitarian Church, Liverpool == References == * (online biography and portrait ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「C. J. Allen (sculptor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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