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Edward Onslow Ford (London 27 July 1852 – 23 December 1901 London) was an English sculptor. ==Life== He was born in Islington, north London on 27 July 1852, was son of Edward Ford (died 1864) and Martha Lydia Gardner. His family moved to Blackheath while he was still a child. His father, who was in business in the City, died when he was barely twelve. After he had spent some time at Blackheath proprietary school, his mother determined that he should follow the strong bent towards art which he had already shown. She took him to Antwerp, where she sent him to the Academy as a student of painting. From Antwerp they moved after a time to Munich. There Ford studied under Michael Wagmüller, who advised him to transfer his attention to modelling, which he did. Before leaving Munich, Ford married, in 1873, Anne Gwendoline, the third daughter of Baron Frans von Kreuzer. On returning to this country about 1874, Ford settled at Blackheath, whence he sent a bust of his wife to the Royal Academy of 1875. This at once attracted attention, and from that time onward the sculptor's career was watched with interest. Beginning with the statue of ''Rowland Hill'' at the Royal Exchange (1881), his more important works are : ''Irving as Hamlet'' (1883), in the Guildhall Art Gallery ; ''Gordon'' (1890), of the famous general mounted on a camel, of which examples are at the (Royal Engineers Barracks ) at Chatham and at the (Gordon's School ) in Woking; the Shelley Memorial in University College, Oxford (1892); the equestrian statue of Lord Strathnaim at Knightsbridge (1895); and the memorial to Queen Victoria at Manchester (1901). Besides these monumental works, Ford executed many busts, invariably marked by taste in conception, delicate modelling, and verisimilitude. The best, perhaps, are the heads of John Everett Millais, Huxley, Herbert Spencer, Sir WQ Orchardson, Matthew Ridley Corbet, the duke of Norfolk, Briton Rivière, Sir Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Sir Walter Armstrong, Sir Hubert von Herkomer, Arthur Hacker (1894), and M. Dagnan-Bouveret. Ford also modelled a series of bronze statuettes. In each of these he endeavoured to embody some playful fancy which was, occasionally, less sculpturesque than literary. The most successful, perhaps, of these are ''Folly'' (1886) (bought by the Chantrey Fund, and now in the Tate Gallery), ''The Singer,'' (1889), ''Applause,'' ''Peace,'' (1890), ''Echo'' (1895), ''Glory to the Dead'' (1901) and ''Snowdrift'' (exhibited posthumously, 1902). He was one of the first English sculptors to publish small replicas of his statues, which did much to extend his reputation. He died at 62 Acacia Road, N.W., on 23 December 1901. He was buried at East Finchley. He was survived by his mother, his wife, four sons, and a daughter. 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「Edward Onslow Ford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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