Modeling & Sculpture by Albert Toft, 1911 | Antique Book on Sculpture | Bixley Shop
Modelling & Sculpture was written in 1911 by noted British sculptor Albert Toft, Hon. A.R.C.A, M.S.B.S. The book offers a "full account of the various methods and processes employed in the arts of modeling and sculpture."
ABOUT THE AUTHOR (courtesy of Wikipedia)
Albert Toft (1862-1949) was a British sculptor. Toft's career was dominated by public commemorative commissions in bronze, mostly single statues of military or royal figures. The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, Boer War to 1902, and then World War I to 1918, provided plentiful commissions. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography describes Toft as one of the major figures of the "New Sculpture" movement following on from William Hamo Thornycroft and George Frampton. Toft described his work as 'Idealist' but he also said of himself that "to become an idealist you must necessarily first be a realist." He created monuments to Queen Victoria for Leamington Spa, Nottingham, and South Shields, and to Edward VII in Birmingham and Warwick. He designed the coronation medal of George V and Queen Mary (1911). He also published a book, Modelling and Sculpture in 1911, which was reprinted in 1949. In 1938 he was elected a fellow to the Royal Society of British Sculptors.
BIXLEY NOTES
• Modelling & Sculpture
• Written by Albert Toft
• Published by J.P. Lippincott, 1911
• 347 page linen hardcover
• 118 illustrations and black & white photographs
• Measures 8" x 5 1/2"
VINTAGE NOTES
• In great condition
• Almost no shelf-wear
• No dust jacket (though we don't know if there ever was one)
• Pages are clean and unmarked
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