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A Patinated Bronze Statue Of Teucer, By Sir William Hamo Thornycroft

Name: A Patinated Bronze Statue Of Teucer, By Sir William Hamo Thornycroft
Brand: William Hamo Thornycroft
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Sir William Hamo Thornycroft (British, 1850-1925) A Patinated Bronze Statue Of Teucer The standing figure of the male nude holding his bow in his outstretched left hand, raised on a circular naturalistic base. Signed and dated ‘HAMO THORNYCROFT 1881’, and numbered ‘14’ to the base. The model conceived in 1881 and this bronze cast by the Singer & Sons Foundry, Frome, Circa 1900. Numbered ‘14’. England, Circa 1900. Provenance: By repute bought from the artist. A Private Family Collection, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, until sold in 2024. When this sculpture was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1881, as a full-size plaster cast. it achieved great success. In 1882 a large bronze version was commissioned by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest for the Tate Gallery, London. In view of the success of this figure, Thornycroft cast the work as a bronze reduction during his lifetime. Thornycroft was personally involved in the casting process of his bronzes, working with Herbert Singer of Singer & Sons Foundry, Frome. The present statue, standing 30 inches high, is the larger of two reduced sized versions that were cast. The other being 17 inches high. Numbered ‘14’ the present example is also rare, numbered cast. Teucer is a hero from Homer’s The Iliad. A half-brother of the Greek hero Ajax, he was considered the best archer amongst the Greeks fighting at Troy. He fought against his cousins Hector and Paris in the Trojan War, but he failed in his repeated attempts to strike Hector with an arrow, for Hector had the divine protection of Apollo. Thoryncroft depicts Teucer in this moment of intense concentration, as he fires one more thwarted arrow after Hector. When the full-size plaster version was shown at the Royal Academy in 1881 a quotation from Pope's translation of Homer was printed in the catalogue because the subject was unusual. Since, rallying, from our wall we forced the foe, Still aimed at Hector have I bent my bow; Eight forky arrows from this hand have fled, And eight bold heroes by their points lie dead: But sure some god denies me to destroy This fury of field, this dog of Troy. [VIII, 359–64] The Homeric theme dignifies Thoryncroft’s impetus to create a series of statues of Athletes engaged in English sports, primarily focusing on studies of the nude. 'Teucer' was modelled after the celebrated Italian life model Orazio Cervi, known for his 'perfectly proportioned physique'. The right-angled position, without precedent in classical or European sculpture, was an innovation which gave Thoryncroft’s archer a freshness of form. “The typical Homeric bowman, entirely nude, and of heroic size. He stands scarcely relaxed from the rigid position in which he has drawn his great bow, but the arrow has actually started, and he follows its course with an attentive eye. The legs are drawn close together, and are still tense with the effort of resisting the opposite action of the arms, which are almost parallel to the ground. Nothing could be less conventional than this figure, which has something almost archaic about its serenity and rigidity” (Edmund Gosse, “Our Living Artists - Hamo Thornycroft A.R.A.” Magazine of Art 4 (1881), p. 331). Chicago collector and philanthropist George A. Armour, who owned a small cast of the composition, commissioned a full-scale bronze cast from the artist in 1891 and immediately gave it to the Art Institute of Chicago (Teucer, 1881, cast 1891. 80 inches high ref. no. 1891.80). Bronze examples recorded, 30 inches high: 1. The Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, UK. 2. Detroit Institute of Arts, USA (ref. no. 81.703). 3. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, San Marino, USA, numbered ‘22’ (ref. no. 2007.6) 4. With Leicester Galleries, London, UK, numbered ‘13’. - Bronze examples known, 17 inches high: 1. The Royal Academy, London, UK, gift of Elfrida Manning, née Thornycroft (1901–1987), the artist's daughter. (ref. no. 03/2432). 2. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA (re. no. M.87.119.26) Literature: E. Gosse, “Our Living Artists - Hamo Thornycroft A.R.A.” Magazine of Art, London, 1881, pp. 329-32. F. Wedmore, “Rising Artists.” The Gentleman’s Magazine, London, 1881, pp. 91-100. E. Manning, Marble & Bronze, The Art and Life of Hamo Thornycroft, London, 1982, pp. 14-5, 17-8 S. Beattie, The New Sculpture. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1983, pp. 146-9, pl. 140. British Sculpture 1850-1914. A loan exhibition of sculpture and medals sponsored by The Victorian Society. Exhibition catalogue. The Fine Art Society, London, 1968. no. 163. Gibson to Gilbert: British Sculpture 1840-1914. Exhibition catalogue. The Fine Art Society, London, 1992. no. 55.

Creator:
William Hamo Thornycroft (Sculptor)
Dimensions:
Height: 30.32 in (77 cm)Width: 18.12 in (46 cm)Depth: 7.88 in (20 cm)
Style:
Neoclassical (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Bronze,Patinated
Place of Origin:
England
Period:
19th Century
Date of Manufacture:
Circa 1900
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Brighton, GB
Reference Number:
Seller: B782111stDibs: LU1028044241252

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