Alfred Drury

Alfred Drury was one of the main architectural sculptors operating in Britain in the early 20th Century.

Born in Islington, London and raised in Oxford, he studied at the Oxford School of Art and then the National Art Training School in South Kensington.

He had some early success as a sculptor before moving to Paris in the early 1880s, where he worked as a sculptural assistant to the French sculptor Jules Dalou until 1885. Returning to London, he established himself as a sculptor undertaking several commissions.

By 1904 he was recognised as one of the foremost architectural sculptors in Britain. An active proponent of the New Sculpture movement, he is primarily known for his figurative work which encompassed busts and statuettes alongside larger monuments, war memorials, statues of royalty and architectural pieces. Many of his best-known works are in central London including on the Old War Office building in Whitehall, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and Vauxhall Bridge.

He became an Associate of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1900, and a full Academician in 1913, and continued exhibiting with them each year until 1942 before his death in 1944.

See also:

• Alfred Drury - Wikipedia