William Kellock Brown

Robert Burns the Thresher by William Kellock Brown, 1890

William Kellock Brown (15 December 1856 – 20 February 1934 Glasgow) was a Scottish sculptor prominent in late Victorian Glasgow, with many public works. His brother was the landscape artist Alexander Kellock Brown. He exhibited in the Royal Academy and Royal Scottish Academy. His sculptures are frequently simply initialled WKB. He was commissioned to create several Scottish war memorials in the early 1920s. He received an important commission from Glasgow City council in 1905/6, adding ornament to a series of libraries in the city.

Life

He was born on 15 December 1856 (some sources state 1859) the son of an art metal worker. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1867 and later under Édouard Lantéri at the R.C.A. in London. He taught sculpture at the Glasgow School of Art from 1887 to 1894, immediately prior to its relocation to the building by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. His pupils included Albert Hodge, John P Main and James H Mackinnon.

In 1898 John Lavery nominated him as a member in the Royal Society of British Sculptors. He was also a member of the Art Workers Guild (1892–1911).

He died of a heart attack in 1934 in Cambridge Street, Glasgow. He was working on a colossal statue of Robert Burns at the time of his death.

Principal Works and Commissions

References

    www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/kellock-brown-67

    www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=8089

    www.glasgowsculpture.com