Charles Wheeler Tragedy and Comedy Portland stone keystone Unique 77cm.; 30ins high by 45cm.; 17½ins wide by 22cm.; 8½ins deep Sir Charles Thomas Wheeler KCVO PRA (1892- 1974) Wheeler was first sculptor to hold the Presidency of the Royal Academy (from 1956 to 1966). In 1912 he won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art where he studied under Edouard Lanteri For World War I Wheeler was classified as unfit for active service and instead modelled artificial limbs for war amputees. He came to specialize in portraits and architectural sculpture. He became RA in 1940 and PRA in 1956. Perhaps his most well known work is the bronze fountains in Trafalgar Square.
Charles Wheeler Tragedy and Comedy Portland stone keystone Unique 77cm.; 30ins high by 45cm.; 17½ins wide by 22cm.; 8½ins deep Sir Charles Thomas Wheeler KCVO PRA (1892- 1974) Wheeler was first sculptor to hold the Presidency of the Royal Academy (from 1956 to 1966). In 1912 he won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art where he studied under Edouard Lanteri For World War I Wheeler was classified as unfit for active service and instead modelled artificial limbs for war amputees. He came to specialize in portraits and architectural sculpture. He became RA in 1940 and PRA in 1956. Perhaps his most well known work is the bronze fountains in Trafalgar Square.
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