European Sculpture to 1960
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of around 750 pieces of European Sculpture. These date broadly from 1200 to 1960. This collection comprises traditional and architectural sculpture. It is mainly from France, Germany, England and Scotland, and is made in a variety of materials including marble, alabaster, bronze, wood, terracotta, ivory and plaster. The large collection amassed by Sir William Burrell is mainly medieval and contains 45 fine Nottingham alabasters, medieval German carved wooden figure groups, wooden figural polychrome sculpture – mostly from dismantled pre-Reformation German altarpieces – items of Netherlandish origin, sculpture from other European countries and some French ivories. Later collections include some Renaissance period bronzes. From the late 18th to early 20th century there are choice pieces of the French school, including works by Houdon, Degas, Renoir, Rodin and Zadkine. Belgian and Dutch sculptors represented include Meunier and Van der Stappen, while Italian sculpture includes work by Tadolini. British sculpture from the 19th to 20th century is wholly figurative, with an emphasis on portrait busts. It encompasses good examples of late Victorian and Edwardian sculpture, including John’s ‘The Elf’ and Lawson’s ‘Motherless’, and works by Benno Schotz, Epstein, Garbe and JD Fergusson.
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French, Belgian and Dutch Sculpture 1770–1920
Italian and Spanish Sculpture to 1600
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