FRAMPTON, SIR GEORGE JAMES

born June 16, 1860, London, Eng. died May 21, 1928, London English sculptor and craftsman, the creator of some noted public monuments. Frampton studied under W.S. Frith and at the Royal Academy schools, where he won a traveling studentship. In 188890 he studied in Paris under A. Merci, by whom he was much influenced. At the beginning of the 1890s he was attracted by the Arts and Crafts Movement and experimented with decorative sculpture, using materials such as bronze, ivory, marble, and jewels combined in one work. His principal statues include those of Mrs. Alice Owen at Owen's School, Islington, London; Queen Victoria at Calcutta, India, at Leeds and Southport, Eng., and at Winnipeg, Man., Can.; and (all in London) Quintin Hogg in Langham place, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, and Edith Cavell in St. Martin's Lane. Frampton became a royal academician in 1902 and was knighted in 1908.