Charles John Allen (2 September 1862[1] – 1956) was a British sculptor, and a figure in the New Sculpture movement.

Biography

Born in Greenford, Middlesex,[2] Allen studied at the Lambeth School of Art[3] and then apprenticed with the London architectural sculpture firm Farmer & Brindley in 1879,[2] becoming the assistant to Hamo Thornycroft for four years. In 1894 Allen moved to Liverpool, where he spent more than thirty years as a respected teacher at the University of Liverpool and Vice-Principal at the Liverpool School of Architecture and Applied Arts,[2] which became the Liverpool School of Art in 1905.[3]

Allen died in 1956 at Farley Green, Albury, Surrey, where he had lived with his sister since the death of his wife, shortly after his retirement from teaching.[3]

Notable work

• The 1906 monument to Queen Victoria, Liverpool, Allen's masterwork[4]
• Two allegorical panels for St. George's Hall, Liverpool, 1894
• The John Heminges and Henry Condell Memorial, London; dated 1895, unveiled 1896.[5]
• Marble reredos at St Paul's Cathedral, London[2]
• Wood carvings at St Albans Cathedral[2]
• Work at the Liverpool University College (now University of Liverpool) with architect Alfred Waterhouse, 1895
• Frieze for the Royal Insurance Building, Liverpool, c. 1897
• Panels and other work for the Peres Bank, Leicester, c. 1900
• War memorial for Eastham Village, 1924
• Architectural sculpture for the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Building, 1927
• Choir stall canopies and the font in Ullet Road Unitarian Church, Liverpool

Gallery

• 
  Victoria Monument, Liverpool
• 
  Frieze on the Dale Street side of Royal Insurance Building, Liverpool
• 
  Panels of the "Justice" frieze, St George's Hall
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  Panels of the "Liverpool" frieze, St George's Hall
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  Font at Ullet Road Unitarian Church, Liverpool

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to C. J. Allen (sculptor).

• 16 artworks by or after C. J. Allen at the Art UK site
• Portrait of Allen