William Birnie Rhind RSA (1853–1933) was a Scottish sculptor.
Scottish sculptor
Life
Rhind was born in Edinburgh on 27 February 1853 as the first son of sculptor John Rhind (1828–1892), and his wife, Catherine Birnie. He was the elder brother of J. Massey Rhind.[1] The two brothers set up a studio in Glasgow in 1885, then Birnie moved to Edinburgh, and his brother went to Paris, then permanently to America in 1889, despite the warnings of their father. His younger brother was Thomas Duncan Rhind, an architect.[2]
His name is particularly connected to several dozen sculptural war memorials in the Edinburgh and Lothian area. One of these is a monument to the Royal Scots Greys on Princes Street in Edinburgh. Also of note is the 1919 bronze figure of a fallen officer, telling his men to "carry on", which acts as the school war memorial at Fettes College, a private school in Edinburgh.[3]
William died on 9 July 1933[4] and was buried with his parents, and Alice Stone (1862-1937), his wife, in the family plot in Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh.[5]
Works
"Virtue" panels on the memorial to the Duke of Buccleuch in front of St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, 1887
Lifeboat Monument, St Anne's on the Sea, 1888
Sculpture on the Sun Life Insurance building in Glasgow (1889) commissioned by William Leiper[6]
Allegorical figures on Charing Cross Mansions, Glasgow, 1889–1891
The Main Entrance Archway, West Ham Technical College, 1898
Pulpit and font at St Mary's Collegiate Church, Haddington 1891
Apollo Group, sculpture on the former Sun Life Building, Glasgow, 1889–1894
Figures of angels and apostles inside Bellevue Reformed Baptist Church, East London Street, Edinburgh, 1894
Pair of statues to Thomas and Peter Coats in Paisley, 1895
Monument to Lord Belhaven and Stenton, Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh, 1896
Ashton Building at the University of Liverpool, 1912–1914
City Arms on the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 1914
Allegory of Learning, two figures above portico of Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, 1917
Four allegorical groupings representing Agriculture, Art, Industry and Learning at the base of the dome of the Manitoba Legislative Building, Winnipeg, 1918–1919
Sculpture of Britannia above a clock was added atop the Old Academy in Perth in 1886[9]
Apollo (1889-1894), Glasgow, former Sun Life Building, Renfield StreetApollo, Night and Day (1889-1894) Glasgow, former Sun Life Building, Renfield StreetNight (1889-1894) Glasgow, former Sun Life Building, Renfield StreetDay (1889-1894), Glasgow, former Sun Life Building, Renfield Street
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