art.wikisort.org - SculptureA life-size bronze statue of Jan Smuts by the British artist Jacob Epstein stands on the north side of Parliament Square in London, United Kingdom, between a statue of Lord Palmerston and a statue of David Lloyd George.[1]
Sculpture by Jacob Epstein in London
Description
The statue depicts him in his military uniform as a field marshal, leaning forward with his left leg advanced, as if walking forward. The statue stands on a pedestal of granite from South Africa, which bears the inscription JAN/ CHRISTIAN/ SMUTS/ 1870–1950.
History
After Winston Churchill won the 1951 general election in October 1951, he proposed erecting a statue in Parliament Square as a memorial to Smuts, who had died in September 1950. Churchill retired as prime minister in 1955, and was too ill to perform the unveiling in November 1956; it was unveiled instead by the Speaker of the House of Commons, William Morrison. The statue became a Grade II listed building in 1970.[2]
References
External links
London portal
Visual arts portal
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- Epstein Archive
- Kathleen Garman (second wife, model)
- Theodore Garman (son)
- Kitty Garman (daughter)
- Sunita Devi (model)
- Dolores (model)
- Betty May (model)
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Parliament Square, London |
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Buildings | Current |
- Clockwise from Southwest: Middlesex Guildhall
- 12 Great George Street
- Government Offices Great George Street
- HM Treasury
- HM Revenue and Customs
- 10 Bridge Street
- Portcullis House
- Westminster Underground Station
- Palace of Westminster
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- St Margaret's Westminster
- Westminster Abbey
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- Broad Sanctuary (leading to Victoria Street)
- Little Sanctuary
- Little George Street
- Great George Street (leading to Birdcage Walk)
- Parliament Street (leading to Whitehall)
- Bridge Street (leading Westminster Bridge)
- Abingdon Street (leading to Millbank)
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- Charles Barry
- George Grey Wornum
- Augustus Pugin
- John Brydon
- J.S. Gibson
- Michael Hopkins and Partners
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- Black Friday (1910)
- Parliament Square Peace Campaign (Brian Haw)
- 2010 United Kingdom student protests
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- Art on the Underground
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- Belgravia1
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Key:  No longer extant, on public display or in London (see List of public art formerly in London) |
Jan Smuts |
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Life |
- Early life
- The South African Republic
- The Boer War
- A British Transvaal
- The Old Boers
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Other |
- Covenant of the League of Nations (co-wrote)
- Preamble to the United Nations Charter (initiated, co-wrote)
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- Holism and Evolution (1926 book)
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