Tree of Life
Portland stone
Height - 20 inches
Signed to base
£6500.00
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Provenance
Bought from the Artist
Note: A direct carver almost exclusively in stone, Stanford was perhaps the last link with the great direct carving revival in Britain during the twentieth century and his work should be understood in the great figurative tradition of Frank Dobson, Eric Gill and Eric Kennington. Influenced by Greek mythology his work remained robustly figurative, although the influence of Henri Laurens and Paris School Cubism can be seen in many of his carvings. He exhibited widely including at the Royal Academy and with the London Group and the Artists International Association. His work is represented in public collections throughout Britain and he was elected an Associate of The Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1994.