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James Havard Thomas

1854–1921

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Biography

James Havard Thomas (22 December 1854 – 6 June 1921) was a Bristol-born sculptor active in London and Capri. He became the first Chair of Sculpture at the Slade School of Art in London. He was known for his painstakingly precise sculptures resulting from elaborate and time-consuming processes for achieving sculptural realism. He emerged from the same roots as the "New Sculpture" in Britain, and his career runs parallel to (and in dialogue with) that movement.

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Mrs Asher Wertheimer

James Havard Thomas
1907

Lycidas

James Havard Thomas
1902–8

The Offering

James Havard Thomas
c.1908

Cow and Calf

James Havard Thomas
1897

Irrigators, Southern Italy

James Havard Thomas
c.1899–1906

Cardinal Manning

James Havard Thomas
1876–86

Thyrsis

James Havard Thomas
1912

Castagnettes No. 2

James Havard Thomas
1900
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James Havard Thomas

Sir William Rothenstein
1920
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J. Havard Thomas Asleep

James Kerr-Lawson
1910
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