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词条 William Bloye
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  1. Life

  2. RBSA

  3. Works

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William James Bloye {{post-nominals|country=GBR|ARBSA}} (8 July 1890 – 6 June 1975) was an English sculptor, active in Birmingham either side of World War II.

Life

He studied, and later, taught at the Birmingham School of Art (his training was interrupted by World War I, when he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps from 1915 to 1917;[2] he was eventually succeeded at Birmingham by John Bridgeman), where his pupils included Gordon Herickx, Roy Kitchin, Raymond Mason, John Poole and Ian Walters. He also studied stone-carving and letter cutting under Eric Gill around 1921.

In 1925 he became a member of the Birmingham Civic Society, having, at about that time, a studio at 111, Golden Hillock Road, Small Heath, Birmingham. As Birmingham's unofficial civic sculptor he worked on virtually all public commissions including libraries, hospitals and the University. He often carved bas-relief plaques, typically for public houses in Birmingham, and decorated a number of buildings by the architect Holland W. Hobbiss.

During the 1920s, he served on the Technical Committee of the Birmingham Civic Society.[3]

He became a member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors: associate (with the honorific suffix ARBS) in 1934, and fellow (FRBS) in 1938. He also won the latter's Otto Beit Medal. Retiring from the School of Art in 1956 he moved to Solihull. He died in Arezzo, Italy in 1975.

In December 2010, a blue plaque was unveiled at City College, on the site of his former studio.[2]

As of January 2010, Birmingham City Council are working on the restoration Bloye's statue of Pan at Aston Hall. The statue's head is missing, and they have appealed for old photographs, to assist in its reconstruction.[5]

RBSA

Bloye was closely associated with the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA). Although the two 1919 bronze plaques at the RBSA entrance are the earliest known work by Bloye in Birmingham, he only became a member in 1930.[4] After a period as vice-president, he became president in 1948[5] and served in that role until 1950. He was also the RBSA's Professor of Sculpture[5] from at least the mid-1940s until at least 1961[6] (after which time the post is no longer mentioned in the annual catalogues).[7]

The Society's permanent collection includes one of his works, a life-size plaster bust, Head of Man.[8] It is undated and not usually on display. The subject's name is not recorded.

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Works

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| image = Birmingham Feeny Art Gallery Bloy.jpg
| subject = Allegories of Art and Industry
| location = Over the north-west door of Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (The Feeney Gallery extension), Great Charles Street
| date = c. {{Start date|1919}}
| material = Stone
| dimensions =
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| coordinates = {{Coord|52.4811| -1.9050|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner = Birmingham City Council
| notes =[12]
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| image = Aesculapius on Birmingham Chest Clinic.jpg
| subject = Aesculapius
| location = Chest Clinic, Great Charles Street
| date = {{Start date|1930}}
| type = Relief carving
| material = Stone
| dimensions =
| designation =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.4817| -1.9047|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes =[12]
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| image = Boulton, Watt and Murdoch.jpg
| commonscat = Statue of Boulton, Watt and Murdoch, Birmingham
| subject = Boulton, Watt and Murdoch
| location = Broad Street
| date = {{Start date|1956}}
| type = statues
| material = Gilded Bronze
| dimensions =
| designation =
| coordinates = {{coord|52.478587|-1.908395|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner = Birmingham City Council
| notes = Matthew Boulton, James Watt and William Murdoch
}}{{Public art row
| image = Victoria Statue in Victoria Square Birmingham.jpg
| commonscat = Statue of Queen Victoria, Birmingham
| subject = Queen Victoria
| location = Victoria Square
| date = {{Start date|1951}}
| type = statue
| material = Bronze
| dimensions =
| designation =
| coordinates = {{coord|52.479628|-1.902998|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner = Birmingham City Council
| notes = Recast from a marble statue by Thomas Brock[12]
}}{{Public art row
| image = Art deco carving by William Bloye (doorway to the Royal Oak Public House, Lozells, Birmingham, England).jpg
| subject = Royal Oak
| location = Lozells
| date = {{circa}} {{Start date|1936}}
| material = Stone
| dimensions =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.502687|-1.900501|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes = Decoration around the doorway of a former pub (now a shop). Formerly brightly painted.[12]
}}{{Public art row
| image = William Bloye - Boars Head.JPG
| subject = The Boar's Head
| location = The Boar's Head, Perry Barr
| date = c. {{Start date|1938}}
| material = Wood
| dimensions =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.529153| -1.895465|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
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| notes = Painted pub sign comprising a model boar's head, on a pole.[9] Taken from the arms of the Gough-Calthorpe family of nearby Perry Hall
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| image = Perry Barr Greyhound Stadium Bloye stag 94.jpg
| subject = Running stag
| location = Perry Barr Stadium
| date = {{Start date|1929}}
| type = Bas-relief
| material = Stone
| dimensions =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.519192| -1.897717|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes = Logo of Birchfield Harriers.[9] Attributed.[9]
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| image = The Towers pub sign front of pub.jpg
| subject = The Towers
| location = Tower Hill, Great Barr
| date = {{Start date|1936}}
| material = Stone
| dimensions =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.535574|-1.92062|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes = Bloye was responsible for all the stone carving on this brick building[9]
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| image = William Bloye RBSA Coat of Arms.jpg
| subject = Bronze Plaques
| location = Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
| date = {{Start date|1919}}
| material = Bronze
| dimensions =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.484891| -1.907520|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes = Formerly at the Society's old headquarters on New Street[9]
}}{{Public art row
| image = Bloye Hall of Memory - Call - Frontline - Return.jpg
| subject = Call, Front Line and Return
| location = Hall of Memory, Broad Street
| date = {{Start date|1925}}
| type = Interior bas-relief carvings
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| coordinates = {{coord|52.4795|-1.9070|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes =[9]
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| image = L&G Assurance Building 7 Waterloo Street - Bloye Wisdom 561.jpg
| subject = 'Wisdom, Fortitude, Charity, Faith'
| location = Legal and General Assurance Building, 7 Waterloo Street
| date = {{Start date|1932}}
| type = Four bas relief panels
| material =
| dimensions =
| coordinates = {{coord|52.480405|-1.900024|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes = Exterior high level bas-relief carvings.[9]
| commonscat = Bloye sculptures on Legal and General Assurance Building 7 Waterloo Street
}}{{Public art row
| image = New Oxford House 16 Waterloo Street - Bloye capital 507.JPG
| subject = Capitals and pediment sculptures
| location = New Oxford House, 16 Waterloo Street
| date = {{Start date|1935}}
| material =
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| coordinates = {{coord|52.479942|-1.901489|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
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| notes = Exterior: two capitals, shield above door and upstairs pediment and putto.[9]
| commonscat = Bloye sculptures on New Oxford House 16 Waterloo Street
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| image = Dudley Council House.jpg
| subject = Coat of arms and two lion reliefs
| location = Council House, Priory Road, Dudley
| date = {{Start date|1928}}
| material =
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| coordinates = {{Coord|52.5122|-2.0841|type:landmark_region:GB-DUD}}
| owner =
| notes = Façade on Council House (Town Hall)[10]
}}{{Public art row
| image = Bloye Fox and Hollybush sculpture.jpg
| subject = Fox and Hollybush
| location = Acocks Green
| date = {{Start date|1927}}-8
| type = Bas-relief
| material =
| dimensions =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.44408|-1.83418|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes = From former Fox Hollies pub.[9] Now on Lidl supermarket.
}}{{Public art row
| image = Bloye Dudley George and the Dragon and flagpoles.jpg
| subject = War Memorial: George and the Dragon and lions on flagpoles
| location = Town Hall, Priory Street, Dudley
| date = {{Start date|1928}}
| material =
| dimensions =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.5115|-2.0844|type:landmark_region:GB-DUD}}
| owner =
| notes = Also four bronze lions (1936) on flagpoles, Town Hall tower[10]
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| image = Bloye Dudleys Past.jpg
| subject = Dudley's Past
| location = Town Hall, corner of Priory Road and Priory Street, Dudley
| date = {{Start date|1935}}
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| coordinates = {{Coord|52.5120|-2.0839|type:landmark_region:GB-DUD}}
| owner =
| notes =[10]
}}{{Public art row
| image = The Antelope, Sparkhill.jpg
| subject = The Antelope
| location = Sparkhill
| date = c. {{Start date|1929}}
| type = Bas-relief pub sign
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| coordinates = {{Coord|52.453362| -1.865753|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
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| notes = Designed by Bloye, sculpted by his assistant, Tom Wright[9]
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| image =
| subject = Allegory of Painting
| location = Former Art Gallery, Avenue Road, Leamington Spa
| date = {{Start date|1929}}
| material = Sandstone
| dimensions =
| coordinates =
| owner =
| notes = Life-size female nude[11]
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| image = Bloye Pan at Aston Hall 8.JPG
| subject = Pan
| location = Aston Hall, Birmingham
| date = {{Start date|1934}}
| material =
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| coordinates = {{coord|52.50658|-1.88577|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes =[12][9]
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| image = Bloye vase at Aston Hall.JPG
| subject = Two stone vases
| location = Aston Hall, Birmingham
| date = {{Start date|1934}}
| type = Vases
| material = Stone
| dimensions =
| coordinates = {{br separated entries|{{coord|52.50666|-1.88519|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}|{{coord|52.50642|-1.88524|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}}}
| owner = Birmingham City Council
| notes =[9]
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| image = Bloye Dudley columns and heads.jpg
| subject = Capitals and Heads
| location = Council House, Priory Road, Dudley
| date = {{Start date|1935}}
| material =
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| coordinates = {{Coord|52.5122|-2.0841|type:landmark_region:GB-DUD}}
| owner =
| notes =[10]
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| image =
| subject = Dudley from the Wren's Nest
| location = Council House, Priory Road, Dudley
| date = {{Start date|1935}}
| type = Two reliefs
| material = Plaster
| dimensions =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.5121|-2.0844|type:landmark_region:GB-DUD}}
| owner =
| notes = Within building – at entrance to council chamber and entrance to committee reception room.<0ref name="NoszlopySBC" />
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| image =
| subject = St. Nicholas Rescuing the Three Children
| location = John Shelton School, Coventry (former)
| date = {{Start date|1936}}
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| notes = Lost after the school was demolished in 1999[11]
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| image = The Bear, Sparkhill crop.jpg
| subject = Bear and Staff
| location = The Bear Inn, Stratford Road, Sparkhill
| date = c. {{Start date|1937}}
| type = Bas-relief
| material =
| dimensions =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.448235|-1.861201|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes = Pub sign, depicting feature of the arms of Warwickshire, in which the area was located at the time of installation.[9]
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| image = Perry Common Library Bloye 73.jpg
| commonscat = Bloye sculptures on Perry Common Library
| subject = Lamp of Knowledge
| location = Perry Common Library
| date = c. {{Start date|1934}}
| type = Bas-relief
| material = stone
| dimensions =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.535590|-1.875583|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes =[9]
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| image = Yardley Wood Library Bloye 10.jpg
| commonscat = Bloye sculptures on Yardley Wood Library
| subject = Spirit of Knowledge
| location = Yardley Wood Library
| date = c. {{Start date|1936}}
| type = Bas-relief
| material = stone
| dimensions =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.41856|-1.85970|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes =[9]
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Work Location
(Birmingham unless stated)		 Date Picture Coordinates
(With links to map and aerial photo sources)		 Notes
Brookvale Pub, sign with putto and grapesErdington1934}}52.51399|-1.85737|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}} Painted stone pub sign.[9]
Huntsman and Dog, pub signThe Green Man Pub, High Street, Harborne1940}}52.46138|-1.94301|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}} Painted wooden pub sign.[9]
Library EmblemYardley Library, Yardley1938}}52.461| -1.816|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
Apollo fountainCoronation Gardens, Ednam Road, Dudley1939}}52.51277|-2.08337|type:landmark_region:GB-DUD}} Sculpture on top of fountain[10] The model was international gymnast and basketball player Fred Starkey.[13] The plaster models are in the collection of Birmingham Museums Trust.[14]
Josiah MasonNow at the junction of Chester Road & Orphanage Road in Erdington1952}}52.531556| -1.825128|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}} Bronze bust, recast from a marble statue (subsequently destroyed) by Francis John Williamson of 1885, which stood opposite Mason Science College in Edmund Street[9]
Engineering, bas-reliefMechanical Engineering Building at the University of Birmingham1954}}52.44928|-1.93509|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}[9]
AesculapiusMedical School, University of Birminghamdf=yes|c. 1938}}52.45190|-1.93813|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}[9]
John Skirrow WrightBirmingham Council House1956}}52.480082| -1.902760|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}} Bronze bust cast from a marble statue (subsequently destroyed) by Francis John Williamson[9]
St. AlphegeSt. Alphege CofE Infants School, New Road, Solihull1959}}52.41148|-1.77450 |type:landmark_region:GB-SOL}} Restored in 1994[11]
Mermaid fountainUniversity of Birmingham Guild of Students1960}}52.44927| -1.927225|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}} Bronze[9]
Mermaid University of Birmingham Guild of Students1960}}52.44951|-1.92741|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}} Clipsham stone sculpture, on wall[9]
DecorationThe Mermaid (public house), Sparkhill1960}}52.456861| -1.868761|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}} (Bas-relief pub sign attributed to Alan Bridgewater[9])
Bust of Wilfred Byng KenrickByng Kenrick Grammar School For Girls1962}} (unveiled 1963) Bronze. Lost, believed stolen.[9])
Coat of ArmsDental Hospital1973}}52.485875| -1.895101|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}} Fibreglass. Now removed.[9]
Head of ManRoyal Birmingham Society of Artists undated Plaster[8]
Sermon to the BirdsSt Francis of Assisi's Church, Bournville 193352.42902|-1.93558|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}} Oak Wood. Part of Grade II listed building.[9]
Ten panels in ceilingMoseley School (old assembly hall) undated52.44066|-1.86433|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}[15] (Full image set at {{Commons category inline>Moseley School assembly hall ceiling panels}}).
Sun and letteringSun Insurance Building, Bennetts Hill 192752.47991|-1.90025|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}} Stone bas-relief[9]{{Commons category inline|Bloye sculptures on Sun Insurance Building, Bennetts Hill}}).
Heraldic sculptures (also Bronze statue of girl in fountain in courtyard)Fountain Court, Steelhouse Lane 196452.48370|-1.89494|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}[9] {{Commons category inline>Bloye sculptures at Fountain Court Building, Steelhouse Lane}}.
Mother and Child, Young Child Playing90 Lancaster Street, Birmingham c193552.48731|-1.89370|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}} Stone bas-relief[9]
MaternityCarnegie Welfare Institute, Hunter's Road, Hockley c1923-652.49712|-1.91522|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}} Painted mahogany[9]
The Good Shepherd and Latin CrossChrist Church, Burney Lane, Ward End c193552.48984|-1.82130|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}} Stone bas-relief[9]
ChristAll Saints church, Coneyford Road, Shard End 1951–552.49454|-1.77601|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}} Stone[9]
Lion Pediment and Seated CraftsmenSupreme Works, 186 Soho Hill, Handsworth c192252.50018|-1.92123|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR|name=Lion Pediment and Seated Craftsmen}}[9] {{Commons category inline>Supreme Works, 186 Soho Hill, Birmingham}}.
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References

{{Commons category|William Bloye}}
1. ^{{cite web|title=William James Bloye ARBS|url=http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib4_1204117746|website=Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851–1951|publisher=University of Glasgow History of Art|accessdate=17 July 2017}}
2. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.citycol.ac.uk/news/news_details.asp?id=271|title=Life of Birmingham sculptor William Bloye commemorated|date=December 2010|publisher=City College|accessdate=11 December 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721204539/http://www.citycol.ac.uk/news/news_details.asp?id=271|archivedate=21 July 2011}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/BM/WMbiBIxx031.htm|title=Ornamental Fountain|work=National Recording Project|publisher=Public Monument and Sculpture Association|accessdate=28 October 2010}}
4. ^{{cite journal|last=Anon|year=1930|title=The Spring Exhibition, 1930 (catalogue)|publisher=RBSA}}
5. ^1 {{cite journal|last=Anon|year=1948|title=Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Autumn Exhibition 1948 (catalogue)|publisher=RBSA}}
6. ^{{cite journal|last=Anon|year=1961|title=The Second Spring Exhibition, 1961 (catalogue)|publisher=RBSA}}
7. ^RBSA catalogues, 1962 onwards
8. ^1 RBSA archives, catalogue number B43
9. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 {{cite book|last=Noszlopy|first=George T.|authorlink=George T. Noszlopy|title=Public Sculpture of Birmingham including Sutton Coldfield|publisher=Liverpool University Press|year=1998|series=Public Sculpture of Britain|volume=2|isbn=0-85323-682-8}}
10. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book|last=Noszlopy|first=George T.|title=Public Sculpture of Staffordshire and the Black Country|publisher=Liverpool University Press|year=2005|series=Public Sculpture of Britain|volume=9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RbfVkHMTC0cC |isbn=978-0-85323-999-4}}
11. ^1 2 {{cite book|last=Noszlopy|first=George T.|title=Public Sculpture of Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull|publisher=Liverpool University Press|year=2003|series=Public Sculpture of Britain|volume=6|isbn=0-85323-847-2}}
12. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://birminghamnewsroom.com/?p=15389|title=The mystery of the headless statue|date=17 January 2011|work=Birmingham Newsroom|publisher=Birmingham City Council|accessdate=17 January 2011}}
13. ^{{cite journal|last=Anon|date=2 April 2001|title=Former city man tribute|journal=Birmingham Evening Mail|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-17734402.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329174915/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-17734402.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=29 March 2015}} – via HighBeam Research, subscription needed
14. ^Accession numbers: 1991P111; 1991P112
15. ^The Moseleians Association – Moseley School and the work of William Bloye (1890–1975)
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