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[[Image:Artillery_Memorial_-_Here_Was_A_Royal_Fellowship_of_Death.jpg|thumb|250px|Detail from the Royal Artillery Memorial]]
'''Charles Sargeant Jagger''' (1885-1934) was a British sculptor who, following active service in the First World War, sculpted many works on the theme of war. He is best known for his war memorials, including the First Battle of Ypres at Horse Guards Parade, the Royal Artillery memorial at Hyde Park Corner and a Soldier Reading a Letter on Paddington Railway Station.
'''Charles Sargeant Jagger''' (1885-1934) was a British sculptor who, following active service in the First World War, sculpted many works on the theme of war. He is best known for his war memorials, including the First Battle of Ypres at Horse Guards Parade, the Royal Artillery memorial at Hyde Park Corner and a Soldier Reading a Letter on Paddington Railway Station.


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| accessdate=2007-07-09 }}</ref>. It depicts a 'listening post', a technique of trench warfare in which a soldier would hide among the corpses, broken stretchers and barbed wire of No Man's Land, in order to listen for the enemy.
| accessdate=2007-07-09 }}</ref>. It depicts a 'listening post', a technique of trench warfare in which a soldier would hide among the corpses, broken stretchers and barbed wire of No Man's Land, in order to listen for the enemy.


[[Image:Greatwarhydepark.JPG|thumb|250px|The Royal Artillery Memorial (side view)]]
His [[Royal Artillery Memorial]] (1925) at Hyde Park Corner in London is one of his best-known works. It features a giant sculpture of a howitzer surrounded by four bronze soldiers and bronze relief scenes, and is dedicated to casualties in the British Royal Regiment of Artillery in World War I.
His [[Royal Artillery Memorial]] (1925) at Hyde Park Corner in London is one of his best-known works. It features a giant sculpture of a howitzer surrounded by four bronze soldiers and bronze relief scenes, and is dedicated to casualties in the British Royal Regiment of Artillery in World War I.


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Detail from the Royal Artillery Memorial

Charles Sargeant Jagger (1885-1934) was a British sculptor who, following active service in the First World War, sculpted many works on the theme of war. He is best known for his war memorials, including the First Battle of Ypres at Horse Guards Parade, the Royal Artillery memorial at Hyde Park Corner and a Soldier Reading a Letter on Paddington Railway Station.

Biography

Charles Jagger was born in Yorkshire in 1885. He studied at the Sheffield School of Art before moving to London to study sculpture at the Royal College of Art (1908–11). His early works dealt with classical and literary themes and were influenced by the New Sculpture movement in the focus on medievalism and on surface qualities [1]. His student work won him a travelling scholarship that made it possible for him to spend several months in Rome and Venice. In 1914 he won the Prix de Rome [2].


Military service

When war broke out in 1914, Jagger gave up the Prix de Rome to join the army. At first, Jagger joined the Artists' Rifles, and in 1915 he was commissioned in the Worcestershire Regiment. Jagger served in Gallipoli and on the Western Front, and was wounded three times. He was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry.

Work as a sculptor

Although Jagger was commissioned as a sculptor of monuments, it is for his war memorials that he is chiefly remembered.

Whilst convalescing from war wounds in 1919, he began work on No Man's Land, a low relief which is today is part of the Tate Collection [3]. It depicts a 'listening post', a technique of trench warfare in which a soldier would hide among the corpses, broken stretchers and barbed wire of No Man's Land, in order to listen for the enemy.

The Royal Artillery Memorial (side view)

His Royal Artillery Memorial (1925) at Hyde Park Corner in London is one of his best-known works. It features a giant sculpture of a howitzer surrounded by four bronze soldiers and bronze relief scenes, and is dedicated to casualties in the British Royal Regiment of Artillery in World War I.

Jagger was made an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1926.

After the demand for war memorials had subsided, Jagger copnintued to receive important commissions and his works were increasingly influenced by Art Deco. Some of his works include allegorical stone figures at Imperial Chemical House, London (1928).

Charles Jagger died in 1934.

Works

References

  1. ^ "Jagger, Charles Sargeant". Grove Art online. 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-09.
  2. ^ "Jagger, (Charles) Sargeant". Grove Art online. 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-09.
  3. ^ "No Man's Land 1919-20". Tate. 2004-08-01. Retrieved 2007-07-09.

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