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In [[1837]] Watts was appointed 'Sculptor in Ordinary' to [[Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]]. His pupils included noted sculptors [[George Frederick Watts]] and [[Thomas Woolner]], and [[naturalist]] [[Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins]]. |
In [[1837]] Watts was appointed 'Sculptor in Ordinary' to [[Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]]. His pupils included noted sculptors [[George Frederick Watts]] and [[Thomas Woolner]], and [[naturalist]] [[Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins]]. |
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He produced many busts of children, reliefs and also some notable church monuments and statues, including ones of Dr [[Churchill Babington]] in [[St Paul's Cathedral]] and Major-General Sir [[Henry Havelock]] in [[Trafalgar Square]] and several of Sir [[Robert Peel]] (including ones situated in [[Leeds]], Peel Park in [[Bradford]], and at the police college in [[Hendon]] in north-west London). Other subjects included: [[Thomas Arnold]], Sir [[Joshua Reynolds]] and [[George Cruikshank]]. |
He produced many busts of children, reliefs and also some notable church monuments and statues, including ones of Dr [[Churchill Babington]] in [[St Paul's Cathedral]] and Major-General Sir [[Henry Havelock]] in [[Trafalgar Square]] and several of Sir [[Robert Peel]] (including ones situated in [[Leeds]], Peel Park in [[Bradford]], and at the police college in [[Hendon]] in north-west London). Other subjects included: [[Thomas Arnold]], Sir [[Joshua Reynolds]], [[Benjamin West]] and [[George Cruikshank]]. |
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Despite this success, he was financially inept and was declared [[bankrupt]] in [[1861]], and died in poverty. |
Despite this success, he was financially inept and was declared [[bankrupt]] in [[1861]], and died in poverty. |
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Revision as of 18:45, 29 June 2004
William Behnes (1795-1864) was an English sculptor of the early 19th century.
Born in London, Behnes was the son of a Hanoverian pianoforte-maker and his English wife. His early life was spent in Dublin where he studied art at the Dublin Academy.
After the family returned to London, Behnes continued his artistic training, studying at the Royal Academy School of Art from 1813. He exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1815, won several medals during the ensuing years, and then won a Society of Arts gold medal in 1819 for inventing an instrument to assist sculpture work, having by this time begun to practice successfully as a sculptor.
In 1837 Watts was appointed 'Sculptor in Ordinary' to Queen Victoria. His pupils included noted sculptors George Frederick Watts and Thomas Woolner, and naturalist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins.
He produced many busts of children, reliefs and also some notable church monuments and statues, including ones of Dr Churchill Babington in St Paul's Cathedral and Major-General Sir Henry Havelock in Trafalgar Square and several of Sir Robert Peel (including ones situated in Leeds, Peel Park in Bradford, and at the police college in Hendon in north-west London). Other subjects included: Thomas Arnold, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Benjamin West and George Cruikshank.
Despite this success, he was financially inept and was declared bankrupt in 1861, and died in poverty.