Woodblock cleaned and restored Woodblock 9.5 x 5.5 cm
£350
Woodblock cleaned and restored Woodblock 8.1 x 3.7 cm
£700
Original woodblock cleaned, restored and framed Woodblock 12,6 x 10 cm
£1,200
Original woodblock cleaned, restored and framed Woodblock: 12,7 x 7,8 cm
Thumbnail panels:
James Woodford [blocks] 1893-1976
Sculptor in range of materials, born in Nottingham, where he studied at
the School of Art. After service with 2ith Sherwood Foresters on the
continent in World War I, where he was mentioned in dispatches,
Woodford attended Royal College of Art. During World War II Woodford
was camouflage officer to the Air Ministry. He was elected RA in 2945
and was a fellow of RBS. Woodford was a prolific producer of figurative
sculpture. Among his notable works were bronze doors at the RIBA; main
doors at Norwich City Hall; stone figures and panels, Huddersfield
Library and Art Gallery; statue of Robin Hood in Nottingham; sculpture
for Imperial War Graves Commission British cemeteries in Italy; new
design of Royal Coat of Arms, 1962; and many coats of arms for
government buildings in Britain and abroad. Woodford's output is widely
illustrated: in the volume RBS: Modern British Sculpture, published
1939; in Arthur T Broadbent's Sculpture Today in Great Britain
1940-1943, published 1949; and he was included in Sculpture In Britain
Between The Wars, Fine Art Society, 1986. Lived in Twickenham,
Middlesex.