Sir George James Frampton, RA (18 June 1860 – 21 May 1928) was a notable British sculptor and leading member of the New Sculpture

New Sculpture

The New Sculpture refers to a movement in late 19th-century British sculpture.The term "New Sculpture" was coined by the first historian of the movement, the critic Edmund Gosse, who wrote a four-part series for the Art Journal in 1894...

 movement.

Early life and career

Frampton, the London-born son of a stonemason, began his working life in an architect's office before studying under William Silver Frith

William Silver Frith

William Silver Frith was a British sculptor.Frith graduated from the Lambeth School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools, and became assistant to Jules Dalou. By 1880 Frith had succeeded Dalou as master at the newly formed South London Technical Art School...

 at the City and Guilds of London Art School

City and Guilds of London Art School

The City and Guilds of London Art School is an art college in London, England, United Kingdom. It is one of the country's longest established art colleges, and offers courses ranging from Foundation, through B.A. degree, Postgraduate Diploma and M.A...

 (formerly Lambeth School of Art

Lambeth School of Art

Lambeth School of Art was founded in 1854 by William Gregory as a night school associated with the St. Mary the Less Church in London.-History:...

). He went on to the Royal Academy Schools where he won the Gold Medal and Travelling Scholarship. From 1887 to 1890 Frampton undertook further study and work at the studio of Antonin Mercie

Antonin Mercié

Marius Jean Antonin Mercié , was a French sculptor and painter.- Life :Mercié was born in Toulouse. He entered the École des Beaux Arts, Paris, and studied under Alexandre Falguière and François Jouffroy, and in 1868 gained the Grand Prix de Rome at the age of 23...

 in Paris.

Frampton returned to England and took up a teaching position at the Slade School of Art in 1893.

He was married to the artist Christabel Cockerell and had one son, the painter and etcher Meredith Frampton

Meredith Frampton

Meredith Frampton was a British painter and etcher.Frampton was educated at St John's Wood Art School and the at the Royal Academy Schools. He was the son of sculptor George Frampton. Although his artistic career was short and his output was limited, his work is on display at the National...

.

Best known works

Among Frampton's notable public sculptures are the figures of Peter Pan

Peter Pan

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 playing a set of pipes, the lions at the British Museum

British Museum

The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its...

 and the Edith Cavell

Edith Cavell

Edith Louisa Cavell was a British nurse and spy. She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from all sides without distinction and in helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during World War I, for which she was arrested...

 monument that stands outside the National Portrait Gallery, London. There are seven casts of the Peter Pan statue, following an original commission by J. M. Barrie

J. M. Barrie

Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan. The child of a family of small-town weavers, he was educated in Scotland. He moved to London, where he developed a career as a novelist and playwright...

. The statues are situated in

• Kensington Gardens
  Kensington Gardens
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  , London, England
• Sefton Park
  Sefton Park
  Sefton Park is a public park in south Liverpool, England. The park is in a district of the same name within the Liverpool City Council Ward of Mossley Hill, and roughly within the historic bounds of the large area of Toxteth Park...
  
  , Liverpool, England
• Brussels, Belgium
• Camden, New Jersey, United States
• Perth, Western Australia, Australia
• Toronto, Canada
• Bowring Park
  Bowring Park, St. John's
  Bowring Park, located in the Waterford Valley, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, is one of the most scenic parks in the city. Entrance to the park is via Waterford Bridge Road, passing a sculptured duck pond and a statue of Peter Pan. The park land was donated to the city in 1911 by Sir Edgar...
  
   in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.

A number of his works can be seen at the restored St James' Church, Warter

St James' Church, Warter

St James’ Church lies in Warter, an estate village in England, in the Yorkshire Wolds, part of the East Riding of Yorkshire.-Origins and History:...

in Yorkshire.