- Benjamin Creswick
Benjamin Creswick (1853 - 1946) was a sculptor, active in the
Birmingham area in the 1880s-1920s at least.He was also a member of the
Century Guild of Artists which aimed "to render all branches of art the sphere no longer of the tradesman but of the artist".Creswick moved to Birmingham to work at the School of Art, as Master of Modelling and Modelled Design, from 1889-1918. He exhibited at the
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists in 1914 and was responsible for a number of architectural sculptures, which can still be seen on Birmingham buildings.He lived at a house called Elmwood, in Jockey Road,
Sutton Coldfield .Works
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Boldmere Swimming Club memorial" (1921) - now inside the swimming baths entrance of Wyndley Leisure Centre in Birmingham.
*"Bust ofJohn Ruskin "
*carved figures on the choirstalls,Unitarian Church ,Wallasey ,Merseyside External links
* [http://www.speel.demon.co.uk/other/century.htm The Century Guild]
* [http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/bscmemorial Boldmere Swimming Club memorial]
* [http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/ruskin/gallery/works30.xli.html Bust of John Ruskin]
* [http://www.hct.org.uk/chapel8wallasey.html Unitarian Church, Wallasey, Merseyside]
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