Goscombe John

Sir William Goscombe John RA was a Welsh sculptor.

He was born in Canton, Cardiff and as a youth assisted his father, Thomas John, a wood carver, in the restoration of Cardiff Castle. He initially studied in his home town, attending the Cardiff School of Art. He went to London in 1882 and studied at the City and Guilds of London Art School under Jules Dalou and William Silver Frith and afterward at the Academy schools, where he won the gold medal and a traveling scholarship in 1887. In 189091 he studied in Paris. He married Swissborn Marthe Weiss. Their daughter Muriel married the son of artist Sir Luke Fildes.

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