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The Henry Moore Institute has launched an online database of the Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain 1660-1951, supported by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum. This project has been a huge undertaking and the database is now online. The database will be regularly updated with new information on sculptors and their works.
The online edition contains all the information included in the printed version by Roscoe, Hardy and Sullivan published by Yale University Press in 2009, together with an expanded bibliography.
A parallel project is Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951. This is an authoritative study of sculptors, related businesses and trades investigated in the context of creative collaborations, art infrastructures, professional networks and cultural geographies. This database is the main outcome of the research and contains over 50,000 records about sculptural practice. The information has been entered so that the numerous connections between different areas of practice can be explored.
The database consists of over 50,000 records about sculptural practice and comes as the result of a collaborative project between the University of Glasgow, the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Henry Moore Institute.
Three years of research has gone into the project to create a major free access resource for the study of sculpture. Access to the database, on the Glasgow University web site, is free of charge. The link in the lower section of this page will take you to the database home pages.
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