Name:

James Havard Thomas

Lived:

1854-1921

Qualifications:

A British-born, Welsh sculptor active in London and Capri. He became the first Chair of Sculpture at the Slade School of Art in London. He was known for his painstakingly precise sculptures resulting from elaborate and time-consume processes for achieving sculptural realism. He emerged from the same sources as the "New Sculpture" in Britain, and his career runs parallel to (and in dialogue with) that movement