Charles Doman
Charles Leighfield Jonah Doman FRBS (31 August 1884 – 19 March 1944) was a sculptor from Nottingham.[2]
Charles Doman | |
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 From The Sphere, 17 November 1928 | |
| Born | Charles Leighfield Jonah Doman 31 August 1884 St. Ann's, Nottingham, England |
| Died | 19 March 1944 (aged 59) |
| Education | Royal College of Art |
| Alma mater | Nottingham School of Art |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Notable work | Sculpture on the Port of London Authority Building |
| Spouse | Selina Maud Alton |
Career
Born in 1884, he was the son of George L. Doman, a stone carver and monumental mason. He trained at the Nottingham School of Art from 1897 to 1901, where he was a pupil of Joseph Else. Then he worked for his father and studied at the Royal College of Art in South Kensington, London from 1905 to 1908.
He married Selina Maud Alton in 1908 in Nottingham.
Sculpture which is visible in public buildings includes the Bust of Lord Trent at Highfields Park, Nottingham, Civic Law at Nottingham Council House, and The Port of London Authority building, erected in 1928.
He taught sculpture at the Putney School of Art. In 1923 he became an associate member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors and 1938 he was elected a Fellow.
Doman designed the Allied Subjects' Medal which was issued in 1922.[3] This medal design was produced for a War Office competition of 1921.[4] He also designed the 1928 Armistice medal (marking 10 years since the end of the First World War) which was issued by the Royal Mint.[5]
He died on 19 March 1944[6] in the southwest London suburb of Wimbledon[1] (then in the county of Surrey) and left an estate valued at £2,892 1s 7d. (equivalent to £114,400 in 2019).[7]
Works
- Sculpture of Truth, Nottingham Castle Museum, 1904[8]
- Sculpture, Port of London Authority Building, London, 1922
- Sculpture, Lloyds, Leadenhall Street, London 1925[9]
- Sculpted relief, Liberty's, 208-222 Regent Street, London, 1925-28[10]
- Sculpted relief Charity, Royal Academy of Arts, 1929
- Sculpture of Civic Law, Nottingham Council House, 1929
- Sculptural group Boy and Pelican, Royal Academy of Arts, 1929[11]
- Reliefs, Raleigh Bicycle Company headquarters on Lenton Boulevard, Nottingham. 1931[12]
- Relief Panel, Half Landing, Administrative Block, Royal Masonic Hospital, Ravenscourt Park, London, 1933[13]
- Bust of Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent, Highfields Park, University of Nottingham, 1934[14]
- Reliefs, Home Ales brewery building, Daybrook, Nottingham, 1936[15]
- Sculpted panel of Solicitude, exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, 1937
- Bust of Dick Sheppard, 1938
References
- Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (2011). "76 Southdown Road, Wimbledon, London, England". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951. University of Glasgow. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- "Charles Leighfield Jonah Doman". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain & Ireland 1851-1951. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- Gordon, Lawrence L. (1950). British Battles and Medals. p. 374.
- "War Office Competition, 1921". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database. 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- "The Armistice Medalist". The Sphere. England. 17 November 1928. Retrieved 18 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "A Nottingham Sculptor". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 20 March 1944. Retrieved 18 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- "Early Work by Nottm. Sculptor". Nottingham Journal. England. 21 June 1944. Retrieved 18 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Historic England, "Lloyd's Building (1405493)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 March 2018
- Historic England, "Libertys, 208-222 and 208A, Regent Street W1 (1227689)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 March 2018
- "The Royal Academy". Nottingham Journal. England. 10 May 1929. Retrieved 18 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Historic England listing for Raleigh's Howitt Building
- Historic England, "Royal Masonic Hospital, with associated boundary walls, gates, railings and planters (1192740)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 March 2018
- Historic England, "Bust of Sir Jesse Boot (Lord Trent) at Entrance to Boating Lake (1255192)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 March 2018
- "Home Brewery: putti frieze". www.pmsa.org.uk. Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
External links
5 artworks by or after Charles Doman at the Art UK site