Alexander Munro (sculptor)

Alexander Munro
Born(1825-10-26)26 October 1825
Sutherland, Scotland
Died1 January 1871(1871-01-01) (aged 45)
Cannes, France
NationalityBritish
Occupationsculptor

Munro's sculpture of Humphry Davy in the Oxford Museum of Natural History
Elizabeth Blakeway by Alexander Munro, 1859

Alexander Munro (26 October 1825 – 1 January 1871) was a British sculptor of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. He concentrated on portraiture and statues, but is best known for his Rossetti-influenced figure-group Paolo and Francesca (1852), which has often been identified as the epitome of Pre-Raphaelite sculpture.[1]

Lionel Cust described his work as "sketchy and wanting in strength, but full of refinement and true feeling."[2]

  1. ^ Benedict Read, "Was There a Pre-Raphaelite Sculpture?", Pre-Raphaelite Papers, Tate Gallery, 1984, 97-110.
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