St Mungo by George J Frampton
George Frampton also created busts, sculptures, reliefs, and goldsmithery
About the artist
Frampton was born and died in London. He studied sculpture at Lambeth School of Art under WS Frith and at the RA schools between 1881–87. He later went to Paris, where he was taught by Antonin Mercié (sculpture) and by Dagnam-Bouveret (painting). A skilled practitioner in many media, he produced portrait busts, monumental sculpture reliefs, goldsmithery and design work, much of his work having a strong flavour of Art Nouveau.
He received many honours in exhibitions at home and abroad. He executed some monumental sculpture on buildings in Glasgow, including Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, while his most popularly known work is the statue of Peter Pan of 1912, in Kensington Gardens, London. He exhibited in the Royal Academy of Arts, London from 1884 and Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts, Glasgow from 1891–1917.
He was elected ARA 1894, RA 1902, knighted in 1908.