William Landles (25 November 1923 – 17 August 2016)[1] was a Scottish artist and sculptor from the Scottish Borders town of Hawick.
Born in Hawick he left school at the age of fourteen to start an apprenticeship as a grocer. A self-taught sculptor,[2] he was noticed and mentored by the renowned Scottish artist Anne Redpath, whom he remained friends with for the rest of her life. She and others encouraged Landles and he won a scholarship to study at the Edinburgh College of Art in the early 1950s. He went on to qualify in teaching and became a school master in Art at Hawick High School until his retirement in 1980.
Two of his public sculptures are situated in his home town of Hawick, including the iconic portrait of poet James Thomson on the Thompson Bridge.[3] Landles was responsible for the bronzes used in the Roberton and Bourke cairns of Scottish Border poet and Australian bush balladeer Will H. Ogilvie (1869–1963).[2] His work has been exhibited repeatedly at the Scottish Royal Academy, in exhibitions across Scotland and is in private collections around the world.[4]
William Landles died on 17 August 2016, aged 92, and is buried in Hawick.[5][6][2][7]
References edit
- ^ "William Landles : Obituary". Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ a b c "Obituary: William Landles, artist". The Scotsman. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "Poetic justice as statue is unveiled". www.hawick-news.co.uk. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibitors 1826-1990: A dictionary of artists and their work in the Annual Exhibitions of the Royal Scottish Academy. Volume 3, L-Q, 1991, p.10
- ^ 'William Landles', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 accessed 13 Sep 2016
- ^ "In pictures: James Thomson statue". 2 October 2006.
- ^ "Ceremony unveils Thomson tribute". 2 October 2006. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
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