Glasgow War Memorial, George Square

This war memorial is the work of Sculptor Ernest George Gillick (1874 – 1951) and architect, John James Burnet and was erected in 1924.


Photo: J Wilson

Ernest Gillick, the sculptor was born in Bradford, the son of a local tailor and, aged 11, he left the city and went to Nottingham, where he was apprenticed to a lace designer. He then attended Nottingham School of Art, where he studied under the sculptor, Oliver Shepphard.  At Nottingham he won a scholarship that enabled him to study in London at the Royal College of Art, where he was tutored by the French sculptor, Edouard Lanteri, who helped Ernest obtain a traveling scholarship in 1902 to Italy and Paris.
Europe where he gained inspiration for future work.

Ernest’s work in the 1930s included sculptures on the memorial to The Missing, at the Vis-en-Artois war cemetery, France.

https://www.notjusthockney.info/gillick-ernest-george/

John James Burnet is also mentioned on our tours regarding the Athenaeum in Buchanan Street. He also benefitted from traveling scholarships which took him to continental


Map Reference: Eurowalk 6: Around the Town Centre



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