John Cassidy (artist)

Statue of Edward Colston by Cassidy, The Centre, Bristol, England
Statue of Enriqueta Rylands (detail), John Rylands Library, Manchester, England

John Cassidy (1860–1939) was an Irish sculptor and painter who worked in Manchester, England and created many public sculptures.

Life

Cassidy was born in Littlewood Commons, Slane, County Meath, Ireland on 1 January 1860. He moved to Dublin at the age of 20 to find work. There he attended art classes at night and won a scholarship to study in Milan, Italy. After two years he moved to Manchester, England, where he lived for the rest of his life.[1] He studied at the Manchester School of Art in 1883 and taught there in 1887.[2]

He created many public sculptures, especially war memorials, and exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Royal Hibernian Academy and in Manchester City Art Gallery. He was for a time assisted in his studios by John Ashton Floyd, a local sculptor.[1][3] For most of his career his studio was at Lincoln Grove in Chorlton-on-Medlock.

He died at St Joseph's Hospital in Whalley Range on 19 July 1939 and was buried in Southern Cemetery.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Obituary, Manchester City News, 22 July 1939, retrieved 26 March 2008
  2. ↑ "John Cassidy RCA, RBS", Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow, retrieved 20 May 2017
  3. 1 2 Hulme, C. & Nicolson, L. John Cassidy, Manchester Sculptor: Enriqueta Augustina Rylands



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