Water Feature: William McMillan A lead and granite fountain early 20th century signed McMillan and dated ~27 155cm.; 61ins high overall William McMillan RA^ 1887 -1977 was born in Aberdeen^ Scotland^ the son of William McMillan^ master engraver^ and Jane Knight. He studied at Gray~s Art School and then at the Royal College of Art^ London from 1908 to 1912^ under Édouard Lantéri. McMillan joined The Artists Rifles in WWI and was commissioned into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 5 December 1915. He was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1925^ a full member in 1933 and a Senior RA in 1962. From 1929 to 1941 he was Master of the Royal Academy Sculpture School. From 1940 to 1966 he became involved in a number of important and prestigious public commissions^ and became more widely recognised at international level. Perhaps his most well-known work in collaboration with Sir Charles wheeler^ is the bronze Mermaids and Dolphin fountain in Trafalgar Square^ London. Another bronze fountain of a Triton and Dryads stands in Regents Park^ London. He was made a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in 1956. His home city of Aberdeen made him a Freeman of the City and Aberdeen University conferred an honorary doctorate upon him. McMillan exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1917 until 1971.
Water Feature: William McMillan A lead and granite fountain early 20th century signed McMillan and dated ~27 155cm.; 61ins high overall William McMillan RA^ 1887 -1977 was born in Aberdeen^ Scotland^ the son of William McMillan^ master engraver^ and Jane Knight. He studied at Gray~s Art School and then at the Royal College of Art^ London from 1908 to 1912^ under Édouard Lantéri. McMillan joined The Artists Rifles in WWI and was commissioned into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 5 December 1915. He was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1925^ a full member in 1933 and a Senior RA in 1962. From 1929 to 1941 he was Master of the Royal Academy Sculpture School. From 1940 to 1966 he became involved in a number of important and prestigious public commissions^ and became more widely recognised at international level. Perhaps his most well-known work in collaboration with Sir Charles wheeler^ is the bronze Mermaids and Dolphin fountain in Trafalgar Square^ London. Another bronze fountain of a Triton and Dryads stands in Regents Park^ London. He was made a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in 1956. His home city of Aberdeen made him a Freeman of the City and Aberdeen University conferred an honorary doctorate upon him. McMillan exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1917 until 1971.
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