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Alexander "Sandy" Stoddart FRSE (born 1959) is a Scottish sculptor, who, since 2008, has been the Queen's Sculptor in Ordinary in Scotland. He works primarily on figurative sculpture in clay within the neoclassical tradition. Stoddart is best known for his civic monuments, including 10 feet (3.0 m) bronze statues of David Hume and Adam Smith, philosophers during the Scottish Enlightenment, on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, and others of James Clerk Maxwell, William Henry Playfair and John Witherspoon. Stoddart says of his own motivation, "My great ambition is to do sculpture for Scotland", primarily through large civic monuments to figures from the country's past.

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dbo:abstract Alexander "Sandy" Stoddart FRSE (born 1959) is a Scottish sculptor, who, since 2008, has been the Queen's Sculptor in Ordinary in Scotland. He works primarily on figurative sculpture in clay within the neoclassical tradition. Stoddart is best known for his civic monuments, including 10 feet (3.0 m) bronze statues of David Hume and Adam Smith, philosophers during the Scottish Enlightenment, on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, and others of James Clerk Maxwell, William Henry Playfair and John Witherspoon. Stoddart says of his own motivation, "My great ambition is to do sculpture for Scotland", primarily through large civic monuments to figures from the country's past. Stoddart was born in Edinburgh and raised in Renfrewshire, where he developed an early interest in the arts and music, and later trained in fine art at the Glasgow School of Art (1976–1980) and read the History of Art at the University of Glasgow. During this time he became increasingly critical of contemporary trends in art, such as pop art, and concentrated on creating figurine pieces in clay. Stoddart associates the lack of form in modern art with social decay; in contrast, his works include many classical allusions. (en) Alexander "Sandy" Stoddart (Edimburgo, 1959) è uno scultore scozzese, dal 2008 nominato Scultore Ordinario al Servizio di Sua Maestà per la Scozia. La statua commemorativa di David Hume di Alexander Stoddart, sul Miglio Reale di Edimburgo. Lavora principalmente nell'ambito della scultura figurativa in creta seguendo la tradizione classica. Stoddart è celebre per la realizzazione di monumenti civili, tra i quali le grandi rappresentazioni di David Hume ed Adam Smith, posti sul Miglio Reale della sua città, e di altre personalità come James Clerk Maxwell e John Witherspoon. Stoddart ha motivato la sua opera così: «La mia grande ambizione è quella di scolpire per la Scozia», principalmente riprendendo gli schemi della tradizione del suo paese. È cresciuto nel Renfrewshire, dove sviluppò un precoce interesse per le arti e la musica, studiando in seguito belle arti presso la Glasgow School of Art (1976-1980) e storia dell'arte all'Università di Glasgow. Durante questo periodo divenne sempre più critico verso le tendenze contemporanee dell'arte, come la pop art, e si concentrò sulla creazione di pezzi e figure in argilla. Stoddart associa la mancanza di forma nell'arte moderna al degrado sociale; in contrasto, le sue opere esprimono allusioni classiche. * William Playfair (Edimburgo) * Henry Moore (1992) * Blind Harry (it)
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