John Tweed

(b Glasgow, 21 Jan 1869; d London, 12 Nov 1933). Scottish sculptor. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art before selling his family publishing business and moving to London in 1890, where Hamo Thornycroft engaged him as an assistant while he studied at the Royal Academy Schools. Tweed's admiration for the work of Rodin took him in 1893 to Paris, where he worked under Alexandre Falgui?re. Later that year he returned to London to execute his first major commission, a bronze relief of Jan van Riesbeeck (in situ) for Cecil Rhodes's residence, Groote Schuur (Cape Town). Further African commissions followed, including a characterful bronze statue of Rhodes (1902; Bulawayo; bronze statuette version, Duke of Westminster priv. col.).

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