Joseph Kendrick (born 4 June 1755) was a British sculptor.
Life
Joseph Kendrick was born on 4 June 1755. In 1771 he attended the Royal Academy Schools, and then followed a career as a sculptor.
He was also active in music in London, and was described as an Alto in Doane's ''Musical Directory'' on 1794. Kendrick seems to have moved to Portsmouth after 1805.
In December 1813 the
Royal Academy of Arts
The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its purpo ...
granted Kendrick the gold medal and a prize of fifty guineas for the best historical basso relievo.
In 1811 he made a monument to Colonel Sir William Myers, borrowing from the composition of
Louis-François Roubiliac
Louis-François Roubiliac (or Roubilliac, or Roubillac) (31 August 1702 – 11 January 1762) was a French sculptor who worked in England. One of the four most prominent sculptors in London working in the rococo style, he was described by Margare ...
's tribute to
Admiral Warren, but with the attendant female in a defiant rather than melancholy pose.
In 1829 the Royal Academy exhibited a bust of the organist
Augustus Frederic Christopher Kollmann
Augustus Frederic Christopher Kollmann (21 March 1756 – 19 April 1829) was a German-born composer and musical theorist.
Life
Augustus Frederic Christopher Kollmann was born in Engelbostel, near Hanover on 21 March 1756.
His father was an org ...
by Kendrick.
Kendrick married a Miss Crow of Wateringbury.
Kendrick's older daughter Josephia Jane Mary Kendrick was an accomplished harpist who performed in public and later gave lessons in the harp.
His other children included
Emma Kendrick (1788-1871), the miniaturist, and Josephus John Pinnix Kendrick, also a sculptor.
Emma won several prizes from the Society of Arts, and exhibited at the Royal Academy and other locations between 1811 and 1840.
In 1834 the Royal Academy exhibited a painting of Joanna Kollmann by Emma Kendrick.
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1755 births
British sculptors
British male sculptors
Year of death missing