John Tweed

John Tweed
Tweed in The Sketch, 1903
Born	(1869-01-21)21 January 1869 Glasgow, Scotland
Died	12 November 1933(1933-11-12) (aged 64) London, England
Burial place	Chelsea Old Church
Education	Glasgow School of Art Royal Academy Schools
Occupation	Sculptor
Spouse	Edith Clinton ​ (m. 1895)​

John Tweed (21 January 1869 – 12 November 1933) was a Scottish sculptor.

Tweed was born on January 21, 1869, at 16 Great Portland Street, Glasgow, and studied at the Glasgow School of Art.^[1] He then trained with Hamo Thornycroft in London, and attended the Royal Academy Schools at the same time.^[2] Together, they created the frieze on the Institute of Chartered Accountants' building in London.^[3] In 1893, he moved to Paris with the hope of studying with Auguste Rodin. However, this did not happen, as Rodin would only accept pupils who would spend four years under his supervision.^[4]

In 1895, he married Edith Clinton, secretary to the National Society for Women's Suffrage, the first national group in the UK to campaign for women's right to vote.^[3] In 1895, they moved into 108 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London, and Tweed lived there until his death on November 12, 1933, aged 64.^[5] He was buried at Chelsea Old Church.^[4]

The first major exhibition of Tweed's work since 1934 ran from March to September 2013 at the Sir John Madejski Art Gallery, Reading Museum, in Reading, England.^[6] The Victoria and Albert Museum have called him the "British Rodin".^[2]

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