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SCULPTURE FEATURES

The Gilbert Bayes Sculpture Gallery
Room 111

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This gallery is devoted to the making of Sculpture. It charts the creative process from the first idea through all the intermediate stages to the finished object. The pieces have been selected to illustrate the rich diversity of materials and wide variety of techniques that sculptors have used. They are mainly small in scale and range from early medieval ivories to modern bronzes.

Gilbert Bayes (1872-1953), after whom the gallery is named, had a long and eventful career. He produced a wide range of sculpture, using many of the techniques and materials shown here. At one end of the gallery are modelled and cast works. At the other end of the gallery are carved objects.