William Kellock Brown

William Kellock Brown (15 December 1856 – 20 February 1934) was a Scottish sculptor prominent in late Victorian Glasgow, with many public works. His brother was the landscape artist Alexander Kellock Brown. He exhibited at the Royal Academy and Royal Scottish Academy. His sculptures are frequently simply initialled WKB. He was commissioned to create several Scottish war memorials in the early 1920s. He received an important commission from Glasgow Corporation in 1905–06, adding ornament to several public libraries in the city.

Biography

Born William Brown in Glasgow on 15 December 1856 (some sources state 1859) he later adopted the name Kellock, from his mother's family, to distinguish himself from other William Brown's active in the region. His father was originally a journeyman brass worker in Edinburgh but around 1853 he relocated to Glasgow to become a partner in Kenny & Brown, a firm of art metal workers. While studying in London he created decorative balconies for the Savoy Hotel in 1888 and also exhibited a work in Liverpool. Monumental figures on the Sanitary Chambers, Montrose Street, Glasgow (1895) Monument to Rev Dr George Stewart Burns, Glasgow Cathedral (1896) Monumental figures on the People's Palace, Glasgow (1898) Statue of Flora MacDonald (1898) Monumental figures on the Castle Chambers, 59–69 Renfield Street, Glasgow (1900) Entrance pediment, Parkhead Library, Glasgow (1904–1906) Sculpture on Woodside District Library, Glasgow (1905) Sculpture on Govanhill District Library, Glasgow (1906) Sculpture on Bridgeton District Library, Glasgow (1906) Sculpture on Dennistoun District Library, Glasgow (1906) Portrait statuette of Cameron of Lochiel (1911) Cenotaph to John Robertson, Glasgow Necropolis (1912) The Titanic Disaster Memorial, in the former Institute of Engineers and Shipbuilders, Elmbank Crescent, Glasgow (1913) Statue of David Livingstone, Livingstone Memorial Church, Blantyre (1913) Sketch model of Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1915) Memorial to Thomas Carlyle in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow (1916) Statue of General Maximo Gomez, Liberator of Cuba (1919) Penpont War Memorial (1921) Kilmaurs War Memorial (1921) Monument to Thomas Andrew Millar, Glasgow Necropolis (1922) Alyth War memorial (1922) Inverary War Memorial (1922) Largs War Memorial (1922) Johnstone War Memorial (1924)