George Frampton, the Art Workers' Guild and 'the enemy alien in our midst'

• Autores: Nancy Ireson
• Localización: Burlington magazine, ISSN 0007-6287, Vol. 151, Nº 1280, 2009, págs. 763-767
• Idioma: inglés
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  • An article on Monument to Edith Cavell (1920), a sculpture by George Frampton at the foot of St. Martin's Lane, London. This awkward composition commemorates Edith Cavell, a nurse who defied German military law in assisting allied soldiers to their escape to the Netherlands during the First World War, and who was executed by a German firing squad in 1915. Frampton's structure is as somber as its subject matter, but it contains aesthetic conflicts that hinder its appreciation as much as any sense of solemnity. The piece is indicative of the deep-rooted anti-German feelings Frampton held, and its creation was concurrent with a controversial incident in which Frampton labeled Carl Krall—a member, like Frampton, of the Art Workers' Guild—a “hostile alien” on account of his German origins.