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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/james-havard-thomas-546" aria-label="More by James Havard Thomas" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">James Havard Thomas</a>
Thyrsis
Purchased 1948
actions: postures and motions
adults
agriculture and fishing
characters
classical
fine arts and music
herdsman / herdswoman
herdsman / herdswoman, shepherd / shepherdess
instrument, flute
leisure and pastimes
literature and fiction
male
man
music
music and entertainment
nudes
objects
people
standing
Thyrsis
Virgil
work and occupations
<p>James Havard Thomas studied sculpture in Bristol, London and Paris. He then lived and worked in Italy from 1899-1906. He was appointed tutor in Sculpture at the Slade School of Art, London, in 1911 and made first Professor of Sculpture there in 1915. He worked in a realistic manner which began to appear somewhat old fashioned in contemporary art circles just prior to the First World War. The figure of Thyrsis appears in the writings of Virgil, the celebrated 1st century BC Latin poet. Thyrsis was a shepherd who sang and played the flute. He took part in a singing contest with another shepherd called Corydon, and Corydon was judged the winner.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
sculpture bronze
22 April 2002 – 25 August 2002
2002-08-25
22 April 2002 – 25 August 2002
2002-08-25
2002-04-22
Tate Modern (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/
2002-04-22
Upright Figure
Collection based display
Thyrsis
object: 1683 × 702 × 397 mm
Purchased 1948
<p>James Havard Thomas studied <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/sculpture" title="Glossary definition for 'Sculpture'"><span>sculpture</span></a> in Bristol, London and Paris. He then lived and worked in Italy from 1899-1906. He was appointed tutor in Sculpture at the Slade School of Art, London, in 1911 and made first Professor of Sculpture there in 1915. He worked in a realistic manner which began to appear somewhat old fashioned in contemporary art circles just prior to the First World War. The figure of Thyrsis appears in the writings of Virgil, the celebrated 1st century BC Latin poet. Thyrsis was a shepherd who sang and played the flute. He took part in a singing contest with another shepherd called Corydon, and Corydon was judged the winner.</p>
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2004-08-18T00:00:00
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<p><b>N05958</b> THYRSIS 1912/1948
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<p>Inscr. ‘J Havard Thomas [indistinctly] MCMXII’ on top of base.
<br/>Bronze, 66 1/4×27 5/8×15 5/8 (168·25×70·5×39·75), including base, 22 3/8×15 5/8×1 1/2 (57×39·75×4).</p>
<p><a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/cast" title="Glossary definition for 'Cast'"><span>Cast</span></a> from <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/thomas-thyrsis-n04202" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N04202</span></a> by order of the Trustees of the Tate Gallery 1948.</p>
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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Catalogue entry
2004-10-08T00:00:00
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
actions: postures and motions adults agriculture and fishing characters classical fine arts and music herdsman / herdswoman herdsman / herdswoman, shepherd / shepherdess instrument, flute leisure and pastimes literature and fiction male man music music and entertainment nudes objects people standing Thyrsis Virgil work and occupations