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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-bertram-mackennal-1543" aria-label="More by Sir Bertram Mackennal" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Sir Bertram Mackennal</a>
Diana Wounded
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1908
actions: postures and motions
adults
Artemis / Diana
bandage
bending forward
classical myths: gods and heroes
diseases and conditions
female
medical
nudes
objects
people
religion and belief
twisting
woman
wounded
<p>The Australian sculptor Mackennal came to London aged nineteen to study at the Royal Academy Schools, and went from there to work briefly under Rodin in Paris. He made sculpture for war memorials and public buildings in London and Australia. He was knighted in 1921, after designing the tomb of Edward VII. Diana was the moon Goddess, so Mackennal gave her a crescent moon in her hair. She also hunted, hence 'Diana Wounded' ties a bandage to her leg. This action enabled Mackennal to show off a complicated turning pose. Edwardian architects worked well with sculptors such as Mackennal whose confident and Baroque style matched their buildings. Skill in making convincing and varied figures was essential for architectural work.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
sculpture marble
1 August 2007
1 August 2007
2007-08-01
Art Gallery of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia)
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
2007-08-01
Long loan to Art Gallery of New South Wales
Loan-out
17 August 2007 – 24 February 2008
2008-02-24
17 August 2007 – 4 November 2007
2007-11-04
2007-08-17
Art Gallery of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia)
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
30 November 2007 – 24 February 2008
2008-02-24
2007-11-30
National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne, Australia)
http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au
2007-08-17
Bertram Mackennal Retrospective
Loan-out
1 May 2012 – 31 July 2012
2012-07-31
1 May 2012 – 31 July 2012
2012-07-31
2012-05-01
Art Gallery of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia)
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
2012-05-01
Australian Symbolism
Loan-out
Diana Wounded
object: 1473 × 819 × 622 mm
Presented by the Trustees of the <a href="/search?gid=999999977" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Chantrey Bequest</a> 1908
<p>The Australian <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>sculptor</span></a> Mackennal came to London aged nineteen to study at the Royal Academy Schools, and went from there to work briefly under Rodin in Paris. He made sculpture for war memorials and public buildings in London and Australia. He was knighted in 1921, after designing the tomb of Edward VII. Diana was the moon Goddess, so Mackennal gave her a crescent moon in her hair. She also hunted, hence 'Diana Wounded' ties a bandage to her leg. This action enabled Mackennal to show off a complicated turning pose. <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/edwardian" title="Glossary definition for 'Edwardian'"><span>Edwardian</span></a> architects worked well with sculptors such as Mackennal whose confident and <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/b/baroque" title="Glossary definition for 'Baroque'"><span>Baroque</span></a> style matched their buildings. Skill in making convincing and varied figures was essential for architectural work.</p>
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<p><b>N02266</b> DIANA WOUNDED <i>c.</i> 1907</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘MacKennal’ on left side of base.
<br/>Marble, 58×32 1/4×24 1/2 (147·5×82×62).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1908.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> (?) R.A., 1907 (1841), as ‘Diana Wounded’; R.A., 1908 (1974), as ‘Diana’.
<br/><i>Lit:</i> Eric G. Underwood, <i>A Short History of English Sculpture</i>, 1933, pp.125–6, repr.pl.33.
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>Art Journal</i>, 1908, p.169; <i>Royal Academy Pictures</i>, 1908, p.141.</p>
<p>A small version in <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/m/metal" title="Glossary definition for 'Metal'"><span>bronze</span></a> was exhibited at the R.A., 1906 (1648), and again in the <i>Summer Exhibition, Second Portion</i>, New Gallery, 1909 (195); it is reproduced in <i>Art Journal</i>, 1909, p.255. The exhibit at the R.A. in 1907 was probably the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/plaster-of-paris" title="Glossary definition for 'Plaster of Paris'"><span>plaster</span></a> from which was made the marble exhibited the following year.</p>
<p><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
2004-09-23T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults Artemis / Diana bandage bending forward classical myths: gods and heroes diseases and conditions female medical nudes objects people religion and belief twisting woman wounded