Godfrey Sykes
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Godfrey Sykes was an English designer and painter.
After an apprenticeship to the Sheffield
engraver James Bell, he trained at the Sheffield School of Art from 1843 and taught there from 1857. In the Early 1850s, he met Alfred Stevens
, who had moved to Sheffield in 1850 to become chief designer at the ironfounders Henry E Hoole & Co. Sykes was greatly influenced by Stevens's work in the Renaissance Revival manner, and for a period worked at Hoole's under Stevens. In Sheffield he executed such decorative works as a frieze for the Mechanics Institute in 1853 and a ceiling for the news room for The Telegraphic in 1856.
Some of his works are currently on exhibit at the Graves Art Gallery
in Sheffield. One of his mosaics is also incorporated into the north facade of the Victoria and Albert Museum
in London.
After an apprenticeship to the Sheffield
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...
engraver James Bell, he trained at the Sheffield School of Art from 1843 and taught there from 1857. In the Early 1850s, he met Alfred Stevens
Alfred Stevens (sculptor)
Alfred Stevens , British sculptor, was born at Blandford Forum in Dorset.He was the son of a house painter and in the early part of his career he painted pictures in his spare time. In 1833, the rector of his parish enabled him to go to Italy, where he spent nine years studying at Naples, Pompeii,...
, who had moved to Sheffield in 1850 to become chief designer at the ironfounders Henry E Hoole & Co. Sykes was greatly influenced by Stevens's work in the Renaissance Revival manner, and for a period worked at Hoole's under Stevens. In Sheffield he executed such decorative works as a frieze for the Mechanics Institute in 1853 and a ceiling for the news room for The Telegraphic in 1856.
Some of his works are currently on exhibit at the Graves Art Gallery
Graves Art Gallery
Graves Art Gallery is in the centre of Sheffield above the Central Library and close to the Millennium Galleries. It shows permanent displays from the city’s collections of 19th and 20th century British and European art as well as a programme of temporary exhibitions.The collection encapsulates the...
in Sheffield. One of his mosaics is also incorporated into the north facade of the Victoria and Albert Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum , set in the Brompton district of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects...
in London.