Alexander Brodie
Born 1829 (Circa)
Died 30 May 1867
Active: 1858 - 1867
Country of birth and death: Scotland
Sculptor
Born in Aberdeen. He trained with his older brother, William Brodie and at the Trustees Academy in Edinburgh. From 1858 Alexander worked in Aberdeen where he established a flourishing practice. However, In the mid-1860s he suffered a breakdown leading to his suicide on 30 May 1867 aged 37.
Wealth at death: £352 1s. 6d.
Works
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John Ballantyne, Esq., ARSA
1858
Miss Gordon Cumming, Altyre
1861
Lady Ann Duff
1861
Col. Leith Hay, CB
1861
The artist's father
1916
Frame of cameo portraits
1952
p. 178 (553)
Locations
Address 6 Union Place Edinburgh Scotland | View on map
1852 - 1858
Studio located at Coates Place West Maitland Street Edinburgh Scotland | View on map
1858 - 1861
Studio located in Bothwell Court Aberdeen Scotland | View on map
1861 - 1867
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The International Exhibition, London, 1862
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Twenty-Sixth, 1852
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Thirty-Fifth, 1861
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninetieth, 1916
'The artist's father'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Thirty-Second, 1858
'John Ballantyne, Esq., ARSA'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1864
Exhibited 1 work.
Sources
A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
2009
p. 135
International exhibition 1862, official catalogue, fine art department
1862
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2004
Helen E. Smailes, ‘Brodie, Alexander (1829/30–1867)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/3483, accessed 2 April 2008]
Citing this record
'Alexander Brodie', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib6_1203595110, accessed 24 Sep 2023]
