William Lamb Memorial Studio
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24 Market Street
Montrose
DD10 8NB
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Contact:	Rachel Benvie, Montrose Museum
Telephone:	01674 673232
Email:	montrose.museum@angus.gov.uk
Website:	William Lamb Memorial Studio

The William Lamb Memorial Studio is located within Montrose (Angus) and is home to works by this nationally renowned sculptor.

The studio was given to the town on the death of the sculptor, at his specific request, and was opened by the Montrose Town Council as a memorial to Lamb in 1955.

Today it is run by Angus Council as an out-station of the Montrose Museum. It has displays of his sculptures, as well as of his paintings, etchings and drawings. A recreated workroom has copies of his tools.

In 1932 Lamb was commissioned by the Duchess of York, a native of Angus, to model portrait heads of her daughters, the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose. Impressed by his skill, the Duchess also commissioned Lamb to produce a portrait of herself. These works are on display in the William Lamb Studio.

When Lamb returned from London, he had his friend, George Fairweather, draw up plans for the studio in Market Street, financing the project with the money from his Royal commissions and doing much of the internal work in the studio himself.

Throughout the next thirty-four years, the studio would be the centre of Lamb's life, the place where he would put together the vast range of etchings, drawings, watercolours and sculptures in clay, plaster, wood, stone and bronze.

William Lamb died in 1951 and it was his wish that the studio should be left as his memorial gift.

On William Lamb's death in 1951, following his deathbed wishes, Miss Caroline Lamb, his sister passed the studio and its contents to Montrose Town Council. The building was laid out as a permanent exhibition of William Lamb's work and opened in 1955 as a memorial to him, one of Scotland's greatest sculptors.

The Studio is open to the public in the summer months and at other times by arrangement with the curator of Montrose Museum. Visitors can expect to find a sensitive portrayal of the working people of the north east of Scotland and an important contribution to twentieth century Scottish figurative art.

Derived from the Gazetteer for Scotland with permission.