Appreciation of sculpture is probably even less widely diffused than appreciation of painting, and the terrible statues that disfigure so many of our public places have done much to propagate an impression that the function of the sculptor is to decorate street refuges with lifelike effigies of incompetent bronze generals and sooty philanthropists in top-hats. Mr. Rupert Lee, who in this talk will explain what sculpture is and suggest what is the right way to look at it, is himself a practising sculptor and president of the London group.