Charles Green studied at the Sheffield Government School of Design (later the Sheffield School of Art) but, unlike most of his fellow students, stayed in Sheffield for most of his life. He was articled to the sculptor, Edwin Smith, and found employment at Henry Hooles’ Green Lane Works and later, for a few years, at the Effingham Iron and Brass Foundry in Rotherham. From early in his career he had his own studio in Sheffield and, for a while, one…