Richard Gross (sculptor)

Richard Oliver Gross (10 January 1882 – 27 December 1964) was a New Zealand farmer and sculptor. He was born in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England, on 10 January 1882. He moved to New Zealand in 1914.

Gross sculpted the following works:
 * The figure of Endeavour on the Auckland Grammar School war memorial, Auckland.
 * The figure of Sacrifice on the Cambridge war memorial.
 * The lion at the base of the Dunedin cenotaph.
 * The fountain at the National War Memorial carillon, Wellington.
 * The bronze frieze around the Havelock North memorial.
 * The stone frieze on the Auckland War Memorial Museum, Auckland.
 * Elements on the Wellington cenotaph including the two panels of a call-to-arms relief and the equestrian figure on top, the 'Will to Peace'. After the Second World War Gross added the bronze lions to the cenotaph.
 * The Athlete and The Swan on the Domain gates, Auckland.
 * The marble memorial to the Labour leader Harry Holland, in the Bolton Street cemetery, Wellington.
 * Davis memorial fountain at Mission Bay, Auckland.
 * The bronze Maori chief for the One Tree Hill memorial, Auckland.
 * The figure of love and justice for the memorial to Michael Joseph Savage at Bastion Point, Auckland.

In the 1938 King's Birthday Honours, Gross was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, in recognition of his services as a sculptor. In 1953, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.