Alexander Fraser was born in Scotland in 1877 and trained as a sculptor and stonemason. He came to New Zealand to teach modeling and carving at Wellington Technical College from 1901 to 1910. Fraser returned to the UK where he worked as a draughtsman for the British Flying Corps and studied at the Royal College of Art. He returned to New Zealand in 1937 and undertook a number of sculptural commissions. These included works commemorating the New Zealand Forces' service in France at Le Quesnoy and Amiens. He died in 1953.

Sculpture at UC

Sir Apirana Ngata, c.1945