Art Workers Guild
Foundation date: 1884
Active: 1884 -
Function: Art society
Policy: 'Founded in 1883, with the object of bringing into closer union the workers in various arts and crafts - architects, painters, designers of all kinds, sculptors and wood-carvers, metal-workers, goldsmiths, and many others - chiefly by evening meetings and discussions on different lines and methods in art' (Year's Art, 1913, pp. 169-70).
Rules: Members are for life once elected, unless they fail to pay their subscription (this, rather than any particular ideological differences, may well account for frequent 'resignations' in individual member records). Sometimes distinctions in types of membership 'ordinary, honorary' etc. are unclear: information on this database records such information as it appears in the primary sources, which themselves cause some confusion.
Guild meetings were held at first in The Century Club, Pall Mall, then at Barnard's Inn, Holborn from 1888-1894. Meetings then took place at Clifford's Inn Hall, Fleet Street, before the Guild found its current premises, which it moved into in 1914.
From 1905, new rules were introduced as to the election of masters of the Guild. Now they would have to consent to their nomination beforehand and, instead of voting for three different candidates, members would vote for one. Candidates would also require the support of ten individual members [1905 AWG annual report p.6].
From 28 October 1939, meetings were held on the first and third Saturdays of the month; subscription was cut from 3 guineas to two guineas due to war. [Fifty-sixth annual report of the Committee of the Art Workers' Guild, 1940, p.17]. The income of the Guild fell considerably due to the war but it remained solvent [Fifty-eighth annual report of the Committee of the Art Workers' Guild, 1940, p5].
History or description: In 1890, in his retiring readdress to the Guild, the Master John Brett mentioned that 'The art of Sculpture is splendidly represented in the Guild, but, unfortunately for us, some of our leading men leave us to our own devices, caring nothing how ignorantly we proceed, nor how much mischief we do. We hope they are so lucky as to have some work of their own to do and therefore are too tired to come out when the time of our meeting arrives' [AWG annual report for 1890, p.13].
The following is a list of annual membership figures taken from the annual reports of the Guild (the vast majority of members were painters and architects, but membership included a wide range of crafts). Please note that Guild figures may not always be accurate - given changes in classification under different secretaries over the years - but they do provide a sense of the Guild's membership balance over time. No break-down of figures is available for the war years.
In 1885, of 66 members: 5 sculptors, 1 bronze founder, 1 wood carver.
In 1887, out of 92 members, 8 sculptors, 1 bronze founder, 1 wood carver.
In 1888, out of 116 members, 11 sculptors, 1 bronze founder, 2 wood carvers.
In 1889, out of 136 members, 3 bronze founders, 15 sculptors, 2 wood carvers.
In 1890, out of 150 members, 3 bronze founders, 14 sculptors, 2 wood carvers.
In 1891, out of 165 members, 3 bronze founders, 17 sculptors, 3 wood carvers.
In 1892, out of 168 members, 3 bronze founders, 20 sculptors, 2 wood carvers.
In 1893, out of 173 members, 2 bronze founders, 19 sculptors, 3 wood carvers.
In 1894, out of 178 members, 20 sculptors, 2 bronze founders, 3 wood carvers.
In 1895, out of 178 members, 20 sculptors, 2 bronze founders, 3 wood carvers.
In 1897, out of 187 members, 22 sculptors, 2 bronze founders, 3 wood carvers.
In 1899, out of 187 members, 20 sculptors, 1 bronze founder, 3 wood carvers.
In 1900, out of 206 members, 20 sculptors, 1 bronze founder, 3 wood carvers, 1 plaster modeller.
In 1901, out of 207 members [this count doesn't seem to calculate], 21 sculptors, 1 bronze founder, 3 wood carvers, 1 plaster modeller.
In 1902, out of 217 members, 21 sculptors, 1 bronze founder, 3 wood carvers, 1 plaster modeller.
In 1903, out of 219 members, 21 sculptors, 1 bronze founder, 3 wood carvers, 1 plaster modeller.
In 1904, out of 229 members, 20 sculptors, 1 bronze founder, 3 wood carvers, 1 plaster modeller.
In 1905, out of 235 members, 22 sculptors, 1 bronze founder, 3 wood carvers, 1 plaster modeller.
In 1906, out of 237 members, 24 sculptors, 1 bronze founder, 3 wood carvers, 1 plaster modeller.
In 1907, no total of members listed, but included 25 sculptors, 1 bronze founder, 3 carvers [note category change], 1 plaster modeller.
In 1908, out of 244 members, 25 sculptors, 1 bronze founder, 3 carvers, 1 plaster modeller.
In 1909, out of 247 members, 24 sculptors, 1 bronze founder, 3 carvers.
In 1910, out of 241 members, 26 sculptors, 1 bronze founder, 4 carvers.
In 1911, out of 242 members, 26 sculptors, 1 bronze founder, 4 carvers.
In 1912, out of 237 members, 25 sculptors, 1 bronze founder, 4 carvers.
In 1913, out of 244 members, 25 sculptors, 1 bronze founder, 5 carvers, 1 plaster-modeller. Option of introducing 'ladies' evenings', where women would be able to attend or present, was discussed this year [1913 AWG annual report p.21].
In 1914, out of 254 members, 26 sculptors, 1 bronze founder, 5 carvers, 1 plaster-modeller. Business included discussion of gilding bronzes given to AWG [1914 AWG annual report p.11].
In 1915, out of 254 members, 25 sculptors, 1 bronze founder, 5 carvers, 1 plaster-modeller.
In 1916, out of 264 members, 25 sculptors, 1 bronze founder, 5 carvers, 1 plaster-modeller.
In 1917, out of 254 members, 25 sculptors, 1 bronze founder, 4 carvers.
In 1918, out of 259 members, 24 sculptors, 1 bronze founder, 3 carvers.
No annual report records available to cover 1919.
In 1920, out of 267 members, 22 sculptors, 3 carvers.
In 1921, out of 285 members, 25 sculptors, 7 carvers, 1 pottery modeller.
In 1922, out of 306 members, 32 sculptors, 8 carvers, 1 ivory carver, 1 pottery modeller.
In 1923, out of 309 members, 34 sculptors, 8 carvers, 1 ivory carver, 1 pottery modeller, 2 gem sculptors.
In 1924, out of 300 members, 33 sculptors, 8 carvers, 1 ivory carver, 1 pottery modeller, 1 gem sculptor.
In 1925, out of 315 members, 33 sculptors, 10 carvers, 1 ivory carver, 1 pottery modeller, 1 gem sculptor, 1 modeller and plaster-worker.
In 1925, out of 315 members, 33 sculptors, 10 carvers, 1 ivory carver, 1 pottery modeller, 1 gem sculptor, 1 modeller and plaster-worker.
In 1926, out of 311 members, 31 sculptors, 10 carvers, 1 ivory carver, 1 pottery modeller, 1 gem sculptor, 1 modeller and plaster-worker.
In 1927, out of 304 members, 32 sculptors, 10 carvers, 1 ivory carver, 1 pottery modeller, 1 gem sculptor, 1 modeller and plaster-worker.
In 1928, out of 297 members, 30 sculptors, 8 carvers, 1 pottery modeller, 1 gem sculptor, 1 modeller and plaster-worker.
In 1929, out of 291 members, 27 sculptors, 8 carvers, 1 pottery modeller, 1 gem sculptor, 1 modeller and plaster-worker.
In 1930, out of 283 members, 28 sculptors, 8 carvers, 1 pottery modeller, 1 gem sculptor, 1 modeller and plaster-worker.
In 1931, out of 286 members, 29 sculptors, 8 carvers, 1 pottery modeller.
In 1932, out of 284 members, 28 sculptors, 9 carvers, 1 pottery modeller, 1 modeller and plaster-worker.
In 1933, out of 282 members, 30 sculptors, 9 carvers, 1 pottery modeller, 1 modeller and plaster-worker.
In 1934, out of 289 members, 30 sculptors, 9 carvers, 1 pottery modeller.
In 1935, out of 280 members, 28 sculptors, 9 carvers.
In 1936, out of 286 members, 29 sculptors, 9 carvers, 1 modeller and plaster-worker.
In 1937, out of 278 members, 27 sculptors, 9 carvers, 1 modeller and plaster-worker.
In 1938, out of 281 members, 29 sculptors, 9 carvers, 1 modeller and plaster-worker.
In 1939, out of 268 members, 30 sculptors, 9 carvers, 1 modeller and plaster-worker.
In 1940, 268 members.
In 1941, 272 members.
1n 1942, 271 members.
In 1943, 267 members.
In 1944, 260 members.
In 1945, out of 244 members, 21 sculptors, 7 carvers, 1 modeller.
In 1946, out of 253 members, 22 sculptors, 8 carvers, 1 modeller.
No figures are given for the years after 1947.
Please note that, in recording the regular meetings of the Guild (which had set subjects), the following distinctions have been used. Events classified as 'lectures', 'demonstrations' and 'exhibitions' are those in which papers were given, methods demonstrated or works shown. More general meetings are classified as discussions. 'Ladies' nights' were those when women were invited to meetings; these happened rarely (around twice a year). Often it is unclear which category a meeting fell into; descriptions follow the language used in the annual reports. For entries until 1916, all speakers are separately recorded regardless of profession. In entries for and after 1916, speakers who were sculptors or carvers are linked to the event individually, while other participants are noted as a group. [All information taken from annual reports for the relevant years].
Activities: auction, discussions, discussions on art, exhibitions (members only), lectures, lectures on art, meetings, musical entertainments, social events, social meetings
Publications: annual reports, pamphlets
Benefits: entry in member's directory, use of library
Composition: architects, artisans, men only, professional artists
Funding types: annual subscription
Employees, Students & Members
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
New entries have been made each time a work was exhibited due to a lack of evidence about the state, medium or edition shown.
Recipient of George Simonds
1888
A bust by Edward Onslow Ford gifted by the artist
Recipient of John Sedding
1888
A bust by Henry Hope-Pinker gifted by the artist
Recipient of Walter Crane
1890
A bust by George Blackall Simonds gifted by the artist
Recipient of William Morris
1893 (Circa)
A bust by Conrad Dressler gifted by the artist
Recipient of T. Stirling Lee
1900
A bust by Arthur George Walker gifted by the artist
Recipient of C. H. Townsend
1905
A bust by Francis Derwent Wood gifted by the artist
Recipient of William Strang, Esq.
1914
A bust by George Frampton gifted by the artist
Recipient of Portrait Bust of Past-Master W. R. Lethaby
1923
A bust by Gilbert Bayes gifted by the artist
Recipient of Lord Frederic Leighton
1933
A plaque relief portrait by Allan Gairdner Wyon with a mount by Laurence Arthur Turner gifted by the artists
Recipient of C.R. Ashbee
1933
A bust by Allan Gairdner Wyon gifted by the artist
Locations
Address Barnard's Inn Hall 22 Holborn London
address in 1890
Address Clifford's Inn Hall Fleet Street London
1894 - 1914
Last AWG meeting held in venue on 17 April 1914.
Exhibitions, Courses, Meetings and other Events
Organized Decoration and the Decorative in Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1886
Organized Bronze Founding (Art Workers Guild), 1885
Organized Terra Cotta (Art Workers Guild), 1887
Organized Pedestals and Canopies (Art Workers Guild), 1887
Organized Die Sinking and Coining (Art Workers Guild), 1887
Organized Plaster Work (Art Workers Guild), 1887
Organized Wood Carving (Art Workers Guild), 1888
Organized Cameo and Intaglio Cutting (Art Workers Guild), 1888
Organized The Architectural Use of Coloured Marbles (Art Workers Guild), 1889
Organized The Work of the late Alfred Stevens (Art Workers Guild), 1889
Organized Things amiss with Art and Industry (Art Workers Guild), 1889
Organized The Relation of Sculpture to Architecture (Art Workers Guild), 1889
Organized Mural Monuments and Effigies (Art Workers Guild), 1889
Organized The Use of Colour in Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1890
Organized The pickling, colouring and lacquering of metals, including patina (Art Workers Guild), 1890
Organized The Artistic Use of Constructive Ironwork (Art Workers Guild), 1890
Organized Processes of Modelling (Art Workers Guild), 1884
Organized Sculpture, from the different Craftsmen's points of view (Art Workers Guild), 1884
Organized Brasswork (Art Workers Guild), 1885
Organized The Purpose and Use of Sculpture in Modern Times (Art Workers Guild), 1891
Organized The Pewterer's Art (Art Workers Guild), 1891
Organized Sculptor's materials (Art Workers Guild), 1891
Organized Reproductive Processes in Sculpture (Art Workers G), 1891
Organized Architecture, from the Painter's and Sculptor's points of view (Art Workers Guild), 1892
Organized Repoussé Work (Art Workers Guild), 1892
Organized Silversmiths' Craft (Art Workers Guild), 1892
Organized The possibilities of cast iron (Art Workers Guild), 1893
Organized Second Continental Expedition of the Guild (Art Workers Guild), 1894
Organized Coloured Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1894
Organized Setting of Gems and Enamels (Art Workers Guild), 1894
Organized External Colour Decoration of Buildings (Art Workers Guild), 1894
Organized Engraved brass-work and niello (Art Workers Guild), 1894
Organized Modern Sculpture in Open Spaces (Art Workers Guild), 1894
Organized Ceilings and the Interior Decoration of Roofs (Art Workers Guild), 1894
Organized The Use of Aluminium in the Arts (Art Workers Guild), 1895
Organized Modern Sculpture on Ancient Buildings (Art Workers Guild), 1895
Organized The Use and Abuse of Mechanical Aids to Production (Art Workers Guild), 1895
Organized Colour and Design in Ceramics (Art Workers Guild), 1895
Organized Leadwork (Art Workers Guild), 1895
Organized The Design and Adornment of Bridges (Art Workers Guild), 1895
Organized Heraldry, Badges and Devices (Art Workers Guild), 1895
Organized Memorial Brasses (Art Workers Guild), 1895
Organized Tradition in Art (Art Workers Guild), 1895
Organized Art Workers Guild, First Exhibition, 1895
Organized Modelled and Cast Plaster Work (Art Workers Guild), 1895
Organized Interior Woodwork and Cabinet-making (Art Workers Guild), 1896
Organized Brass and Copper Work (Art Workers Guild), 1896
Organized Modern English Pottery (Art Workers Guild), 1896
Organized Modelled and cast plaster-work (Art Workers Guild), 1896
Organized The Decorative Use of Wood-work in Interiors (Art Workers Guild), 1896
Organized Decorative Uses of Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1896
Organized Coins and medals (Art Workers Guild), 1897
Organized The Sculptor's Craft (Art Workers Guild), 1899
Organized Processes of Modelling (Art Workers Guild), 1899
Organized Majolica, Faience and Delft (Art Workers Guild), 1899
Organized The Etruscan Nature, its Art and Influence (Art Workers Guild), 1900
Organized Monumental Wood Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1900
Organized Architecture as applied to Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1900
Organized English Mural Monuments (Art Workers Guild), 1900
Organized Salt-glaze Pottery and Stoneware (Art Workers Guild), 1901
Organized Fountains (Art Workers Guild), 1901
Organized Stucco Duro and Scrafitto (Art Workers Guild), 1901
Organized Scale of Monuments (Art Workers Guild), 1901
Organized Ornamental Plaster-work (Art Workers Guild), 1902
Organized Die Sinking (Art Workers Guild), 1902
Organized Coloured Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1902
Organized Goldsmith's Work (Art Workers Guild), 1902
Organized Low-relief in Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1902
Organized Greek Bronzes (Art Workers Guild), 1903
Organized Leadwork (Art Workers Guild), 1903
Organized Flaxman (Art Workers Guild), 1904
Organized Pewter (Art Workers Guild), 1904
Organized British Sculpture of Today (Art Workers Guild), 1904
Organized Gilding, and Carving in Relation to Guilding (Art Workers Guild), 1905
Organized The Imagery and Sculptures on the West front of Wells Cathedral (Art Workers Guild), 1905
Organized The Consideration of Painting and Sculpture by Architects (Art Workers Guild), 1905
Organized Plaster Moulding and Casting (Art Workers Guild), 1905
Organized Marble Carving (Art Workers Guild), 1905
Organized Monumental Uses of Bronze (Art Workers Guild), 1905
Organized The Architecture of Monuments (Art Workers Guild), 1905
Organized Greek Sculptured Sepulchral Monuments (Art Workers Guild), 1905
Organized Inscriptions (Art Workers Guild), 1905
Organized Art Workers Guild, Third Exhibition, 1905
Organized Wood-carving (Art Workers Guild), 1906
Organized Cold-Wrought Iron / The Tempering of Steel (Art Workers Guild), 1906
Organized Plaster Modelling (Art Workers Guild), 1906
Organized Working in Marble direct (Art Workers Guild), 1907
Organized Cups and Flagons (Art Workers Guild), 1907
Organized Application of colour to Greek Sculpture and Architecture (Art Workers Guild), 1908
Organized The Development of the Corinthian Capital (Art Workers Guild), 1908
Organized Old Lead-work (Art Workers Guild), 1908
Organized Symbolism of French Sculpture in the XIIIth century (Art Workers Guild), 1909
Organized The Arts and Crafts Movement (Art Workers Guild), 1909
Organized Italian Medals of the Renaissance (Art Workers Guild), 1909
Organized The Principles Governing Relief in Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1909
Organized The Apprenticeship Problem (Art Workers Guild), 1910
Organized The Architectural Use of Marbles (Art Workers Guild), 1910
Organized Copying and its relation to Art (Art Workers Guild), 1910
Organized Seal and Medal-Engraving and Die-Sinking (Art Workers Guild), 1910
Organized Bronze Founding (Art Workers Guild), 1910
Organized Sculpture at Olympia (Art Workers Guild), 1910
Organized The Value of Literary Motifs in Painting and Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1911
Organized Sculpture in Wood (Art Workers Guild), 1911
Organized Ivory Carving (Art Workers Guild), 1911
Organized Modelled Work in Glazed Earthenware (Art Workers Guild), 1911
Organized Lettering for Public Purposes (Art Workers Guild), 1911
Organized The Treatment of Costume in Painting and Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1911
Organized Fountains (Art Workers Guild), 1911
Organized The Work of Alfred Stevens (Art Workers Guild), 1912
Organized The Influence of Mathematics on Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1912
Organized Evolution of the Mediaeval Statue (Art Workers Guild), 1913
Organized Greek Drapery (Art Workers Guild), 1913
Organized New Delhi and the Future of the Arts in India (Art Workers Guild), 1913
Organized Realism in Art (Art Workers Guild), 1913
Organized Stucco, its uses and abuses (Art Workers Guild), 1913
Organized Seals (Art Workers Guild), 1913
Organized Annual Supper of the Guild (Art Workers Guild), 1913
Organized The Application of Colour to Stone and Wood (Art Workers Guild), 1913
Organized The Ornamental Use of Cast-Iron (Art Workers Guild), 1914
Organized The Horse in Design (Art Workers Guild), 1914
Organized Temporary Street Decoration (Art Workers Guild), 1914
Organized Gesso and Plaster-Work (Art Workers Guild), 1914
Organized Trade Unions and Craftsmanship (Art Workers Guild), 1914
Organized Stone-carving (Art Workers Guild), 1915
Organized The Influence of Race, Climate and Diet on Artistic Expression (Art Workers Guild), 1915
Organized Horse-trappings (Art Workers Guild), 1915
Organized Railway Stations and their Approaches (Art Workers Guild), 1916
Organized Annual Supper of the Guild (Art Workers Guild), 1914
Organized Portraiture and Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1916
Organized Baroque Architecture (Art Workers Guild), 1916
Organized Ships (Art Workers Guild), 1916
Organized The Influence of Fashion in the Arts (Art Workers Guild), 1916
Organized Bridges (Art Workers Guild), 1916
Organized Alehouse Signs (Art Workers Guild), 1916
Organized Craft Movement and Agricultural Conditions (Art Workers Guild), 1916
Organized Flower, Fruit and Leaf Forms in Decoration (Art Workers Guild), 1916
Organized Bellini and his Work (Art Workers Guild), 1916
Organized The Arts and Crafts Exhibition, its Inception, Aims and Objects (Art Workers Guild), 1916
Organized Ferro-concrete Construction (Art Workers Guild), 1916
Organized Portraiture in Coins (Art Workers Guild), 1916
Organized Schemes of Ikonography (Art Workers Guild), 1917
Organized Byzantinism in Art (Art Workers Guild), 1917
Organized Art in Household Things (Art Workers Guild), 1917
Organized Craft and Media in Painting and Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1917
Organized Architects, Painters and Sculptors, and Schemes of Decoration (Art Workers Guild), 1917
Organized Social Conditions in Great Epochs of Art (Art Workers Guild), 1917
Organized Problems of Mural Decoration (Art Workers Guild), 1917
Organized A Scheme for a Franco-British Exhibition of Decorative Art, 1917
Organized Historic Toys (Art Workers Guild), 1917
Organized Wayside Shrines and Crosses (Art Workers Guild), 1917
Organized The Crafts and Exhibitions Schemes (Art Workers Guild), 1917
Organized Federated Workshops (Art Workers Guild), 1917
Organized Craft Villages (Art Workers Guild), 1917
Organized Craft Universities (Art Workers Guild), 1917
Organized Jewellery for Use (Art Workers Guild), 1917
Organized War Memorials (Art Workers Guild), 1918
Organized Works of Sculpture in London (Art Workers Guild), 1919
Organized The Importance of Texture in Craftsmanship (Art Workers Guild), 1920
Organized The Use of Sculpture as Architectural Decoration (Art Workers Guild), 1920
Organized Coloured Carving (Art Workers Guild), 1920
Organized Wells and Fountains (Art Workers Guild), 1920
Organized Graining and Marbling: Their Possibilities (Art Workers Guild), 1921
Organized Chinese Bronzes (Art Workers Guild), 1921
Organized Visit to view George Eumorfopulos' Collection of Chinese Bronzes (Art Workers Guild), 1921
Organized Succeeding Fashions in Modern Art and Craft (Art Workers Guild), 1921
Organized The Stone Carver (Art Workers Guild), 1921
Organized The Mason's Craft and his Materials (Art Workers Guild), 1922
Organized Co-operation of the Architect and the Craftsman (Art Workers Guild), 1922
Organized The Art of Dressing and Presenting Food (Art Workers Guild), 1922
Organized American Sculptors (Art Workers Guild), 1922
Organized Castles, Gatehouses, Fortified Manors and Bridges (Art Workers Guild), 1922
Organized Humorous Art (Art Workers Guild), 1922
Organized The Eighteenth-Century Shipwright as Craftsman (Art Workers Guild), 1922
Organized Gem or Hard Stone Carving (Art Workers Guild), 1922
Organized The Golden Names of the Guild (Art Workers Guild), 1922
Organized Tradition and (or versus) Individuality in Art (Art Workers Guild), 1923
Organized Early Scroll Ornament and its Development (Art Workers Guild), 1923
Organized Churchyard Monuments (Art Workers Guild), 1923
Organized The Present Position of Symbolism and Allegory (Art Workers Guild), 1923
Organized Reparation of Ancient Painting and Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1923
Organized The Artistic Value of Japanese Lacquer (Art Workers Guild), 1923
Organized Shop Fronts and Shop Fittings (Art Workers Guild), 1923
Organized Architecture and the Press (Art Workers Guild), 1923
Organized The Craftsman and the Commercial Man (Art Workers Guild), 1923
Organized Roofing Materials (Art Workers Guild), 1923
Organized London (Art Workers Guild), 1923
Organized Line (Art Workers Guild), 1923
Organized Scottish Art, 1500-1800 (Art Workers Guild), 1923
Organized Pinturicchio (Art Workers Guild), 1923
Organized Mestrovic and the Modern Spirit (Art Workers Guild), 1924
Organized Ivory carving (Art Workers Guild), 1924
Organized Harold Pyle and American Illustrators (Art Workers Guild), 1924
Organized Heraldry as Applied to Buildings (Art Workers Guild), 1924
Organized Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1924
Organized Type Design and Typography / Value of Pattern in Art (Art Workers Guild), 1924
Organized Holbein drawings and influence on later works (Art Workers Guild), 1925
Organized Comparative Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1925
Organized Indian Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1925
Organized The National Portrait Gallery and its Future (Art Workers Guild), 1925
Organized Flower Painting (Art Workers Guild), 1925
Organized Persian Art (Art Workers Guild), 1925
Organized Translucent Glass for Decoration (Art Workers Guild), 1925
Organized European Bronzes (Art Workers Guild), 1925
Organized Geological Formation in Landscape (Art Workers Guild), 1925
Organized The Relation of the Arts to Literature (Art Workers Guild), 1925
Organized Substitutes in the Crafts (Art Workers Guild), 1925
Organized Piranesi (Art Workers Guild), 1925
Organized Can Photography ever be an Art? (Art Workers Guild), 1925
Organized Architecture of Sweden and Denmark (Art Workers Guild), 1926
Organized Design and Construction of St Paul's Cathedral (Art Workers Guild), 1926
Organized Rhythm in Art (Art Workers Guild), 1926
Organized Traditional Treatment of Subject in Italian Painting (Art Workers Guild), 1926
Organized Beginnings of Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1926
Organized Fundamental Unity of Aim in the Various Arts (Art Workers Guild), 1926
Organized Italian Gardens (Art Workers Guild), 1926
Organized Restoration of Pictures in the National Collections (Art Workers Guild), 1926
Organized That Art Schools should be Abolished (Art Workers Guild), 1926
Organized Plasterwork (Art Workers Guild), 1926
Organized The Art of Islam (Art Workers Guild), 1926
Organized Glazed Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1926
Organized Colour in Relation to Our Crafts (Art Workers Guild), 1926
Organized Modern Metalwork (Art Workers Guild), 1926
Organized Is Portrait Painting a Science or an Art? (Art Workers Guild), 1926
Organized The Use of Marble and Stone in Architecture (Art Workers Guild), 1927
Organized Origins of Portrait Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1927
Organized Flaxman (Art Workers Guild), 1927
Organized Landscape in Japanese Art (Art Workers Guild), 1927
Organized Buddhist Art in Java (Art Workers Guild), 1927
Organized Foreign Influences in Modern Architecture (Art Workers Guild), 1927
Organized Factories (Art Workers Guild), 1927
Organized Wall Decoration (Art Workers Guild), 1927
Organized Rodin (Art Workers Guild), 1927
Organized Art Workers Guild Revels, 1927
Organized Art Workers Guild Revels, 1928
Organized The Norwich School (Art Workers Guild), 1928
Organized A Sculptor's View of History (Art Workers Guild), 1928
Organized Albrecht Dürer (Art Workers Guild), 1928
Organized The Ideal Museum (Art Workers Guild), 1928
Organized Coins and Medals (Art Workers Guild), 1928
Organized Rossettti and the Pre-Raphaelites (Art Workers Guild), 1928
Organized Bronze Casting (Art Workers Guild), 1928
Organized Chinese Painting (Art Workers Guild), 1928
Organized Art and Art Criticism (Art Workers Guild), 1928
Organized Daumier (Art Workers Guild), 1928
Organized Alfred Stevens (Art Workers Guild), 1928
Organized The Law and the Artist (Art Workers Guild), 1928
Organized Art Workers Guild Revels, 1929
Organized Visit to Dorchester House (included viewing of work of Alfred Stevens) (Art Workers Guild), 1929
Organized Twenty-five Years of the National Art Collections Fund (Art Workers Guild), 1929
Organized Gold Beating and the Use of Gold Leaf (Art Workers Guild), 1929
Organized Ruskin Reconsidered (Art Workers Guild), 1929
Organized Lighting (Art Workers Guild), 1929
Organized Charles Keene (Art Workers Guild), 1929
Organized Inigo Jones (Art Workers Guild), 1929
Organized Bridges (Art Workers Guild), 1929
Organized English Painting Since 1914 (Art Workers Guild), 1929
Organized Costume
Organized Gainsborough (Art Workers Guild), 1929
Organized Animals in Art (Art Workers Guild), 1929
Organized Reversal of Architectural Judgements in our Lifetime (Art Workers Guild), 1929
Organized Brancusi and Abstractionist Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1929
Organized Carpeaux and His Times (Art Workers Guild), 1929
Organized Art Workers Guild Revels, 1930
Organized English Sculpture of the XVII and XVIII Century (Art Workers Guild), 1930
Organized Continental Public Architecture of To-day (Art Workers Guild), 1930
Organized Pisanello (Art Workers Guild), 1930
Organized Modern Architectural Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1930
Organized Gothic Figure Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1930
Organized Mantagna [sic] (Art Workers Guild), 1930
Organized Colour in our Craft (Art Workers Guild), 1930
Organized Art Workers Guild Revels, 1931
Organized Art Workers' Guild visit to Winchester
Organized Chinese Architecture (Art Workers Guild), 1931
Organized Wood as a Sculptors' Medium (Art Workers Guild), 1931
Organized Prettiness, Beauty and Ugliness (Art Workers Guild), 1931
Organized Theatrical Scenery (Art Workers Guild), 1931
Organized Architecture Today and Tomorrow (Art Workers Guild), 1931
Organized Art as a Means of a Livelihood (Art Workers Guild), 1931
Organized Prehistoric Art (Art Workers Guild), 1931
Organized The Geological Basis of Architecture (Art Workers Guild), 1931
Organized The Making of Artists' Materials (Art Workers Guild), 1931
Organized Porcelain (Art Workers Guild), 1931
Organized Lesser Known Sculptors of Florence (Art Workers Guild), 1931
Organized The Influence of Eastern on Western Art (Art Workers Guild), 1931
Organized Art Workers Guild Revels, 1932
Organized The Science of Sight in Relation to Art (Art Workers Guild), 1932
Organized Pieter Bruegel (Art Workers Guild), 1932
Organized Building and Sculpture in Concrete (Art Workers Guild), 1932
Organized Lethaby and his Work (Art Workers Guild), 1932
Organized English Inns (Art Workers Guild), 1932
Organized The Artist and Scientist View of Truth (Art Workers Guild), 1932
Organized British Monumental Materials and Design (Art Workers Guild), 1932
Organized Convention or Realism in Stage Production (Art Workers Guild), 1932
Organized Art Workers Guild Revels, 1933
Organized The Lesser Known German Painters (Art Workers Guild), 1933
Organized Heraldry (Art Workers Guild), 1933
Organized Staircases (Art Workers Guild), 1933
Organized Sculpture, Carved and Modelled (Art Workers Guild), 1933
Organized The Craft of Shipbuilding (Art Workers Guild), 1933
Organized Italian Romanesque Churches (Art Workers Guild), 1933
Organized Primordial Aesthetic Perception (Art Workers Guild), 1933
Organized Psychology of Art (Art Workers Guild), 1933
Organized Timber Construction of the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries (Art Workers Guild), 1933
Organized Clocks and Astronomical Instruments (Art Workers Guild), 1933
Organized The Street: Architecture and Lighting (Art Workers Guild), 1933
Organized Monuments Worthy and Unworthy (Art Workers Guild), 1933
Organized Medieval English Painting (Art Workers Guild), 1933
Organized Glazed Pottery and Stoneware (Art Workers Guild), 1933
Organized Art Workers Guild Revels, 1934
Organized Jubilee Commemoration Dinner of the [Art Workers] Guild, 1934
Organized English Original Line Engraving (Art Workers Guild), 1934
Organized The Functions of Art Criticism (Art Workers Guild), 1934
Organized The Art of Walt Disney (Art Workers Guild), 1934
Organized Ship Decoration (Art Workers Guild), 1934
Organized Is there a Philosophy of Art? (Art Workers Guild), 1934
Organized Sculpture on Buildings (Art Workers Guild), 1934
Organized Secrets of the Crafts (Art Workers Guild), 1934
Organized Publicity, Art and Morality (Art Workers Guild), 1934
Organized Stage Scenery (Art Workers Guild), 1934
Organized The Beauty of Horse-drawn Vehicles (Art Workers Guild), 1934
Organized The Architect's Contribution to the Thought of His Times (Art Workers Guild), 1934
Organized The Work of Recently Deceased Members (Art Workers Guild), 1935
Organized American Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1935
Organized Principles of Classic Architecture as Applied to Modern Usage (Art Workers Guild), 1935
Organized Artistic Collapse in the Reign of Victoria (Art Workers Guild), 1935
Organized Annual Country Meeting of the Guild: Visit to Oxford
Organized Gold Granulation (Art Workers Guild), 1936
Organized The Beginning of Art Societies and their Values To-day (Art Workers Guild), 1936
Organized Buildings preserved by the National Trust (Art Workers Guild), 1936
Organized Stained-Glass, an Art or a Survival? (Art Workers Guild), 1936
Organized John Leech (Art Workers Guild), 1936
Organized Engraved Tiles and Book-Plates (Art Workers Guild), 1936
Organized Stage Lighting as an Art (Art Workers Guild), 1936
Organized The Tools and Technique of the Greek Sculptors (Art Workers Guild), 1936
Organized Exhibition of Old English Watercolour Drawings (Art Workers Guild), 1936
Organized Heraldry in Decoration (Art Workers Guild), 1936
Organized St Sophia and the Recently Discovered Mosaics (Art Workers Guild), 1936
Organized Can an artist do what he likes, or are there Universal Principles of Art? (Art Workers Guild), 1936
Organized Buildings and Sculpture in the Lost City of Angkor (Art Workers Guild), 1936
Organized Glass in Building (Art Workers Guild), 1936
Organized Art Workers Guild Revels, 1938
Organized Manuscript and its Importance (Art Workers Guild), 1937
Organized Wind-Mills (Art Workers Guild), 1937
Organized Opportunities overlooked by the artist (Art Workers Guild), 1937
Organized Pre-Raphaelite Sculptors (Art Workers Guild), 1937
Organized The Darlington Hall Experiment (Art Workers Guild), 1937
Organized The Principles of Art Criticism (Art Workers Guild), 1937
Organized A Critical Survey of the Coronation Decorations (Art Workers Guild), 1937
Organized The International Exhibition of Paris (Art Workers Guild), 1937
Organized Television as a new field for the Artist (Art Workers Guild), 1937
Organized Art Workers Guild Revels, 1937
Organized Art in General Education (Art Workers Guild), 1938
Organized Wood Mills and a Primitive Pigment (Art Workers Guild), 1938
Organized Scotland's Contribution to the Arts (Art Workers Guild), 1938
Organized Reproductive Wood Engravers from the Sixties to the Nineties (Art Workers Guild), 1938
Organized Ancient Crafts of the Countryside (Art Workers Guild), 1938
Organized Comparative Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1938
Organized City Churches (Art Workers Guild), 1938
Organized The Work of Harold Pyle and its Influence (Art Workers Guild), 1938
Organized Modern Façades (Art Workers Guild), 1938
Organized Photography versus Draughtmanship (Art Workers Guild), 1938
Organized Timber Architecture (Art Workers Guild), 1938
Organized New Light on Old Masters (Art Workers Guild), 1938
Organized The Care of Historic Monuments (Art Workers Guild), 1938
Organized Art Workers Guild Revels, 1939
Organized Mediaeval Mural Painting in England (Art Workers Guild), 1939
Organized The Furniture of Tomorrow (Art Workers Guild), 1939
Organized Report of the Guild Sub-Committee (Art Workers Guild), 1939
Organized The English Castle (Art Workers Guild), 1939
Organized Religion and Its Relation to Art (Art Workers Guild), 1939
Organized Dravidian Temples and Temple Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1939
Organized Leonardo da Vinci (Art Workers Guild), 1929
Organized Little Known Sculpture of Westminster Abbey (Art Workers Guild), 1940
Organized The Nude (Art Workers Guild), 1940
Organized What I like and dislike in Art (Art Workers Guild), 1940
Organized Scale Models (Art Workers Guild), 1940
Organized Eric Gill, His Work and Personality (Art Workers Guild), 1941
Organized The Nude in Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1941
Organized The Making of Medals and Coins (Art Workers Guild), 1942
Organized Colour in Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1942
Organized Stone and its Place in Building (Art Workers Guild), 1945
Organized The Work of Alfred Stevens (Art Workers Guild), 1945
Organized Bronze Founding (Art Workers Guild), 1945
Organized Future of the Guild (Art Workers Guild), 1945
Organized Coins and Medals (Art Workers Guild), 1945
Organized Social Evening (Art Workers Guild), 1946
Organized Recent British Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1946
Organized Women Painters and Sculptors (Art Workers Guild), 1947
Organized Fountain Design (Art Workers Guild), 1947
Organized Church Screens (Art Workers Guild), 1948
Organized Alfred Stevens (Art Workers Guild), 1949
Organized Animals in Art (Art Workers Guild), 1949
Organized How the Sculptor Works (Art Workers Guild), 1949
Organized C. R. Ashbee and the Guild of Handicrafts (Art Workers Guild), 1949
Organized The Place of the Crafts in Present Day Architecture (Art Workers Guild), 1949
Organized The Sculptor and the Architect (Art Workers Guild), 1949
Organized Contemporary Shape in Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1950
Organized The Sculptor's Place in Mediaeval Times (Art Workers Guild), 1950
Organized The Master's Night (Art Workers Guild), 1950
Organized Contemporary Art Criticism (Art Workers Guild), 1951
Organized Shape - Natural and Otherwise (Art Workers Guild), 1951
Organized Chinese Painting (Art Workers Guild), 1928
Organized Moorish Monuments of Spain (Art Workers Guild), 1932
Organized Outlines and Values (Art Workers Guild), 1887
Organized Vasari on plaster-work (Art Workers Guild), 1906
Organized 17th and 18th Century Sculpture in Churches (Art Workers Guild), 1945
Institutional and Business Connections
Amalgamated with Junior Art Workers Guild
1949
The Guilds did not amalgamate as such but, when the Junior Art Workers Guild closed down, members were invited to attend Art Workers Guild meetings and to 'eventually put up for a membership' [Sixty-sixth annual report of the committee of the Art Workers' Guild, p.5].
Associated with The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society
1888
The founding committee of Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society was mostly made up of members of the Art Workers Guild
Associated with Central School of Arts and Crafts
1940 (Presumed) - 1948 (Presumed)
'During the year, the Guild has kept closely in touch with the activities of the Central Institute of Art and Design' [Fifty-seventh annual report of the Committee of the Art Workers' Guild, p.3]. Mentioned in annual reports until 1948.
Received advice from The Georgian Group
1945
The Georgian group guided the Art Worker's Guild visits to see 'the Georgian Houses at Richmond and Petersham' [Sixty-second annual report of the committee of the Art Workers' Guild, p.5].
Shared offices with Royal Society of British Sculptors
1927 (Presumed) - 1930 (Presumed)
In 1927 the Council of the Royal Society of British Sculptors entered into a three year tenancy agreement with the Art Workers' Guild to use their offices.
Shared premises with Central School of Arts and Crafts
1912 - 1913
When the AWG had trouble renewing its lease of Clifford's Inn, and before it had found its present home in Queen's Square, the London County Council had offered temporary accommodation to the Guild in the Central School of Arts and Crafts. This was negotiated by F. V. Burridge but, due to extension of lease and subsequent finding of new property, the offer was not required.
Support enlisted by Ministry of Town and County Planning/Ministry of Works and Buildings
1943 - 1944 (Presumed)
The Ministries 'invited the Guild to send a Deputation to them and consequently a Sub-Committee of five members, being the Master (Professor A. E. Richardson, ARA), Past-Master Laurence A. Turner, Past-Master Gilbert Bayes, Bro. Joseph Armitage and Bro. Anthony Gardner were elected by the Guild Committee as members of the Deputation and to consider the form that it should take'. [Sixtieth annual report of the committee of the Art Workers' Guild, p.2].
Support enlisted by The War Memorial Advisory Committee
1945
'The War Memorial Committee wrote asking the Guild to give them suggestions for War Memorials in Churches. This was carefully considered and discussed by the Committee. A letter was written in reply, deploring mass produced war memorials and advising on well designed carved inscriptions on the walls of the Church cut by individual Craftsmen' [Sixty-second annual report of the committee of the Art Workers' Guild, p.5].
Associated People
Advisors included George James Frampton
On leaving the Chair in 1902, Frampton stressed that only properly qualified candidates should be elected to the Guild. He also suggested that a benevolent fund should be established, to assist any member in 'temporary difficulties, or in time of illness', and offered to place £100 at its disposal [1902 AWG Annual report].
Donation received from Henry Harris Brown
1939
Gave painted portrait of Richard Garbe to the Guild to add to the collection of Past Master portraits [Fifty-sixth annual report of the committee of the Art Workers' Guild, p.9].
Donation received from George James Frampton
On leaving the chair in 1902, presented 'a badge in silver to be worn by the Master in his official capacity at Guild meetings. The badge represents the three arts of sculpture, architecture and painting, and bears the legend 'Art is unity'. A female figure in the centre, richly apparelled, bears in her hands a model of a domed building' [1902 AWG annual report, p.7].
Donation received from Walter Crane
1888
Gave a plaster frieze and a modelled representation of the badge of the guild.
Donation received from Alfred Gilbert
1888
Promised the Guild a Master's Badge, but this was not forthcoming. In 1902 George Frampton made a gift of one on his departure from the Master's Chair
Donation received from James Erskine Knox
1888
Gave a carved chair to the guild to help furnish its new home at Barnard's Inn Hall.
Donation received from Mervyn E. Macartney
1888
Gave a chair
Donation received from Hugh Hutton Stannus
1888
Gave a chair
Donation received from Henry Richard Hope-Pinker
1888
Gave a bust he had made of John Sedding
Donation received from Carl Cristof Krall
1889
Gave a loving cup (German, c.1600)
Donation received from Edward Onslow Ford
1890
Gave a bust he had made of George Blackall Simonds
Donation received from George Blackall Simonds
1890
Gave a bust he had made of Walter Crane
Donation received from Conrad Gustave d'Huc Dressler
1893
Gave a bust he had made of William Morris
Donation received from Arthur George Walker
1900 (Circa)
Gave a bust he had made of T. Stirling Lee
Donation received from Francis Derwent Wood
1905
Gave a bust he had made of C. H. Townsend
Donation received from George James Frampton
1914
Gave a bust he had made of past-Master William Strang [1914 AWG annual report, p.12]
Donation received from Gilbert William Bayes
1923
Gave bust of past-Master W. R. Lethaby in 1923 [AWG annual report for 1923, p.3].
Donation received from Laurence Arthur Turner
1924 (Presumed) - 1951
'Thanks to the energy of Past-Master L. A. Turner, the panels recording the names of members, past and present, have been correctly brought up to date' [AWG annual report for 1924, p.10].
Thanks for same service expressed again in 1927 [AWG annual report for 1926, p.9].
Thanked for extending the panelling in the hall and bringing the painting and gilding of members' names up to date in 1952 [Sixty-eight annual report of the committee of the Art Workers' Guild, p.6].
Donation received from Francis William Troup
5 December 1924 (Circa)
Donated red gown of office to be work by the Master of the Guild and black gowns to be worn by the two honorary secretaries [AWG annual report for 1924, p.10].
Donation received from Francis William Troup
1926
'Thanks are due Past-Master Troup, who not only safeguarded the interests of the Guild in connection with the new building next door [no further information given], but generously gave his 'party-wall' fee to pay for a new arrangement of the electric lighting of the Hall' [AWG annual report for 1926, p.9].
Donation received from George Blackall Simonds
1927
Presented Guild with 'a modelling-stand which has been used in turn by Flaxman, Chantry, Weekes, Munroe, Lynn and himself' [AWG annual report for 1927, p.9].
Donation received from George James Frampton
1928 (Circa)
'At the meeting held on the 6th July a letter was read from the Executors of the Will of the late Past-Master Sir George Frampton intimating that £500 had been left to the Art Workers' Guild Chest, the legacy to take effect upon Lady Frampton's decease' [AWG annual report for 1928, p.5].
Donation received from Gilbert William Bayes
1929
Donated two books to Guild library: 'Spirit of American Sculpture' by Adeline Adams and 'Contemporary American Sculpture (author unspecified) [AWG annual report for 1929, p.5].
Donation received from Laurence Arthur Turner
1929
Gave copy of his book 'Decorative Plasterwork' to Guild library [AWG annual report for 1929, p.5].
Donation received from Allan Gairdner Wyon
1933
Gave a bust of Ashbee and a plaque relief portrait of Leighton, of his own creation, to add to collection of Past-Master portraits [AWG annual report for 1933, p.8].
Donation received from Laurence Arthur Turner
1933
Made and donated oak panel, as mount for plaque relief portrait of Leighton by Wyon, to add to collection of Past-Master portraits [AWG annual report for 1933, p.8].
Donation received from Cecil Walter Thomas
1940
Gave a copy of 'Royal Society of British Sculptors: Modern Sculpture' to the Guild library
Donation received from Francis William Troup
1941
Left a bequest to the Guild in his will of £250; also left "The Works of William Morris" (24 volumes), 'a collection of valuable books on Architecture and other crafts' (45 volumes), a collection of slides, a red painted table (designed and painted by Burne-Jones), two armchairs designed by W.R.Lethaby and E.Gimson [Fifty-eighth annual report of the Committee of the Art Workers' Guild, pp.5-6].
Gave award to Allan Gairdner Wyon
1931
'A presentation was made by the Guild to Bro. Allan G. Wyon (on his retirement as Honorary Secretary) of a shagreen and silver cigarette box, suitably inscribed, and made by Bro. Paul Cooper' [AWG annual report for 1931, p.6].
Honorary members included Ernest Arthur Gardner
1910 - 1939
Lecturers included Joseph Witcombe
November 1887
Gave practical demonstration of plaster decoration at a meeting of the Guild
Masters included George Blackall Simonds
1884 - 1885
First Master of the Guild
Masters included John Dando Sedding
1886 - 1887
Masters included Walter Crane
1888 - 1889
Masters included John Brett
1890
Masters included William Blake Richmond
1891
Masters included William Morris
1892
Masters included (George) Heywood Maunoir Sumner
1894
Masters included Edward Onslow Ford
1895
Masters included Thomas Graham Jackson
1896
Masters included Thomas Stirling Lee
1898
Masters included Mervyn E. Macartney
1899
Masters included Selwyn Image
1900
Masters included Frank Short
1901
Masters included Henry Martineau Fletcher
1901 - 1953 (Presumed)
Masters included George James Frampton
1902
Donated a silver badge of office at the end of his tenure (see donation)
Masters included Charles Harrison Townsend
1903
Masters included Charles Holroyd
1905
Masters included Edward Schroder Prior
1906
Masters included William Strang
1907
Masters included Frederick William Pomeroy
1908
Masters included George Clausen
1909
Masters included Halsey Ricardo
1910
Masters included William Richard Lethaby
1911
Masters included Christopher Whitworth Whall
1912
Masters included Edward Prioleau Warren
1913
Masters included Thomas Okey
1914
Masters included Henry Richard Hope-Pinker
1915
Masters included Harold Speed
1916
Masters included Harry (Henry) Wilson
1917
Masters included Walter Knight Shirley
1918
Masters included Arthur Rackham
1919
Masters included Robert Schultz Weir
1920
Masters included Robert Anning Bell
1921
Masters included Laurence Arthur Turner
1922
Masters included Francis William Troup
1923
Masters included Charles Francis Annesley Voysey
1924
Masters included Gilbert William Bayes
1925 (Circa)
Master in 1925 and then again in January 1928 when, on the sudden death of Guild Master John Leighton (1926), he oversaw the welcome of F. Ernest Jackson to the chair for 1928 [AWG annual report for 1927, p.3]
Masters included John Leighton
1926
Masters included Francis Newbolt
1927
Masters included Charles Robert Ashbee
1929
Masters included Henry Martineau Fletcher
1930
Masters included Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1931
Masters included Basil Oliver
1932
Masters included Edwin Landseer Lutyens
1933
Masters included Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs
1934
Masters included Ernest George Gillick
1935
Year as master was a quiet one for the guild [Fifty-second annual report of the committee of the Art Workers' Guild, 1936, p.6]
Masters included Richard Louis Garbe
1938
Masters included George Parlby
1942
Masters included Cecil Walter Thomas
1946
Masters included Laurence Henderson Bradshaw
1958
Masters included Philip J. Bentham
1981
Members included Harry Robert Mileham
Dates and membership uncertain; not listed on the Art Workers Guild list of past members
Members included John Belcher
1884 - 1903
Committee member 1884-1885 and 1887-1889. Resigned 1903.
Members included John Brett
1884 - 1902
Committee member 1885-8, honorary member 1898
Members included William Arthur Smith Benson
1884 - 1924
Committee member 1884-1886. Held honorary role (unspecified) from 1911.
Members included Edward Onslow Ford
1884 - 1901
Committee member in 1886, master in 1895. Resigned in 1899, made honorary member in 1900.
Members included Edwin Roscoe Mullins
1884 - 1906
Joined 1884, resigned 1885. Re-joined 1890, committee member 1891-93, resigned 1906.
Members included William Richard Lethaby
1884 - 1931
Committee member 1884-1885 and 1893-1895. Honoary post 1905?, master 1911, honorary member 1916-1931.
Members included Carl Cristof Krall
1884 - 1923
Joined 1885, resigned 1916, rejoined 1921.
Members included (Arthur) Beresford Pite
1884 - 1934 (Presumed)
Members included George Blackall Simonds
1884 - 1929
Master 1884-1885, resigned 1899, made honorary member in 1900.
Members included William Hamo Thornycroft
1884 (Circa) - 1901
Members included George Thomas Robinson
1884 - 1889
Resigned from Guild.
Members included William Blake Richmond
1884 - 1896
Honorary member 1887, Master 1891, resigned 1896.
Members included Edward Schroder Prior
1884 - 1932 (Presumed)
Members included William Aumonier Senior
1885 - 1914
Member of committee 1896-1898
Members included Henry Richard Hope-Pinker
1885 - 1927
Committee member 1887-1889 and 1902-1904, master in 1915.
Members included George Percy Jacomb-Hood
1885 - 1896
Resigned in 1887, rejoined in 1891, resigned in 1896.
Members included James Moore
1885 - 1905
Members included Audley Mackworth
1885 - 1914
Committee member 1888-1890.
Members included Philip Norman
1885 - 1931 (Presumed)
Members included W.G. Rawlinson
1885 - 1887
Resigned in 1887.
Members included Henry Simpson
1885 - 1886
Resigned 1886.
Members included Hugh Hutton Stannus
1885 - 1908
Committee member 1887-1889.
Members included Harry Bates
1886 - 1890
Joined and resigned in 1886; joined and resigned in 1890.
Members included William Silver Frith
1886 - 1924
Committee member 1888-1880 and 1909-1911. Made honorary member in 1915.
Members included Henry Marriott Paget
1886 - 1936 (Presumed)
Members included Hugh Thackeray Turner
1886 - 1937 (Presumed)
Made an Honorary Member in 1930
Members included Herbert A. Bone
1887 - 1931 (Presumed)
Members included George James Frampton
1887 - 1928
Committee member 1893-95, resigned 1899, rejoined 1900, master 1902, resigned 1916, rejoined 1916, resigned 1920, rejoined 1923.
Members included Selwyn Image
1887 - 1930
Members included James Erskine Knox
1887 - 1917
Committee member 1906-1908.
Members included Stephen Webb
1887 - 1902
Members included John Macallan Swan
1887 - 1901
Resigned 1894, rejoined 1900; honorary member 1901, resigned 1901.
Members included Frank Bowcher
1888 - 1894
Retired from Guild in 1894.
Members included Alfred Gilbert
1888 - 1934
Resigned 1891, made honorary member 1900. Rejoined 1901, resigned 1904, rejoined 1932.
Members included Richard Arthur Ledward
1888 - 1890
Members included Henri Jean Louis Joseph Massé
1888 - 1936
Secretary 1889-1936.
Members included Charles Oliver Murray
1888 - 1923 (Presumed)
Members included William Ernest Reynolds-Stephens
1888 - 1943 (Presumed)
Committee member 1891-1893, may have held an honorary position in 1912. Resigned in 1929, rejoined in 1936
Members included Charles Harrison Townsend
1888 - 1928
Committee member 1894-1896, Master 1903.
Members included Alfred William Bowcher
1889 - 1890
Retired from Guild in 1890.
Members included Thomas Graham Jackson
1889 - 1920
Committee member 1907-1909, resigned 1920.
Members included Thomas Stirling Lee
1889 - 1916
Committee member from 1890-1892, master in 1898, awarded unspecified honorary status in 1912.
Members included Christopher Whitworth Whall
1889 - 1924
Committee member 1897-1899, Master 1912.
Members included Alfred James Shirley
1889 - 1912
Committee member 1901-1903.
Members included Henry Alfred Pegram
1890 - 1904
Committee member 1894-1896. Resigned 1904.
Members included Matthew William Webb
1890 - 1924
Members included George Woolliscroft Rhead Junior
1890 - 1920 (Presumed)
Members included Nelson Ethelred Dawson
1891 - 1930
Member of committiee from 1897-99, Resigned from guild in 1930.
Members included Conrad Gustave d'Huc Dressler
1891 - 1918
Resigned in 1918.
Members included Alfred East
1891 - 1913
Committee member 1905, resigned 1894, rejoined 1900.
Members included William Goscombe John
1891 - 1923 (Presumed)
Committee member 1894-1896, resigned 1900, made honorary member 1921-1923.
Members included Harry Dixon
1891 - 1898
Member of committiee in 1897, Resigned from guild in 1898.
Members included David Murray
1891 - 1901
Resigned.
Members included Albert Arthur Toft
1891 - 1920 (Circa)
Joined in 1891, resigned in 1899. Rejoined 1904, committee member 1912-1914, resigned 1920, possibly rejoined at a later date.
Members included Laurence Arthur Turner
1891 - 1957
Committee member 1916-1918, master in 1922, honorary treasurer 1928-1945. In the latter post he was praised for his 'zealous guardianship of the funds' [fifty-fifth annual report of the committee of the Art Workers' Guild, 1939, p.9]. Praised again for services in 1941 and 1944 [Fifty-eigth annual report of the committee of the Art Workers' Guild, p.3; Sixtieth Annual Report of the Committee of the Art Workers' Guild, p.4]. Retired from position in 1945 [Sixty-second annual report of the committee of the Art Workers' Guild, p.7].
Members included William Chandler Roberts-Austen
1891 - 1893
Resigned 1893.
Members included Robert Schultz Weir
1891 - 1951 (Presumed)
Members included Francis Inigo Thomas
1891 - 1950 (Presumed)
Members included Robert Anning Bell
1891 - 1933 (Presumed)
Members included John Dicksen Batten
1892 - 1932
Members included Edward Crompton
1892 - 1897
Resigned from guild in 1897.
Members included William Kellock Brown
1892 - 1911
Resigned.
Members included Mark Rogers Junior
1892 - 1929
Resigned in 1929.
Members included Arthur George Walker
1892 - 1916
Committee member 1903-1905, resigned 1916.
Members included Harry (Henry) Wilson
1892 - 1934
Committee member 1898-1900, Master in 1917.
Members included Edward Prioleau Warren
1892 - 1937 (Presumed)
Members included Robert Sidney Catterson-Smith
1894 (Presumed) - 1932
He retired from membership
Members included Charles John Allen
May 1894 - 1936
Retired from Guild in 1936.
Members included William Robert Colton
1894 - 1903
Member of committee 1900-1902. Retired from the Guild in 1903.
Members included Thomas Okey
1894 - 1935 (Presumed)
Members included Michael Murphy
1895 - 1912
Resigned 1912.
Members included William Strang
1895 - 1921 (Presumed)
Members included Francis William Troup
1895
Master in 1923.
In 1935, in recognition of his 'valuable and untiring services as Architect to the fabric of the Guild premises', he was made an ex-officio member of the committee [fifty-second annual report of the committee of the Art Workers' Guild, 1936, p.15].
Members included Gilbert William Bayes
November 1896 - 1953 (Presumed)
Member of committee from 1906-1908
Members included (Edward) Guy Dawber
1896 - 1930
Retired in 1930
Members included Henry Charles Fehr
May 1896 - 1902
Resigned 1902.
Members included Charles Robert Ashbee
1897 - 1942 (Presumed)
Member of committee from 1927-1928
Members included Willliam Burton
1897 - 1923
Members included Charles Beacon
May 1898 - 1928
Resigned from the Guild in 1928.
Members included (Edward) Alfred Briscoe Drury
May 1899 - 1907
Resigned in 1907.
Members included George Parlby
1899 - 1944 (Presumed)
Members included Hawes Turner
1899 - 1924
Retired in 1914
Members included George Percy Bankart
May 1900 - 1917
Retired from the Guild in 1917.
Members included Frank Lynn Jenkins
November 1900
Resigned at unknown date.
Members included Frederick Rogers
November 1900 - 23 December 1928
Members included Abraham Broadbent
May 1901 - 1919
Members included Edouard Lanteri
May 1901 - 1906
Resigned in 1906.
Members included Francis Derwent Wood
May 1901 - 1909
Committee member 1905, resigned 1909.
Members included Walter Knight Shirley
1902 - 1937 (Presumed)
Members included James Clark
1903 - 1943 (Presumed)
Members included John Henry Monsell Furse
May 1903 - 1904
resigned 1904.
Members included William Graily Hewitt
1903 - 1952 (Presumed)
Members included Edwin Landseer Lutyens
1903 - 1944 (Presumed)
Members included (Arthur) Eric Rowton Gill
November 1904 - 1909
Resigned 1909.
Members included John Tweed
May 1904 - 1909
Resigned 1909.
Members included Harold Speed
1904 - 1957 (Presumed)
Members included (Edgar) Bertram Mackennal
May 1905 - 1912
Resigned 1912.
Members included Arthur Stansfeld Dixon
1906 - 1929 (Presumed)
Members included George Washington Henry Jack
May 1906 - 1931
Members included Alfred Bertram Pegram
May 1906 - 1941
Committee member 1911-1913.
Members included Henry Poole
May 1906 - 1928 (Presumed)
Members included Herbert Hughes-Stanton
1906 - 1924
Resigned in 1924
Members included John Paul Cooper
May 1907 (Presumed) - 1933 (Presumed)
Members included Mervyn Lawrence
May 1907 - 1926
Resigned in 1926.
Members included Andrea Carlo Lucchesi
November 1907 - 1925
Committee member 1915-1917.
Members included Francis Newbolt
1907 - 1940 (Presumed)
Members included William Bower Dalton
1908 - 1965
Members included William Llewellyn
November 1908 - 1912
Resigned
Members included John Leighton
1908 - 1926
Members included Samuel Joseph Cartlidge
May 1909 - 1916
Resigned in 1916, rejoined in 1925
Members included Arthur J. Finberg
1909 - 1917
Members included Frederick Brook Hitch
November 1909 - 1957
Members included Ronald Potter Jones
1909 - 1965 (Presumed)
Members included Oswald Partridge Milne
1909 - 1968 (Presumed)
Members included Arthur Rackham
1909 - 1939 (Presumed)
Members included Joseph Armitage
May 1910 - July 1945
Member of committee from 1916-1917, honorary secretary from 1924-1928.
Was part of sub-committee to answer questionnaire on 'Art Education' from the Central School of Art and Design, on behalf of the Guild, together with Harold Brownsword and Anthony Gardner [Sixtieth annual report of the committee of the Art Workers\' Guild, p.1].
Died 1945.
Members included Frederick Lessore
November 1910 - 1951
Committee member 1933-1935.
Members included Charles James Pibworth
November 1910 - 1937
Resigned 1937.
Members included Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1911 - 1933 (Presumed)
Members included Richard Reginald Goulden
May 1912 - 1932
Committee member 1928-1930.
Members included Charles Reed Peers
1912 - 1930
Resigned
Members included John Angel
November 1913 - 1960 (Presumed)
Member of committee from 1923-1925
Members included Alfred Hugh Fisher
1913 - 1945 (Presumed)
Members included Basil Oliver
1913 - 1948 (Presumed)
Members included Arthur W. Simpson
November 1913 - 1922
Members included Paul Waterhouse
1913 - 1924 (Presumed)
Members included William Aumonier Junior
February 1914 - 1943 (Presumed)
Member of committee 1921-1923
Members included Thomas Mewburn Crook
June 1914 - 1930
Resigned from guild in 1930.
Members included Edward Napier Hitchcock Spencer
1914 - 1938 (Presumed)
Members included Cecil Harcourt-Smith
1915 - 1925
Resigned 1925.
Members included Ernest George Gillick
February 1916 - 1951
Committee member 1919-1921 and 1933-1936
Members included Stanley Nicholson Babb
1919 - 1945
Member of committee from 1939-?. Retired from Guild in 1945.
Members included Esmond Burton
1919 - 1964 (Presumed)
Members included Allan Gairdner Wyon
1919
Wyon was thanked for his services as Honorary Secretary to the Guild at its 1930 Annual General Meeting [AWG annual report for 1930, p.11].
Members included Cecil Hew Brown
February 1920 - 1925
Retired from Guild in 1925.
Members included Stanley Churchill Ramsey
1920 - 1927
Retired from the Guild
Members included Arthur Hamilton Smith
1920 - 1941 (Presumed)
Members included Cecil Walter Thomas
1921 - 1976
Committee member 1926-1928, honorary secretary 1931-1937 [retired from post], committee member 1937-1939, master 1946, honorary treasurer 1953-1958.
Members included Stanley Thorogood
June 1921 - 1935
Resigned in 1935.
Members included Harry George Theaker
1921 - 1928
Listed as a painter in 1921 and then as a calligrapher in 1926-28. Membership not necessarily continuous from 1921-28.
Members included Percy George Bentham
10 June 1922 - 1936 (Presumed)
Members included Charles Leonard Hartwell
6 October 1922
Elected as 'ordinary member'.
Members included William Reid Dick
10 November 1922 - 1926
Elected as 'ordinary member', resigned in 1926.
Members included Leonard Stanford Merrifield
10 June 1922 - 1943
Committee member 1929-1931.
Members included Herbert William Palliser
3 February 1922 - 1963
Committee member 1947-48.
Members included Frederick John Wilcoxson
10 June 1922 - 1927
Resigned 1927.
Members included Alan Lydiat Durst
2 February 1923 - 1928
Resigned in 1928.
Members included Edgar Silver Frith
2 February 1923 - 1955
Resigned at unknown date, rejoined in 1955.
Members included Alfred Lyndhurst Pocock
2 February 1923 - 1924
Resigned a year after joining
Members included William George Simmonds
2 February 1923 - 1968
Members included Percyval Tudor-Hart
15 June 1923 - 1958
Members included Ferdinand Victor Blundstone
20 June 1924 - 1931
Retired from Guild in 1931.
Members included Onslow Ernest Whiting
1 February 1924 - 1937
Members included Richard Louis Garbe
6 February 1925 - 1957
Committee member 1925, master 1938.
Members included Arthur Glover
6 February 1925 - 1975 (Presumed)
Members included (Herbert) Barry Hart
6 February 1925 - 1935
Resigned in 1935.
Members included Alec (Alexander) Miller
1925
Not certain whether he left the Guild or retained his membership when he moved to the USA c.1929
Members included James Wedgwood
19 June 1925 - 1973
Members included Arthur Joseph Penty
1925 - 1937 (Presumed)
Members included (Joseph) Hermon Cawthra
17 June 1927
Retired at unknown date only to rejoin in 1956.
Members included Harry Parr
4 February 1927 - 1929
Resigned in 1929.
Members included James Arthur Woodford
17 June 1927 - 1946
Resigned 1932, rejoined 1936, resigned 1946.
Members included Cecil W.J.H. Gunthorp
7 February 1930 - 1983
Members included Walter Marsden
7 February 1930 - 1941
Resigned in 1941.
Members included Mervyn O'Gorman
1930 - 1958
Members included Thomas Bayley
6 February 1931 - 1966 (Presumed)
Members included Edmund Thomas Wyatt Ware
6 February 1931 - 1960
Members included Harold James Youngman
6 February 1931 - 1968
Members included William Whitworth Aumonier
5 February 1932 - 1949
Retired from Guild 1949.
Members included Adrian Paul Allinson
23 June 1933 - 1935
Resigned from the Guild in 1935; rejoined in 1954.
Members included Gilbert Ledward
1933 - 1938
Resigned 1938.
Members included Thomas Sturge Moore
1933 - 1944
Members included Alfred Southwick
15 June 1934 - December 1944
Died in 1944.
Members included Peter Van der Waals
1935 - 1937
Members included Harold Brownsword
1 April 1938 - 1961 (Presumed)
Member of committee in 1941.
Was part of sub-committee to answer questionnaire on 'Art Education' from the Central School of Art and Design, on behalf of the Guild, together with Joseph Armitage and Anthony Gardner [Sixtieth annual report of the committee of the Art Workers' Guild, p.1].
Members included Charles Leighfield Jonah Doman
1 April 1938 - March 1944
Died in 1944.
Members included Edgar Allan Howes
1 April 1938
Resigned at unknown date.
Members included David Evans
1 April 1938
Resigned, but date of resignation unknown.
Members included C. A. Reynolds Stone
November 1940 - 1978 (Presumed)
Members included Paul Vincze
5 April 1941 - 1994 (Presumed)
Members included W.F. Haslop
1 November 1946 - 1978
Members included Charles Walter Edward Lewis
1 November 1946 - 1978 (Presumed)
Members included Philip J. Bentham
1947 - 1981 (Circa)
Members included Hjalmar Finchman
1947 - 1966
Members included Eric Harry Peskett
11 April 1947 - 1997 (Presumed)
Committee 1950
Members included George Henry Ford
1948 - 1977
Members included F.G. Osmond
April 1949 - 1957
Members included Sydney S. Birnie Stewart
April 1949 - 1977
Members included Richard Alfred Thomas
April 1949
Duration of membership unknown
Members included (Aubrey) Eric Stacy Aumonier
1950 - 1973 (Presumed)
Member of committee in 1953
Members included George Frederick Demaine
1950 - 1966
Members included Laurence Henderson Bradshaw
1952 - 1978 (Presumed)
Sources
Annual Programme Cards, 1884-1934
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1885-1900
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1901-1912
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1913-1933
The fiftieth annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1934
1934
The fifty-eighth annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1942
1942
The fifty-fifth annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1939
1939
The fifty-first annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1935
1935
The fifty-fourth annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1938
1938
The fifty-ninth annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1943
1943
The fifty-second annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1936
1936
The fifty-seventh annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1941
1941
The fifty-sixth annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1940
1940
The fifty-third annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1937
1937
The sixtieth annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1944
1944
The sixty-eighth annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1951
1951
The sixty-fifth annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1949
1949
The sixty-first annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1945
1945
The sixty-fourth annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1948
1948
The sixty-second annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1946
1946
The sixty-seventh annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1951
1951
The sixty-sixth annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1950
1950
The sixty-third annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1947
1947
Citing this record
'Art Workers Guild', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [https://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=msib2_1206479696, accessed 04 Dec 2023]
