Exhibition 20 by the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, 1946
Start Date: 16 February 1946
End Date: 17 March 1946
Type: Exhibition
Description: Mixed media display of 702 works by male and female artists. Many items for sale.
Policy: Wish to prove the strength of designers and craftsmen in a new era. 'Materials and men are still lacking, but we are making our first post-war demonstration of our belief that great craftsmanship will play its part in the civilisation of the near future' (preface to catalogue).
Exhibits
Exhibition included Head of a King
'Not for sale'
Exhibition included Pieta
Exhibition included Bronze and Enamel Memorial Tablet
Exhibition included Specimen Roman Alphabet
Exhibition included Design for Imperial Farthing / Design for Indian Service Medal/ Badge for the Junior League of Engineers
Exhibition included Latin inscription
Exhibition included Woman Singing
Exhibition included Cat
Exhibition included Zebra
Exhibition included Lover's Tryst
Exhibition included Sable Antelopes
Exhibition included Pottery Horse
Exhibition included Lemurs and Young
Exhibition included Pottery cat
Exhibition included Modelled Lamb
Exhibition included Mare and Foal
Exhibition included Leopard
Exhibition included Stoneware cat
Exhibition included Horses
Exhibition included Goat Kids on Rocks
Exhibition included Young Elephant
Exhibition included Night Jar
Not for sale.
Exhibition included Ibis
Exhibition included Cat
Exhibition included Boar
Exhibition included Mandarin Duck
Exhibition included St Jude
Exhibition included Horse
Exhibition included Mermaids
Exhibition included Smivek
Exhibition included Girl
Exhibition included Address to Christine Gregory, RBS
Exhibition included Barn Owl
Exhibition included Panels for Reredos for Chalford Church, Gloucester
Exhibition included Scale model of complete reredos
Exhibition included Memorial Font Cover in Brown Oak for East Stratton Church, Hants
Exhibition included Silver Griffon
lent by the Worshipful Company of Grocers
Exhibition included Juno
Exhibition included Jarrah Maid
Exhibition included Thor
Exhibition included Sheila
Exhibition included Mother and Child
Exhibition included Head of a Girl, Wood Carving
Exhibition included The Monk
Exhibition included St Antony
Exhibition included Terra Cotta Head
Exhibition included Feeding Time
Exhibition included Wood Torso
Exhibition included Shire Horse
Exhibition included A Study
Exhibition included Pan
Exhibition included Library Cabinet in English Walnut
'Lent by Prof. H. H. Bellot. Not for sale' (1946 ACES exhibition catalogue).
Exhibition included Arm Chair in English Walnut
Exhibition included Long Box in English Brown Oak
Exhibition included Lamp Standard in English Walnut
Exhibition included Pony
'Not for sale'.
Exhibition included Lamp Standard in English Walnut
Exhibition included Springtime
Exhibition included Sisters
Exhibition included Rearing Horse
Exhibition included Mother and Child
not for sale
Exhibition included Liana
Offered for sale Pieta
£50
Asking price: £50.
Offered for sale Bronze and Enamel Memorial Tablet
50 guineas
Offered for sale Specimen Roman Alphabet
£17
Offered for sale Latin inscription
£2 2s.
asking price: 2 guineas
Offered for sale Woman Singing
£73 10s.
asking price: 70 guineas
Offered for sale Cat
£42
Offered for sale Zebra
£15 15s.
Offered for sale Lover's Tryst
£16 6s.
Offered for sale Sable Antelopes
£15 5s.
Offered for sale Pottery Horse
£1 5s.
Offered for sale Lemurs and Young
£10 10s.
Offered for sale Pottery cat
£5 5s.
Offered for sale Mare and Foal
£21
Offered for sale Leopard
£1 5s.
Offered for sale Stoneware cat
£6 6s.
Offered for sale Horses
£3 3s.
Asking price: £3 3s.
Offered for sale Goat Kids on Rocks
£6 6s.
Asking price: £6 6s.
Offered for sale Young Elephant
£26
Offered for sale Ibis
£57 15s.
asking price: 55 guineas
Offered for sale Cat
£12
Offered for sale Boar
£25
Offered for sale Mandarin Duck
£18
Asking price: £18.
Offered for sale St Jude
£18
Offered for sale Mermaids
£10 10s.
asking price: 10 guineas
Offered for sale Smivek
£12 12s.
Asking price: 12 gns.
Offered for sale Girl
£15
Asking price: £15.
Offered for sale Barn Owl
Asking price: £20.
Offered for sale Juno
£10 10s.
asking price: 10 guineas
Offered for sale Jarrah Maid
£42
asking price: 40 guineas
Offered for sale Thor
£10 10s.
asking price: 10 guineas
Offered for sale Sheila
£25
Asking price: £25.
Offered for sale Mother and Child
£10
Offered for sale Head of a Girl, Wood Carving
£20
Asking price: £20.
Offered for sale St Antony
£12
Offered for sale Terra Cotta Head
£15
Offered for sale Feeding Time
£77 15s.
asking price: 75 guineas
Offered for sale Shire Horse
£50
Asking price: £50.
Offered for sale Pan
£15 15s.
Asking price: £15 15s.
Offered for sale Arm Chair in English Walnut
Asking price: £15 15s.
Offered for sale Long Box in English Brown Oak
£15 15s.
Offered for sale Lamp Standard in English Walnut
£9 9s.
Asking price: £9 9s.
Offered for sale Lamp Standard in English Walnut
£9 9s.
Asking price: £9 9s.
Offered for sale Springtime
£5 5s.
Asking price: £5 5s.
Offered for sale Sisters
£7 7s.
Asking price: £7 7s.
Offered for sale Rearing Horse
£10 10s.
Asking price: £10 10s.
Offered for sale Liana
£5 5s.
Asking price: £5 5s.
Participants
Exhibitors included Katherine M F Evershed
'Juno'
Exhibitors included Barbara Tribe
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Phoebe Gertrude Stabler
'Sheila'
Exhibitors included Anthony Foster
'Mother and Child'
Exhibitors included Theodor Kern
'Head of a Girl, Wood Carving'
Exhibitors included P.A.L. Hughes
'The Monk'
Exhibitors included Leslie Durbin
'Silver Griffon'
Exhibitors included Eric Sharpe
'Memorial Font Cover in Brown Oak for East Stratton Church, Hants'
Exhibitors included John R. Biggs
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Mervyn C. Oliver
'Address to Christine Gregory, RBS'
Exhibitors included Betty Koster
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Ruth Windmiller
'Terra Cotta Head'
Exhibitors included Marjorie Violet G Drawbell
'Mother and Child'
Exhibitors included Mary Mitchell-Smith
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Basil Matthews
'Rearing Horse'
Exhibitors included William George Simmonds
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Christine Gregory
'A Study'
Exhibitors included Mary Hawker
'Shire Horse'
Exhibitors included R. Butterfield
'Wood Torso'
Exhibitors included Herbert William Palliser
'Feeding Time'
Exhibitors included Zelda Webb
'Liana'
Exhibitors included Alan Collins
'Head of a King'
Exhibitors included Stella Crofts
'Lemurs and Young'
Exhibitors included Clodagh Mitchell
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Lily (Lili) Márkus
'Lover's Tryst'
Exhibitors included William Ruscoe
'Zebra'
Exhibitors included David McFall
'Cat'
Exhibitors included Elizabeth Spurr
'Woman Singing'
Exhibitors included Mary Jenks
'Latin inscription'
Exhibitors included Harold Wilson Parker
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Harold Stabler
'Bronze and Enamel Memorial Tablet'
Exhibitors included Albert Stafford
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Freda N. Skinner
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Nancy Catford (Stone)
'Mandarin Duck'
Exhibitors included Donald Potter
Multiple works
Selection committee members included (William) Edward Barnsley
For furniture section.
Selection committee members included John Brandt
For furniture section.
Selection committee members included Eric Sharpe
For furniture section.
Selection committee members included Alan Lydiat Durst
1946 (Circa)
For sculpture section
Selection committee members included Harold Parker
1946 (Circa)
For sculpture section
Selection committee members included Herbert William Palliser
1946 (Circa)
For sculpture section
Citing this record
'Exhibition 20 by the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, 1946', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/event.php?id=msib2_1213091333, accessed 30 May 2023]
