Dravidian Temples and Temple Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1939

End Date: 30 June 1939

Type: Lecture and discussion

Description: Ladies' night. J. Betjeman spoke and showed map and slides: provided 'a very entertaining and informative history of the Dravidian Temples of India and their Sculptors'. Dr Stella Kramrisch then described the techniques and tools of the sculptors. Lanchester spoke and showed slides of his works in India. J. Armitage contributed to the discussion (Fifty-sixth annual report of the committee of the Art Workers' Guild, 1940, p. 16).

Policy: 'Meetings are held fortnightly, when papers are read and their subjects illustrated as fully as possible. Visitors must be introduced by a member' (Year's Art, 1913, pp. 169-70).

Citing this record

'Dravidian Temples and Temple Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1939', 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_1221148325, accessed 02 Oct 2023]

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