Royal Birmingham Society of Artists [Autumn] Exhibition, 1916
End Date: 1916
Type: Annual exhibition
Description: The exhibition consisted of two rooms and the vestibule area. It included 195 works, and an additional Arts and Crafts section containing jewellery, textiles, vessels, culinary objects etc. displayed in cases.
Display Arrangement: Sculpture was exhibited with pictures in the Great Gallery. Arts and Crafts objects were exhibited in cases in the vestibule.
Exhibits
Exhibition included Spirit of Night
1916
Exhibition included Study for Head of St George
1916
Exhibition included The Late Captain Sir John Edward Fowler, Bart
1916
Exhibition included Spring and Summer
1916
Offered for sale Spirit of Night
1916
£125
Offered for sale Study for Head of St George
1916
£65
Offered for sale The Late Captain Sir John Edward Fowler, Bart
1916
£15 15s.
Participants
Exhibitors included Benjamin Creswick
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Margaret J. Awdry
1916
Exhibited five jewellery objects: p. 32 (Case 3, nos 6, 8) and p. 33 (Case 3, nos 11, 12, 15).
Exhibitors included Mary C. Beck
1916
Exhibited a 'Painted China Coffee Set': p. 29 (Case 1, 4). Beck is listed as having designed the object and Pitts as having executed the designs [summary]. The artist was living in Elstree.
Exhibitors included Bernard Cuzner
1916
Exhibited a silver sugar basin: p. 30 (Case 1, no. 9), a silver tea pot: p. 20 (Case 1, no. 11), and a silver cream jug: p. 30 (Case 1, no. 15). The works were designed by Cuzner and executed by E. Davies. Also exhibited a silver necklet: p. 33 (Case 3, no. 14).
Exhibitors included Ethel Cuzner
1916
Exhibited a hammered siver bowl: p. 30 (Case 1, no. 13); also exhibited a silver brooch: p. 33 (Case 3, no. 13).
Exhibitors included Clarke
1916
The artist exhibited a 'Brass Card Tray': p. 30 (Case 1, no. 16). The artist was living in Derby.
Exhibitors included Kathleen Cavenagh
1916
Exhibited eight jewellery objects: pp. 32-33 (Case 3, nos 10a-g). The artist was living in Harborne, Birmingham.
Exhibitors included Arthur Joseph Gaskin
1916
Jointly exhibited a case of jewellery with Mrs Gaskin: p. 33 (Case 4, no. 1).
Exhibitors included (Edward) Alfred Briscoe Drury
1916
Exhibited a 'Soldier's and Sailor's Memorial Medal': p. 30 (Case 1, no. 12). The medal was designed by Drury and died by W. Midgley.
Exhibitors included Georgie Evelyn Cave Gaskin
1916
Jointly exhibited a case of jewellery with Mr Gaskin: p. 33 (Case 4, no. 1).
Exhibitors included William Midgley
1916
Exhibited a 'Soldier's and Sailor's Memorial Medal': p. 30 (Case 1, no. 12). The medal was designed by Drury and died by W. Midgley.
Exhibitors included Mary Pitts
1916
Exhibited a 'Painted China Coffee Set': p. 29 (Case 1, 4). Beck is listed as having deisgned the object and Pitts as having executed the designs [summary]. No address is listed for the artist.
Exhibitors included Ethel W. Watson
1916
Exhibited a necklace: p. 32 (Case 3, no. 7). The artist was living in Acock's Green, Birmingham.
Exhibitors included Nellie M. Wild
1916
Exhibited three items of jewellery and arts and crafts objects: p. 33 (Case 3, nos 16-18). The artist was living in Repton, near Derby.
Exhibitors included Lewis Wright
1916
Exhibited two jewellery objects: p. 33 (Case 3, nos. 19-20). The artist was living in Birmingham.
Exhibitors included E. Davis
1916
Exhibited a silver sugar basin: p. 30 (Case 1, no. 9), a silver tea pot: p. 20 (Case 1, no. 11), and a silver cream jug: p. 30 (Case 1, no. 15). The works were designed by Cuzner and executed by E. Davies
Sources
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. Exhibition, 1916 [Autumn] Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1916
Sculpture - p. 28 (189-192), Arts and Crafts - p. 29-33 (Cases 1-3)
Citing this record
'Royal Birmingham Society of Artists [Autumn] Exhibition, 1916', 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=msib4_1204040641, accessed 23 Mar 2023]
