Royal Society of Artists Birmingham Autumn Exhibition, 1926
End Date: 1926
Type: Annual exhibition
Description: The exhibition contained 321 works, including three cases of Arts and Crafts objects and a section of 'Domestic Handicraft'.
Display Arrangement: Sculptures and Art and Crafts objects were displayed with pictures.
Exhibits
Exhibition included Lacquered Wooden Figure
exhibited under the section entitled 'Domestic Handicraft'
Exhibition included Bronze Head
1926
Exhibition included Bereft
1926
Exhibition included Portrait of the Late Dr Sampson Gamgee
1926
Exhibition included Memorial Medal to Dr Sampson Gamgee
1926
Exhibition included Mary Pat
1926
Exhibition included Miss Joyce Newman
1926
Offered for sale Mary Pat
1926
£10 10s.
Organizing Institution or Venue
Organized by Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1926
Statuary, p. 22 (192-193); Arts and Crafts, pp. 22-30 (194-321, 157-158).
Participants
Exhibitors included Robert Jackson Emerson
Multiple works
Exhibitors included William Midgley
'Portrait of the Late Dr Sampson Gamgee'
Exhibitors included Bernard Fleetwood Walker
Multiple works
Exhibitors included M. Millior Barlow
1926
Exhibited a copper bowl 'decorated with Abalones', p. 24 (217). The artist was living in Selly Oak, Birmingham.
Exhibitors included William T. Blackband
1926
Exhibited a silver tabacco box with niello decoration, p. 24 (231).
Exhibitors included Mabel A. Camwell
1926
Exhibited a silver teapot jug and basin, p. 24 (228).
Exhibitors included Winifred M. Cooper
1926
Exhibited a silver bowl, p. 25 (234).
Exhibitors included Elwyn Davies
1926
Exhibited a silver coffee pot, chased and engraved, p. 24 (233); The Flight into Egypt, Champleve silver, plaque in translucent enamel on silver, p. 27 (Case 3, 281); and Jewel Casket, p. 27 (Case 3, 285). The artist was living in Erdington.
Exhibitors included Mary Gwenllian Gibson
1926
Exhibited 'Three Modelled Leather Panels', coloured and gilded. The panels are described as 'part of a set of five panels to be inserted on a gilded and stained oak Altar front for St. Margaret of Antioch Church, Birmingham' [summary], p. 23 (216). The artist was living in Wolverhampton.
Exhibitors included Phyllis M. Goodman
1926
Exhibited a silver wine cup, p. 24 (232); and five rings, p. 28 (Case 3, 305-309) [summary]. The artist was living in Wolverhampton.
Exhibitors included H.W. Greatrix
1926
Exhibited 'Jewel Casket', p. 27 (Case 3, 285). The artist was living in Handsworth.
Exhibitors included S. H. Gardiner
1926
Exhibited 'Polished Steel 4-Way Implement Stand' and 'Pair Wrought Polished Iron Firedogs', p. 29 (317-318). Note that the objects were exhibited under the section entitled 'Domestic Handicraft'. The artist was living in Worcestershire.
Exhibitors included Elsie Hubball
1926
Exhibited a leather covered card box, p. 25 (240). The artist was living in Wolverhampton.
Exhibitors included May M. Hutchins
1926
Exhibited five gold rings, pp. 27-28 (Case 3, 289-90, 297-98, 302); two gold brooches, p. 28 (Case 3, 291, 299); two gold and silver brooches, p. 28 (Case 3, 292, 300); and a 'Chrisophase set in Silver and Gold and chain', p. 28 (Case 3, 295) [summary].
Exhibitors included Margaret Loud
1926
Exhibited 'Panel for Fire-Screen', p. 22 (195).
Exhibitors included Eric E. G. Locker
1926
Exhibited 'Enamelled Small Plate', p. 22 (197); 'Silver and Ivory Buckle', p. 27 (288); 'Casket Cloisonne', p. 28 (Case 3, 293), and 'Silver and Niello Buckle', p. 28 (Case 3, 294). The artist was living in Alum Rock, Birmingham.
Exhibitors included (Sara) Muriel Meats
1926
Exhibited 'Buckle, Silver and enamel', p. 26 (Case 3, 269); 'Silver Box, with Champleve enamel', p. 27 (Case 3, 282); 'Teapot Stand, pierced silver', p. 27 (Case 3, 287). The artist was living in Coventry.
Exhibitors included Una Elaine Munns
1926
Exhibited two silver chains, pp. 26-27 (Case 3, 271, 278); three silver rings, pp. 26-27 (Case 3, 272-74); a pair of silver earrings, p. 27 (Case 3, 275); and three silver pendants, p. 27 (Case 3, 276, 277, 279) [summary].
Exhibitors included Donald W. Price
1926
Exhibited an 'Egg Cruet', p. 24 (230); 'Silver Pendant with Moonstones', p. 26 (Case 3, 270); and 'Silver Buckle', p. 28 (Case 3, 296). The artist was living in Blackheath.
Exhibitors included Cyril J. Shiner
1926
Exhibited a silver-plated sugar basin, p. 24 (229); and a silver-plated teapot, p. 25 (235).
Exhibitors included H.J. Woodhouse
1926
Exhibited a silver coffee pot, p. 25 (236). The artist was living in King's Heath, Birmingham.
Exhibitors included Dora Webb
1926
Exhibited a box with leather panels, p. 25 (238). The artist was living in Erdington.
Exhibitors included Evelin Winifred Aston
1926
Exhibited 'Portrait Pendant', p. 26 (Case 3, 268).
Exhibitors included Barbara Taylor
1926
Exhibited a silver pendant, p. 28 (Case 3, 301); silver ring, p. 28 (Case 3, 303); and an enamelled gold ring, p. 28 (Case 3, 304).
Exhibitors included F. Shilton
1926
Exhibited 'Shaving Stand, in Walnut', p. 29 (319). The object was exhibited under the section 'Domestic Handicraft'. The artist was living in Worcestershire.
Exhibitors included Lewis Wright
1926
Exhibited 'Cast Brass Silver' and 'Pair Bronze Candlesticks', p. 30 (156-158). The artist was living in Beech Lanes, Birmingham.
Citing this record
'Royal Society of Artists Birmingham Autumn Exhibition, 1926', 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_1204300249, accessed 29 Mar 2023]
