Royal Society of Artists Birmingham, The Autumn Exhibition, 1931
Start Date: 1931
End Date: 19 December 1931
Type: Annual exhibition
Description: The exhibition consisted of three rooms and contained 289 works, including one panel, two sculptures and four cases of jewellery and art and crafts objects.
Display Arrangement: Sculpture and jewellery was exhibited together with pictures in Gallery Three.
Exhibits
Exhibition included The Prodigal
Exhibition included Decorative Panel
1931
Exhibition included Puella
1931
Exhibition included Group: Elephant and Tiger
1931
Exhibition included Aurora
1931
Offered for sale Group: Elephant and Tiger
1931
£4 14s. 6d.
Offered for sale Aurora
1931
£7 17s. 6d.
Organizing Institution or Venue
Organized by Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1931 - 19 December 1931
Participants
Exhibitors included Kitty Evershed
'Group: Elephant and Tiger'
Exhibitors included Robert Jackson Emerson
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Benjamin J. Warren
'Decorative Panel'
Exhibitors included Reginald E. Edgecombe
1931
Exhibited 'Fruit Dish in Hammered Brass', p. 24 (Case 1, 215).
Exhibitors included Ivy Anne Ellis
1931
Exhibited 'Chess Box and Chessmen', p. 24 (220). The artist collaborated with Bernard Sleigh on the work. The artist was living in Edgbaston, Birmingham.
Exhibitors included Phyllis M. Goodman
1931
Exhibited five rings, p. 26 (Case 4, 253-57) [summary]. The artist was living in Wolverhampton.
Exhibitors included Bernard Instone
1931
Exhibited 'Case of Rings', 'Shell Picture', p. 24 (Case 1, 212-213); 'Pastel Enamel Set' which included a ring, brooch and earings, p. 24 (Case 1, 216); 'Oxydized Silver Necklet' and 'Silver Opal Pastel Marcassite Necklet and Brooch', p. 24 (Case 1, 219 and 221) [summary]. The artist was living in Digbeth, Birmingham.
Exhibitors included (Sara) Muriel Meats
1931
Exhibited 'Casket: Silver and Enamel', p. 24 (Case 1, 211); 'Enamel Letter Tray', p. 25 (Case 1, 226); 'Challice and Paten (lent by St Michael's Church)', p. 25 (Case 2, 238), and 'Silver and Gold Ring set with Tourmaline', p. 27 (Case 4, 265) [summary]. The artist was living at 3 Rochester Road, Coventry c. 1931-1932.
Exhibitors included Adeline Mallol
1931
Exhibited 'Camel Paperweight', p. 25 (Case 1, 225). The artist was living in Edgbaston, Birmingham.
Exhibitors included Winifred King
1931
Exhibited with Mildred Murphy 'Set of Jewellery', p. 26 (Case 4, 258). The artist was living in Coventry.
Exhibitors included Mildred Murphy
1931
Exhibited with Winifred King 'Set of Jewellery', p. 26 (Case 4, 258).
Exhibitors included Una Elaine Munns
1931
Exhibited three rings, p. 27 (Case 4, 267, 270, 273); five pendants, p. 27 (Case 4, 268-69, 271-72, 274).
Exhibitors included Gwynneth M. Pugh
1931
Exhibited 'Moulded and Gilded Card Box', p. 25 (Case 1, 224). The artist was living in Wolverhampton.
Exhibitors included Bernard Cuzner
1931
Exhibited 'Silver Condiment Set', p. 24 (Case 1, 214); 'Bowl, Silver, Handles of Ivory, Green Shell and Japanese Coral', p. 25 (Case 2, 230) [summary].
Exhibitors included I.H. Thomas
1931
Exhibited 'Enamel Cigarette Box', p. 24 (Case 1, 217); 'Silver Sweet Bowl', p. 25 (Case 2, 234). The artist was living in Edgbaston, Birmingham.
Exhibitors included John Adams
1931
Exhibited 'Pair of Springbok Book Ends', p. 24 (218). The artist was living in Poole, Dorset.
Exhibitors included Bernard Sleigh
1931
Exhibited 'Chess Box and Chessmen': p. 24 (220). The artist collaborated with Ivy Anne Ellis on the work. The atrist was living in Edgbaston, Birmingham.
Exhibitors included Thomas D. Cuthbertson
1931
Exhibited 'Silver Box, with Carved Shell Lid', p. 24 (Case 1, 222); 'Silver Beaker, with Loose Malachite Base', p. 25 (Case 1, 231); 'Silver Cup, Set Malachite', p. 25 (Case 1, 233). The artist was living in King's Heath, Birmingham.
Exhibitors included Ralph G. Baxendale
1931
Exhibited 'Cloisonne Enamel Altar Cross', p. 24 (Case 1, 223). The artist was living in Dudley, Birmingham.
Exhibitors included William T. Blackband
1931
Exhibited 'Bowl and Spoon', p. 25 (Case 2, 227); 'Bowl and Spoon', p. 25 (Case 2, 232); 'Chalice and Paten set with Moonstones', p. 25 (Case 2, 236); 'Silver Teapot', p. 25 (Case 2, 241).
Exhibitors included B.J. Barke
1931
Exhibited 'Tea Caddy', p. 25 (Case 2, 228); 'Pair of Candlesticks', p. 25 (Case 2, 240). The artist was living in Coventry.
Exhibitors included A.C. Wood
1931
Exhibited 'Silver Cream Jug, Sugar Bowl and Sifter', p. 25 (Case 2, 229). The artist was living in Handsworth, Birmingham.
Exhibitors included Thomas Capel Smith
1931
Exhibited 'Silver Tea-Caddy', p. 25 (Case 2, 235). The artist was living in King's Heath, Birmingham.
Exhibitors included Madge Barres
1931
Exhibited 'Hankerchief Case', p. 26 (Case 3, 248); 'Breakfast Set', p. 26 (Case 3, 250). The artist was living in Moseley, Birmingham.
Exhibitors included A.M. Camwell
1931
Exhibited 'Silver Tea Pot', p. 25 (Case 2, 237); 'Silver Brooch', 'Silver Necklace', 'Gold Ring', 'Silver Scarf Slide', pp. 26-27 (Case 4, 260-263). The artist was living at 10 Pershore Street, Walsall.
Exhibitors included Florence Tangye
1931
Exhibited 'Gold Mohur Time', p. 27 (Case 4, 264). The artist was living in Worcestershire.
Sources
Royal Society of Artists Birmingham. The Autumn Exhibition, 1931
1931
p. 16 (43), p. 27 (275, 276).
Citing this record
'Royal Society of Artists Birmingham, The Autumn Exhibition, 1931', 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_1210596983, accessed 23 Mar 2023]
