Exhibition of Modern Paintings and Sculpture lent by The Corporation of Manchester, Rutherston Loan Scheme (Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery), 1929
Start Date: 16 September 1929
End Date: 7 December 1929
Type: Exhibition
Description: The exhibition was described in the catalogue as a 'small but representative exhibition of paintings and sculpture, which has been chosen from the large collection of modern works of art presented to the city of Manchester in 1925 by Mr. Charles Rutherston, of Bradford'. It displayed 'modern' works of art, predominately by living artists.
The exhibition contained painting and sculpture. Ten sculptures were exhibited all of which are undated in the catalogue.
Organizing Institution or Venue
Organized by Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
16 September 1929 - 7 December 1929
Participants
Exhibitors included (Arthur) Eric Rowton Gill
16 September 1929 - 7 December 1929
Exhibited two sculptures in brass and stone; the works are undated in the exhibition catalogue, p. 3 (16-17).
Exhibitors included Alfred Gilbert
16 September 1929 - 7 December 1929
His one work which is undated in the catalogue and may have exhibited posthumously.
Exhibitors included Henry Spencer Moore
16 September 1929 - 7 December 1929
Exhibited one sculpture in wood; the work is undated in the catalogue, p. 3 (20).
Exhibitors included Frank Owen Dobson
16 September 1929 - 7 December 1929
Exhibited two sculptures in bronze; the works are undated in the exhibition catalogue, p. 3 (14-15).
Exhibitors included Jean Dunand
16 September 1929 - 7 December 1929
Exhibited one sculpture in bronze; the work is undated in the exhibition catalogue, p. 3 (18).
Exhibitors included W. G. Symonds
16 September 1929 - 7 December 1929
Exhibited two works in wood; the works are undated in the catalogue, p. 3 (20-21).
Exhibitors included Jacob Epstein
16 September 1929 - 7 December 1929
Exhibited on sculpture in bronze; the work is undated in the catalogue, p. 3 (23).
Citing this record
'Exhibition of Modern Paintings and Sculpture lent by The Corporation of Manchester, Rutherston Loan Scheme (Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery), 1929', 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_1236607149, accessed 22 Sep 2023]
