Twenty-Five Years of Birmingham Art (Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery), 1935
Start Date: 6 November 1935
End Date: 6 December 1935
Type: Exhibition
Description: The exhibition contained 93 works, of which 17 were sculptures and 10 were metal work and jewellery objects.
Policy: The exhibition contained loan works of painting and sculpture. There is no description of the exhibition's mission in the catalogue and all of the sculptures are undated. However, it is likely to have displayed works produced within the last twenty-five years by Birmingham-based artists.
Organizing Institution or Venue
Organized by Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
6 November 1935 - 6 December 1935
Participants
Exhibitors included (Hubert) Donald MacGeogh Gilbert
6 November 1935 - 6 December 1935
Exhibited: 'The Late George W. Russell, Esq., DLit' (bronze, 1933, lent by the artist); 'The Charm of Pan' (bronze group, 1927, lent by the artist); 'Sir Granville Bantock' (plaster bronzed bust, 1933, lent by the artist) - cat. nos 69-71 [summary].
Exhibitors included Arthur Joseph Gaskin
6 November 1935 - 6 December 1935
Exhibited: 'The Galahad Cup of Honour' (silver); and 'Amethyst Pendant' - cat. nos 91-92. The works are undated in the catalogue but were exhibited posthumously [summary].
Exhibitors included (Rosa) Marguerite Milward
6 November 1935 - 6 December 1935
Exhibited: 'Head of a Moorish Camel Driver' (bronze, lent by the artist), and 'Head of a Dancing Girl' (bronze, lent by the artist) - cat. nos 72-73 [summary]. The works were undated, therefore, it is unclear whether or not they were exhibited posthumously.
Exhibitors included E. Roland Bevan
6 November 1935 - 6 December 1935
Exhibited two sculptures in carved marble: 'Audrey' (dated 1935, lent by A. C. J. Wall); and 'Head of a Baby' (undated in the catalogue, lent by the artist) - cat. nos 66-67 [summary].
Exhibitors included William James Bloye
6 November 1935 - 6 December 1935
Exhibited: 'Figure of a Baby' (brass, 1934, cat. no. 68) [summary].
Exhibitors included Eric Rogers
6 November 1935 - 6 December 1935
Exhibited: 'Facade' (plaster, lent by the artist); and 'Kneeling Woman' (cream coloured pottery figure, on base of Austrian oak) - cat. nos 74-75 [summary].
Exhibitors included Thomas Henry Wright
6 November 1935 - 6 December 1935
Exhibited: 'David (Head of Baby)' (Hopton Wood stone); 'Wiliam Lovell, Esq.' (gutting stone); 'Len' (Hopton Wood stone); 'Girl on the Tram' (Bath stone); 'Gold Fish' (gutting stone) - cat. nos 77-81, all were lent by the artist - and 'Mullein' (Hopton Wood stone, cat. no. 82) [summary]. The works are undated in the catalogue.
Exhibitors included William T. Blackband
6 November 1935 - 6 December 1935
Exhibited: 'The King's Silver Jubilee Cup' (silver parcel gilt, lent by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham); 'Cup and Cover' (silver, lent by the artist); 'Finger Ring' (silver set with opals and tourmalines); and 'Necklet and Pendant' (silver and gold set with opals and pearl dropper, lent by the artist) - cat. nos 83-86 [summary].
Exhibitors included Thomas D. Cuthbertson
6 November 1935 - 6 December 1935
Exhibited: 'Processional and Altar Cross' (silver); 'Bowl' (silver); 'Cup' (silver) - cat. nos 87-89, lent by the artist [summary]. All of the works are undated in the catalogue.
Exhibitors included Bernard Cuzner
6 November 1935 - 6 December 1935
Exhibited: 'The King's Vase' (gold cup and cover, 1935, cat. no. 90).
Citing this record
'Twenty-Five Years of Birmingham Art (Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery), 1935', 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_1236609277, accessed 23 Mar 2023]
