Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1921
Start Date: 1921
Type: Annual exhibition
Description: 17th annual exhibition. 9 out of 22 works for sale.
Policy: 'Objects, to foster a taste for Art in the neighbourhood by instituting an annual Exhibition, to facilitate the intercourse of those connected with Art, and to promote the practical and theoretical study of Art. Candidates must be proposed in writing by two members. Annual elections in Jan. by ballot; entrance fee £2 2s [...] There is an Art Union in connection. Commission on sales, 5 per cent. Agents - Edinburgh, T. Wilson; Glasgow, Lawrie & Sons; London, Dolman & Sons' (Year's Art, 1887, p. 110).
Display Arrangement: Sculpture displayed together, next to works in metal and enamel (separate section).
Exhibits
Exhibition included William Wilson, Esq. of Castlehill, Ayr
1921
Exhibition included Victory
1921
Exhibition included Rest
1921
£5 5s.
Exhibition included The Angel Militant
1921
£26 5s.
Exhibition included Sapho
1921
£31 10s.
Exhibition included The Mite
1921
Exhibition included Sketch Design for War Memorial
1921
Exhibition included Memories
1921
£7 7s.
Exhibition included Seymour Lucas, Esq., RA
1921
Exhibition included Mrs Luke Hansard
1921
Exhibition included The Dance
1921
Exhibition included The Greek Dancer
1921
£31 10s.
Exhibition included Peter Pan
£65
Exhibition included William Dally, Esq., Barrister-at-law
1921
Exhibition included Sketch Design for a War Memorial Tablet
1921
Exhibition included Miranda
1921
£100
Exhibition included The Lily of Killarney
1921
£110
Exhibition included Mirror and Brush Backs
1921
Exhibition included Challenge Shield
1921
Exhibition included The underworld
£26 5s.
Exhibition included Diana Wounded
1921
Exhibition included Harry Townend, Esq.
1921
Exhibition included Ring
displayed in Metal and Enamel section
Exhibition included Brooch
1921
Exhibition included Brooch
1921
Exhibition included Scarf Ring
1921
Exhibition included Christening Cup
1921
Exhibition included Necklace
1921
Participants
Exhibitors included Gertrude M Hector
Multiple works
Exhibitors included John Macmillan
'Harry Townend, Esq.'
Exhibitors included (Edgar) Bertram Mackennal
'Diana Wounded'
Exhibitors included Gilbert William Bayes
Multiple works
Exhibitors included William Banbury
'Sketch Design for War Memorial'
Exhibitors included Frederick W. George
'The Mite'
Exhibitors included Benjamin Clemens
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Francis Derwent Wood
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Frederick William Pomeroy
'The Lily of Killarney'
Exhibitors included Percival (Percy) Herbert Portsmouth
Multiple works
Exhibitors included George James Frampton
Multiple works
Sources
Aberdeen Artists' Society. Seventeenth Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1921
November 1921
pp. 47, 48
Citing this record
'Aberdeen Artists\' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1921', 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=msib6_1246352770, accessed 25 Mar 2023]
