William Vickers
Other names: (1940) William Vickers and Co.
Active: 1910 - 1941
Function: Sculptor, modeller, monumental sculptor, gilder, marble cutter
Policy: Marble, Stone and Granite
Sculptor, Decorative Church Work, etc.
History or description: William Vickers (c. 1851-1922) was born in England. By 1898 he was in Glasgow and teaching design, decorative art and carving at Glasgow School of Art. Vickers held this teaching post till 1920. At the same time he established a successful monumental and architectural carving business. Vickers' commissions included the high altar for St Alysius Church (1908-10). He died suddenly in 1922 and the business was run for a year by his apprentice, Loris Rey.
Locations
Business located at 221 West Regent Street Glasgow | View on map
1910 (Circa) - 1921 (Circa)
Business located at 124 Cambridge Street Glasgow | View on map
1940 (Circa) - 1941 (Circa)
Associated People
Apprenticed Loris Rey
1920 - 1923
After his employer's sudden death in 1922, Rey stayed on for one year to assist Vicker's widow running the business
Trade name of William Vickers
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed in The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1910-1911 Eighty-Third Annual Publication
1910 - 1911
Listed as 'Sculptor'
Listed in The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1920-1921 Ninety-Third Annual Publication
1920 - 1921
Listed as 'Sculptor,' 'Marble Cutter, 'Modeller,' 'Monumental Sculptor' and 'Carver and Gilder'
Listed in The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1940-1941 One-Hundred-and-Thirteenth Annual Publication
1940 - 1941
Listed as 'Sculptor' and 'Modeller'
Sources
1901 Scotland Census
2007
Parish: Glasgow Blythswood; ED: 42; Page: 14; Line: 16; Roll CSSCT1901_299; Year: 1901
Behind the Mosaic: one hundred years of art education
2003
p. 49
The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1910-1911 Eighty-Third Annual Publication
1910
p.1393
The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1920-1921 Ninety-Third Annual Publication
1920
p.1132, p.1342, p.1353, p.1357 and p.1442
The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1940-1941 One-Hundred-and-Thirteenth Annual Publication
1940
p.1668 and p.1755
Citing this record
'William Vickers', 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/organization.php?id=msib1_1260787754, accessed 17 Oct 2021]
