School of Art Wood Carving

Works

Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
New entries have been made each time a work was exhibited due to a lack of evidence about the state, medium or edition shown.

Exhibited Frieze in carved yellow pine: Italian Renaissance style
One of school's exhibits at the 1889 ACES exhibition.

Exhibited Walnut wood bellows
one of school's exhibits in 1889 ACES exhibition

Exhibited Bracket with figure
One of school's exhibits in 1889 ACES exhibition.

Exhibited Renaissance panel in walnut
one of school's exhibits in 1889 ACES exhibition

Exhibited Renaissance panel carved in walnut
one of school's exhibits in the 1889 ACES exhibition

Exhibited Children and goat
One of school's exhibits in 1889 ACES exhibition.

Exhibited Walnut minature frame
one of school's exhibits in 1889 ACES exhibition

Exhibited Walnut panel: design copied

Exhibited Chimney-piece in carved pine
One of school's exhibits in 1889 ACES exhibition.

Made Piano back in carved walnut: gilt ground
carved by students from the school

Locations

View all on map 

Address Exhibition Road London S.W. | View on map
1894 (Presumed) - 1899 (Presumed)

Institutional and Business Connections

Collaborated with Royal College of Art (including National Art Training School)

Associated People

Associates included F.A. Crollan

Associates included J.C. Holt

Associates included John Hungerford Pollen

Associates included William S. Williamson

Associates included Henrietta E. Wahab

Associates included Sophie Smith

Associates included J. Watson

Manager was Eleanor T. Rowe
1881 (Circa) - 1902 (Circa)

Manager was Maria Ellen Reeks
1904 (Circa) - 1915 (Circa)

Principals included Herbert Henry Grimwood
1904 - 1937

Students included Edith (Editha) Ramsey Chichele Plowden
Probably a student in the late 1880s, she was awarded a first-class teaching certificate in 1893

Students included John 'Jack' Linehan
1885 (Circa)
Linehan was awarded a Free Studentship to the London School of Art Wood Carving, South Kensington for two successive years c.1885. He also received some financial assistance from the Executive Committee of the Cork Exhibition.

Students included Herbert Henry Grimwood
1889 (Circa)

Students included Florence Margaret Jessop
1891 (Circa)
It is probable Jessop studied here given her work in this medium and residence at Queen Alexandra's House

Students included Ellen Folperingham
1901 (Presumed)
Listed as student of 'wood carving' in Census Returns of 1901, presume she was studying at the School

Students included Eileen Strick
1901 (Presumed)
Listed as student of 'wood carving' in Census Returns of 1901, presume she was studying at the School

Teachers included William Henry Grimwood
1882 (Probable) - 1904
Two dates are given for his appointment. The author of ‘The School of Art Wood-Carving, South Kensington’ (The Studio, No 2, May 1893, pp. 56-60) 'E.R.' (presumed to be Eleanor Rowe, the School's manager) dates Grimwood's appointment to May 1882. However, in 'School of Wood-Carving: Illustrated History of the School and its Work', 1934, by Herbert Henry Grimwood (William's son) the date of appointment is given as 1884.

Teachers included Maria Ellen Reeks
1882 (Circa) - 1904 (Circa)
Reeks was an assistant teacher of evening classes. It is not known whether she continued any teaching duties while she was manager of the School between c.1904 and c.1915.

Teachers included Herbert Henry Grimwood
1900 - 1937
Initially he taught evening classes, and later worked three days a week.

Teachers included Florence Harriet Steele
1910 (Circa) - 1921 (Circa)
Based on a prospectus from 1920-21 she was a part-time teacher of modelling but it is possible her duties changed over the decade she worked at the School. ['School of Wood Carving, Prospectus, 1920-21']

Teachers of woodcarving included William Thomas Ross
1884 - 1899
Teacher of evening classes.

Teachers of woodcarving included George Washington Henry Jack
1904 - 1910

Sources

Arts and Crafts Society: Catalogue of the Second Exhibition.
1889
p.163.