The Artist-Craftmen's Group
Other names: Craftsman's Group, The Modern Group of Artist-Craftsmen
Foundation date: March 1925 (Presumed)
Active: 1925 - 1927
Function: Art club
Policy: The foreword to the first exhibition catalogue describes the purpose of the exhibition: 'Recently Birmingham has been severely criticised for its lack of interest in modern art. Perhaps Birmingham is not really less appreciative than other cities, but, for various reasons, has had fewer opportunities of examining and studying examples of the work of the younger artists. The collection now exhibited affords such an opportunity, and it is hard to believe that it will be neglected.' 'Foreword' written by Bache Matthews, 1925.
Rules: It appears that membership to the group was necessary to participate in exhibitions.
Publications: exhibition catalogues
Benefits: eligible for exhibition
Composition: professional artists, professional sculptors
Exhibitions, Courses, Meetings and other Events
Organized The Modern Group of Artist-Craftsmen Second Exhibition, 1926
March 1926
Organized The Modern Group Third Exhibition, 1927
March 1926
Organized Craftsman's Club Exhibition (Ruskin Galleries), 1926
15 February 1926 - 27 February 1926
Organized The Artist-Craftmen's Group First Exhibition (Ruskin Galleries), 1925
March 1925
Institutional and Business Connections
Collaborated with Ruskin Galleries
March 1925 - March 1927
Exhibitions by the Artist-Craftmen's Group were held at the Ruskin Gallery.
Associated People
Members included Frank Bullows
1925 - 1926
Members included C. Blaymire
1925
Members included C. Johnson
1925
Members included Augustus Lewis Rohrs
1925
Members included Rhoda Lillian Nott
1925
Members included Thomas Ralph
1925
Members included John Sant
1925
Members included Gordon Herrickx
1926
Members included Alfred A. Miller
1926
Members included Elizabeth Muntz
1926
Members included Charles E. Thomas
1926
Members included Stephen Tomlin
1926
Members included Alan Bridgwater
1927 (Presumed)
Sources
Birmingham Newspaper Cuttings, Art, 1918-present
See numerous cuttings in bound volumes 1918-present.
Craftsman's Club Exhibition Ruskin Galleries
February 1926
The Artist-Craftsmen's Group First Exhibition, March 1925 Ruskin Galleries
March 1925
pp. 1-8.
The Modern Group of Artist-Craftsmen. Second Exhibition March 1926 Ruskin Galleries
March 1926
The Modern Group Third Exhibition, March 1927 Ruskin Galleries
March 1927
Citing this record
'The Artist-Craftmen\'s Group', 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=msib4_1208783201, accessed 25 Mar 2023]
