Arts Council of Great Britain
Other names: Arts Council England (since 1994)
Foundation date: 1945
Active: 1945 -
Function: Government body
History or description: Arts Council England was formed in 1994 when the Arts Council of Great Britain was divided into three separate bodies for England, Scotland and Wales. It is an non-departmental public body of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.
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.
Commissioned Sculpture
1951 (Presumed)
Commissioned Sculpture
1951
Commissioned Sculpture
1951
Own The Juggler
1953
Catalogue number: AC 288. Acquired by the Arts Council Collection in
Exhibitions, Courses, Meetings and other Events
Organized Festival of Britain, London: Ten Decades, a Review of British Taste, 1851-1951, 1951
1951
Organised in collaboration with the Arts Council of Great Britain.
Involved in The Festival of Britain, 1951
1951
Institutional and Business Connections
Included representative from Royal Society of British Sculptors
1951 (Presumed)
The R.B.S. 'Annual Report, 1951', (1952), records that 'your President [W. C. H. King] has acted as Chairman of an ad hoc committee of nine Presidents and other representatives of leading London Art Societies, appointed to deal with the activities of the Arts Council. Mr. Gilbert Ledward and Mr. Alan Durst are serving on this committee on behalf of the Society' (p. 4)
Citing this record
'Arts Council of Great Britain', 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_1274357604, accessed 24 Mar 2023]