Sybil V. Williams
Born 1909 (Presumed)
Active: 1927 - 1935
Sculptor, pottery modeller
Possibly the Sybil Vaughan Williams born in 1909 in Tylorstown, Glamorgan, daughter of Richard Williams (born c.1877 in Carvarvon), a colliery manager below ground in 1911. Williams worked with the sculptor and modeller Jessamine Stella Bray from the mid-1920s, they are associated with the Dulwich Pottery. They showed pottery statuettes at the Beaux Arts Gallery, Bruton Place, 1929; the Graves Gallery, Sloane Street, 1933; and the Connell Galleries, Conduit Street, 1935.
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1927 - 1935
Exhibited twice, three works (all pottery figures and statuettes)
Personal and Professional Connections
Collaborated with Jessamine Stella Bray
1929 (Circa) - 1935 (Circa)
Williams and Bray modelled pottery figures and statuettes, which they jointly exhibited between 1929-35. They are associated with the Dulwich Pottery.
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN32392 RG78PN1853B RD589 SD4 ED64 SN163
The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985
2008
he Times, Saturday, Nov 23, 1929; pg. 10; Issue 45368; col D
Art Exhibitions English Pottery
Category: Arts and Entertainment AND The Times, Friday, May 19, 1933; pg. 12; Issue 46448; col C
Graves Gallery
Category: Arts and Entertainment AND The Times, Tuesday, Nov 26, 1935; pg. 12; Issue 47231; col C
Pictures By Hire Purchase A Second Exhibition
Category: Arts and Entertainment
Citing this record
'Sybil V. Williams', 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/person.php?id=ann_1305121076, accessed 29 May 2023]
