Aroldo du-Chêne de Vére
Other names: du chene, de vere, Du Chêne de Vère
Born 25 November 1883 (Circa)
Died 11 February 1961
Active: 1905 - 1937
Country of birth: Italy
Country of death: United States
Sculptor
Probably born in France (although Gentili (2003) suggests Belgium). Lived in Italy around 1900-04, and was then naturalized as a British citizen in 1905. Whilst in Italy, his circle included the journalist, critic and poet Giovanni Papini (1881-1956) of whom Du Chêne de Vère sculpted a portrait head (now lost). He lived in London between c.1905-14 and exhibited with the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers. Among his friends was the painter and sculptor, Glyn Philpot. In 1919, Du Chêne de Vère arrived at Ellis Island from from the Bahamas and settled in the United States. He is buried at Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cismont, Albemarle County, Virginia.
Includes information from 'Giovanni Papini and Giuseppe Prezzolini Carteggio Vol I 1900-1907' Ed. Sandro Gentili and Gloria Manghetti, Rome, 2003, p. 363, from the Ellis Islands immigration records [http://www.ellisisland.org/search/passrecord.asp?pID=604304010012&fromShip=y&letter=w&half=1&sname=Wacouta&year=1919&sdate=07/23/1919&port=Nassau,*Bahamas&page= (accessed 1 October 2011)], and from Find A Grave Memorial # 20554510.
Personal and Professional Connections
Friends with Glyn Warren Philpot
1906 (Circa)
Philpot found Du Chêne de Vère's philosophy of life 'most inspiring' and 'catching', particularly the 'importance of always passing on to new impressions, and the importance of never looking back in regret on anything [underlined] in the past, but realising that progression and development are really everything that is important...' [quoted in J.G.P. Delaney, (1999) p.12]
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Sculptor' working on own account at home
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN378 RG78PN12 RD4 SD1 ED5 SN552
Glyn Philpot: his life and art
1999
Letter from Glyn Philpot to his sister Daisy (collection of the late Gabrielle Cross), dated 'Weds Aug 1st', 1906, quoted on p. 12 (also pp. 37 & 114)
UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
2008
Name: Aroldo Du Chene De Vere
Birth Date: abt 1883
Age: 54
Port of Departure: New York, New York, United States
Arrival Date: 23 Jul 1937
Port of Arrival: Southampton, England
Ship Name: Bremen
Search Ship Database: View the 'Bremen' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping Line: Norddeutscher Lloyd
Official Number: 2619
Class: BT26; Piece: 1137; Item 8
Citing this record
'Aroldo du-Chêne de Vére', 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_1317555863, accessed 25 Sep 2023]
