David Arthur Thomas
Born 1868
Active: 1888 - 1917
Country of birth and death: Wales
Sculptor
Born in Aberdare, Glamorgan.
Works
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R. H. Rhys, Esq., JP, CC, Aberdare
1890 (Presumed)
John Thomas, Esq., Aberdare
1890 (Presumed)
M. J. Harris, Esq., Aberdare
1890 (Presumed)
Portrait
1890 (Presumed)
Mrs W. Jenkins, Ystradfechan, Treorky
1892 (Presumed)
Master Bertie Jenkins, Ystradfechan, Treorky
1892 (Presumed)
John Rees, Esq.
1893 (Presumed)
Mr J. Linton
1896 (Presumed)
Mr Arthur Linton - the Cyclist
1896 (Presumed)
Mr Sam Linton
1896 (Presumed)
Miss Blanche Williams
1896 (Presumed)
J. Keir Hardie, Esq., MP
1910 (Presumed)
Reading the Bible
1912
Fatherless
1913
Caradog
1914 (Presumed)
Miss Doris Taylor
1914 (Presumed)
W. T. Symonds, Esq., JP
1914 (Presumed)
Capt. W. N. Gibbs
1914 (Presumed)
Joseph R. Gibbs, Esq.
1914 (Presumed)
W. T. Symonds, Esq., JP
1915 (Presumed)
Peter Gibbs, Esq.
1915
The Late Frederik Smith-Petersen
1917 (Presumed)
The Late Frederik Smith-Petersen
1917 (Presumed)
Locations
Address 14 Avenue du Maine Paris France | View on map
1896 (Circa)
Address 105 Merchant's Exchange Cardiff Wales | View on map
1914 (Circa) - 1917 (Circa)
Studio located at 1 Harley Studios Priory Grove London England | View on map
1899 (Circa) - 1900 (Circa)
Studio located at 6 Clifton Hill Studios St. John's Wood London NW England | View on map
1908 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Ninth Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1909
'Kier Hardie, Esq., M.P.'
Exhibited at South Wales Art Society 3rd Annual Exhibition, 1890
1890
Exhibited at South Wales Art Society 5th Annual Exhibition, 1892
1892
Exhibited at South Wales Art Society 6th Annual Exhibition, 1893
1893
Exhibited at Cardiff Fine Art, Industrial and Maritime Exhibition, 1896
2 May 1896 - 30 September 1896
Exhibited at South Wales Art Society 9th Annual Exhibition, 1896
1896
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1899 - 1908
Exhibited 3 times, one work each year (all portrait busts).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1899
1899
Blanchette (cat. no. 1364, bronze bust, not for sale).
Exhibited at South Wales Art Society 23rd Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, 1910
1910
Exhibited at Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Cymru National Museum of Wales Exhibition of Works by Certain Modern Artists of Welsh Birth or Extraction, 1913
5 December 1913 - 28 February 1914
Exhibited at South Wales Art Society 27th Annual Exhibition of Modern Pictures, 1914
April 1914 - May 1914
Exhibited at South Wales Art Society 28th Annual Exhibition, 1915
18 September 1915 - 16 October 1915
Exhibited at South Wales Art Society 29th Annual Exhibition, 1916
27 May 1916 - 24 June 1916
Exhibited at South Wales Art Society 30th Annual Exhibition of Modern Pictures, 1917
17 November 1917 - 15 December 1917
Institutional and Business Connections
Member of The South Wales Art Society
1890 - 1916
Not a member in 1917.
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire and South Wales 1914
South Wales p. 1472
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2371
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Sculptor' working on own account at home
Sources
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth, 1899 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1899
pp. 48-52.
Cardiff Fine Art, Industrial and Maritime Exhibition
1896
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
Class: RG13; Piece: 36; Folio: 112; Page: 36
Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire and South Wales 1914
1914
South Wales p. 1472
Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2371
South Wales Art Society 10th Annual Exhibition Catalogue.
1897
South Wales Art Society 12th Annual Exhibition Catalogue.
1899
South Wales Art Society 13th Annual Exhibition Catalogue
1900
South Wales Art Society 14th Annual Exhibition Catalogue
1901
South Wales Art Society 23rd Annual Exhibition Catalogue.
1910
South Wales Art Society 25th Annual Exhibition of Modern Pictures.
1912
South Wales Art Society 26th Annual Exhibition Catalogue.
1913
South Wales Art Society 27th Annual Exhibition Catalogue.
1914
South Wales Art Society 28th Annual Exhibition Catalogue.
1915
South Wales Art Society 29th Annual Exhibition Catalogue.
1916
South Wales Art Society 30th Annual Exhibition Catalogue.
1917
South Wales Art Society 3rd Annual Exhibition Catalogue.
1890
South Wales Art Society 5th Annual Exhibition Catalogue.
1892
South Wales Art Society catalogue for 6th Annual Exhibition of pictures and sculpture.
1893
South Wales Art Society catalogue for 9th Annual Exhibition of pictures.
1896
Citing this record
'David Arthur Thomas', 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=msib1_1202982869, accessed 23 Sep 2023]