Miss Helen Victoria Mackay
Born 1897
Active: 1922 - 1955
Sculptor
Born in Cardiff, Glamorgan, the daughter of a railway contractor, George D. Mackay (born c.1860) and Helen K. Mackay (born c.1861).
Works
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Hagar and Ishmael
1923 (Presumed)
£31 10s.
Dido of Carthage
1923 (Presumed)
£15 15s.
Sorrow
1923 (Presumed)
£12 12s.
Mother and Child
1923 (Presumed)
£12 12s.
Sea Brat
1923 (Presumed)
£4 4s.
Locations
Address 25 Nevern Square London | View on map
1922 (Circa) - 1923 (Circa)
She was at: 5c Penywern Road, London SW5 (1927-32); 2 Avenue Studios, 76 Fulham Road (1933-37); and 46 North End House, W14 (1940-55). [Royal Academy Exhibitors]
Address 2 The Avenue, 76 Fulham Road London SW | View on map
1935 (Circa) - 1937 (Circa)
Address 46 North End House London | View on map
1951 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1922 - 1955
Exhibited 14 times up to 1951 (then twice more), usually showing 1 or 2 works, quite a number had a religious or biblical theme.
Exhibited at South Wales Art Society 35th Annual Exhibition of Modern Pictures, 1923
16 April 1923 - 12 May 1923
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1923 - 1951
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 5 times: 1923 (2 works), 1935 (1 work), 1936 (1 work), 1937 (2 works) and 1951 (1 work)
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, 1861-1951
1931
Exhibited once, one work
Institutional and Business Connections
Associate member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
29 March 1938
Associate Member.
Member of The South Wales Art Society
1923
Studied at Polytechnic School of Art, Regent Street
1922 (Presumed)
Listed as a silver medal winner for modelling in 1922: see 'Book of Prize Winners', 1897-c.1956.
Sources
Book of Prize Winners, School of Art, The Polytechnic, Regent Street, 1897-c.1856 Regent Street Polytechnic
1897
Unpaged prize list from 1922.
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
Class: RG13; Piece: 4984; Folio: 8; Page: 7.
South Wales Art Society 35th Annual Exhibition Catalogue.
1923
Citing this record
'Miss Helen Victoria Mackay', 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_1204717278, accessed 25 Mar 2023]