Miss Doris Kathleen Flinn
Born 15 October 1892
Died 1977
Active: 1914 - 1936
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor
Born in Chorlton, Lancashire. Daughter of Arthur Flinn (born c.1858 in Manchester), a self-employed 'Agent for Drapery Fancy Goods'. She studied at Manchester School of Art and then moved to Bristol. Flinn died there in 1977.
Works
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Lawyer, Athlete, Aviator, Woman, 1935
Salome
1920 (Presumed)
£5 5s.
Meditation
1922 (Presumed)
£25
Mother and Child
1922 (Presumed)
£1 10s.
Portrait
1923 (Presumed)
Desolation
1923 (Presumed)
£35
Portrait
1924 (Presumed)
The Bargain
1925 (Presumed)
£6 6s.
A Warrior
1926 (Presumed)
£6
Enigma
1926 (Presumed)
R. C. Tuckett, Esq.
1927 (Presumed)
Puritan Girl
1927 (Presumed)
£2 2s.
A Warrior
1928 (Presumed)
Bacchus
1928 (Presumed)
The Caretaker's Daughter
1928 (Presumed)
Mother and child
1928
Meditation
1928
Brigid
1936
Mermaid
1936
Locations
Address 1 King's Road Alexandra Park Manchester England | View on map
1911 (Circa) - 1920 (Circa)
Address 5 Beaufort Buildings Clifton Bristol England | View on map
1923 - 1927
Address The Rookery East Dundry Bristol England | View on map
1934 (Circa) - 1950 (Circa)
Studio located at Studio, Boyce's Avenue Clifton Bristol England | View on map
1927 (Circa) - 1936 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Royal Society of Artists Birmingham Spring Exhibition, 1928
'The Caretaker's Daughter'
Exhibited at Manchester Art Gallery, Exhibition of Work by Manchester Artists, 1926
'The Warrior'
Exhibited at Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, 75th Spring Exhibition, 1934
'Torso'
Exhibited at Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, 76th Spring Exhibition, 1935
'Rest'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Second, 1928
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Tenth, 1936
'Mermaid'
Exhibited at The Seventy-Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1920
1920
Exhibited at The Seventy-Seventh Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1922
1922
Exhibited at The Seventy-Eighth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1923-4
2 October 1923 - 2 February 1923
Exhibited at The Seventy-Ninth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1924
1924
Exhibited at The Eightieth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1925-1926
2 November 1925 - 6 February 1926
Exhibited at The Eighty-First Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1926-1927
1 November 1926 - 5 February 1927
Exhibited at The Eighty-Second Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1927-1928
31 October 1927 - 4 February 1928
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1935
Exhibited once, one work ('Bridgid', head, bronze, cat. no. 1727)
Institutional and Business Connections
Member of Manchester Academy of Fine Arts
Student at Manchester School of Art
1914 (Circa)
Sources
British Phone Books, 1885-1984
2007
Name: Miss D K Flinn
Address: The Rookery East Dundry Dundry
Exchange: Chew Magna
Directory Title: Portsmouth / Southampton / Bournemouth / Exeter / Plymouth / Taunton / Bristol / Gloucester / South Wales (East) / Swansea May
Publication Year: 1950
Directory County: Hampshire, Devon, Somerset, Gloucester, Glamorgan, Wales
Page Number: 99
Catalogue for the Eightieth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1925
1925
Catalogue for the Eighty-First Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1926
1926
Catalogue for the Eighty-Second Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1927
1927
Catalogue for the Seventy-Eighth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1923
1923
Catalogue for the Seventy-Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1920
1920
Catalogue for the Seventy-Ninth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1924
1924
Catalogue for the Seventy-Seventh Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1922
1922
Catalogue of the 75th Spring Exhibition, Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, 1934
1934
Cat. Nos. 260, 263, pp. 1, 41, 48
Catalogue of the 76th Spring Exhibition, Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, 1935
1935
Cat. Nos. 304, 307, 309, 310, pp. 1, 48, 49, 55
Catalogue of the Exhibition of Work by Manchester Artists, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1926
1926
Cat. No. 226, p. 25
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 3673 folio 68 page 39
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN23682 RG78PN1377 RD464 SD1 ED25 SN185
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: Doris Katheleen Flinn
Birth Date: 15 Oct 1892
Death Registration Month/Year: 1977
Registration district: Bristol
Inferred County: Avon
Volume: 22
Page: 0694
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Dora Kathleen Flinn
Year of Registration: 1892
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Chorlton
County: Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 727
Royal Society of Artists Birmingham Spring Exhibition, 1928
1928
p. 33.
Citing this record
'Miss Doris Kathleen Flinn', 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_1219408571, accessed 23 Sep 2023]