John Henry Monsell Furse
Born 1860
Died 1950
Active: 1892 - 1911
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, painter
Born near Windsor, Berkshire. He was the son of Charles Furse (born c.1822, Devon), vicar of a church in Staines. He died near Bideford in Devon.
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
New entries have been made each time a work was exhibited. Click here for more information.
Lioness and Cubs
1901
Pumas and Turkey
1901
Mrs David Henderson
1901
The Solitary
1903
Locations
Address Heathbourne Cottage Bushey Heath England | View on map
1891 (Circa) - 1894 (Circa)
Address 1 Abbey Gardens Westminster London England | View on map
1896 (Circa) - 1899 (Circa)
Address Herden House Eastry England | View on map
1897 (Circa) - 1898 (Circa)
Address 5 Finborough Road London SW England | View on map
1901 (Circa) - 1904 (Circa)
Address Netherhampton House Netherhampton Salisbury England | View on map
1905 (Circa) - 1911 (Circa)
Studio located at 5 The Avenue, 76 Fulham Road London England | View on map
1899 (Presumed) - 1904 (Presumed)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Second Exhibition of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1899
'Study of a Girl's Head'
Exhibited at Exhibition of International Art (International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, London), 1898
'Eagle and Hare'
Exhibited at Fifth Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1905
Multiple works
Exhibited at Sixth Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1906
'Mrs Henry Newbolt'
Exhibited at Seventh Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1907
Multiple works
Exhibited at Exhibition of Fair Women (International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, London), 1908
Multiple works
Exhibited at Exhibition of Fair Women (International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, London), 1909
Multiple works
Exhibited at Exhibition of Fair Women (International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, London), 1910
'Miss Celia Newbolt'
Exhibited at Eighth Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1908
'Mrs David Henderson'
Exhibited at Ninth Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1909
Multiple works
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1909
'Horse'
Exhibited at The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers Exhibition (Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery), 1905
'Bishop Abraham'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Eighteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1900
'Mrs Arthur Pollen'
Exhibited at Forty-Second Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1903
'Tigress and Wild Boar'
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1892
1892
An Irish Wolfhound (cat. no. 1333, plaster £5, bronze £18 18s.).
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1892 - 1907
Exhibited 12 times, usually one or two works per year.
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-third (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1893
1893
A Cat (cat. no. 1170, statuette, part of an Andiron, in plaster £5 5s., in bronze £15 15s.); The Annunciation (cat. no. 1229, low relief, in plaster £5 5s., in bronze £15 15s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fourth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1894
1894
Lioness and Cub (cat. no. 1316, bronze relief, not for sale); Lioness and Cubs (cat. no. 1329, in bronze £40, in plaster £20).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-eighth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1898
1898
Cock and Snake (cat. no. 1470, bronze group, £126); Lord Nelson (cat. no. 1503, bronze statuette, £36 15s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1899
1899
Mrs David Henderson (cat. no. 1414, not for sale).
Exhibited at International Exhibition, Glasgow, 1901
1901
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirty-first (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1901
1901
The Leopard Tamer (cat. no. 1636, plaster group, not for sale).
Exhibited at International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers Exhibition (Nottingham Castle Museum), 1906
1906
Furse exhibited three sculptures (undated).
Speaker at The Beginning of Art Societies and their Values To-day (Art Workers Guild), 1936
Institutional and Business Connections
Associate member of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers
1906 (Presumed)
Member of The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society
1893 - 1899 (Presumed)
Elected in 1893.
Member of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers
1899 - 1915
Executive Member 1899, associate member 1905-1909, member of council 1910, associate member 1913 - 1915.
Member of Art Workers Guild
May 1903 - 1904
resigned 1904.
Member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1905 - 1914
Amongst the second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Nominee of The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society
1893
Membership proposed by George Frampton and seconded by Conrad Dressler.
Descriptions of Practice
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, 1891
'Art Student' listed as employing a nursemaid, cook and kitchenmaid
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Sculptor' working on own account
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Sculptor' working on own account at home
Sources
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1901-1912
1903, p.6, p.23.
Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: List of Members, 1894
1894
Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: List of Members, 1897
1897
Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society. List of Members, 1898
1898
Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society. List of Members, 1899
1899
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-eighth, 1898 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1898
pp. 45-48.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fourth, 1894 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1894
pp. 49-52.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth, 1899 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1899
pp. 48-52.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-third, 1893 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1893
pp. 42-45.
Catalogue of the Eighteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1900
1900
Cat. No. 249, pp. 45, 50
Catalogue of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters & Gravers' Exhibition, Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, 1905
1905
Cat. No. 318, pp. 4, 46, 55
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1909
1909
Cat. Nos. 533, 535, pp. 47, 74
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
RG12 piece 1117 folio 150 page 8
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 36 folio 172 page 26
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN12121 RG78PN680 RD254 SD1 ED3 SN16
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: John H M Furse
Death Registration Month/Year: 1950
Age at death (estimated): 90
Registration district: Bideford
Inferred County: Devonshire
Volume: 7a
Page: 301
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Registered between April and June; District: Windsor; County: Berkshire, Surrey; Volume: 2c; Page: 359
Four voting papers for election of members and of committee at annual meeting, 19th December 1893
1893
International Exhibition Glasgow, 1901,
Official Catalogue of the Fine Art Section
1901
International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers Exhibition, 1906
1906
p. 27.
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2371
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Minutes of Council Meetings No. 1, 1905-1913
19 May 1913
2 March 1905.
The fifty-third annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1937
1937
p.12.
Citing this record
'John Henry Monsell Furse', 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=msib2_1203032818, accessed 29 Sep 2023]