Andrea Carlo Lucchesi
Born 19 October 1859
Died 9 April 1925
Active: 1892 - 1924
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor
Born in Whitechapel, Middlesex, London. His younger brothers included Carlo Leopoldo, c.1865-1923 who was silversmith's moulder and Lorenzo Bernardo (born c.1877), an etcher (the latter was a named beneficiary of his older brother's estate).
Wealth at death: £1,941 18s. 10d.
Probate date: 30 June 1925
Works
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A Puritan
1896 (Presumed)
£73
The Flight of Fancy
1901
Innocence
1901
Life's Coronet
1901
The Myrtles
1901
Oblivion
1901
Destiny
1901
A Vanishing Dream
1901
Locations
Address 19 Southampton Mews London | View on map
1861 (Circa)
Address 75 Euston Road St. Pancras London | View on map
1881 (Circa) - 1901 (Circa)
Studio located at 3 Camden Studios Camden Street London | View on map
1893 (Presumed)
Studio located at 2 Camden Studios Camden Street London NW | View on map
1899 (Circa) - 1925
Occupied both 1 & 2 Camden Studios (based on Census Returns of 1911 and Probate Calendar)
Studio located at 1 Camden Studios Camden Street London | View on map
1902 (Circa) - 1925
Occupied both 1 & 2 Camden Studios (based on Census Returns of 1911 and Probate Calendar)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Beneficiary of Turner Fund (Royal Academy of Arts), 1856-1951
6 May 1924
Listed as a Turner Fund Annuitant in 1924.
Exhibited at Second Exhibition of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1899
'A Puritan'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1898
'The Mountain of Fame'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1899
'Innocence'
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirtieth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1900
'The Myrtles Altar'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Eighteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1900
'Bust'
Exhibited at City of Manchester Art Gallery, Exhibition of Modern Oil Paintings and Sculpture, 1913
Multiple works
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Nineteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1901
'A Psalm, Ideal Bust'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1881 - 1924
Exhibited 43 times (missing only 1887 and 1919) between these dates, up to 1894 he exhibited 1 work per year, thereafter the number varied from 1-3.
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1892
1892
Love Thoughts (cat. no. 1363, bust, £6 6s.); A Woman (cat. no. 1367, £21).
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, 1861-1951
1893 - 1915
Exhibited 10 times (an average of 2 works per show)
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-third (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1893
1893
'With modest eyes downcast' (cat. no. 1211, marble head, £105).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fifth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1895
1895
Destiny (cat. no. 1270, not for sale).
Exhibited at Cardiff Fine Art, Industrial and Maritime Exhibition, 1896
2 May 1896 - 30 September 1896
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-sixth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1896
1896
Rutland Barrington, Esq. (cat. no. 1174, bust, £25); Head (cat. no. 1175, portrait, not for sale); The Flight of Fancy (cat. no. 1191, statue, not for sale).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-seventh (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1897
1897
The Mountain of Fame (cat. no. 1292, group, not for sale); A Valkyrie (cat. no. 1302, bronze bust, not for sale).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-eighth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1898
1898
The Crash of Doom (cat. no. 1462, life size plaster, illustrated on p. 110, £525); Innocence (cat. no. 1474, marble bust, £131 5s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1899
1899
Life's Coronet (cat. no. 1345, bronze bust, not for sale); Charles Warner, Esq. (cat. no. 1368, bronze bust, not for sale); C. Hayden Coffin, Esq. (cat. no. 1401, bronze head, 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
A Sentinel (cat. no. 1527, bronze bust, £63); A Love Dream (cat. no. 1528, bronze bust, £78 15s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1902
1902
A Sunflower (cat. no. 1441, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1917
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 1 time: 1917 (3 works).
Speaker at The Application of Colour to Stone and Wood (Art Workers Guild), 1913
Speaker at The Ornamental Use of Cast-Iron (Art Workers Guild), 1914
Speaker at Gesso and Plaster-Work (Art Workers Guild), 1914
Speaker at Baroque Architecture (Art Workers Guild), 1916
Took part in Annual Supper of the Guild (Art Workers Guild), 1913
Contributed to the 'revels' with a piece entitled 'Horse Play' that he performed with George Parlby.
Won prize Landseer Scholarships (Royal Academy of Arts), 1884-1950
1890
Institutional and Business Connections
Associate member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1923 - 1925
Died in 1925.
Member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1905 - 1925
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. Died in 1925.
Member of Art Workers Guild
November 1907 - 1925
Committee member 1915-1917.
Studied at Royal Academy Schools
1887 (Presumed) - 1890 (Presumed)
In 1887, Lucchesi was awarded a first prize silver medal for a model of a statue or group. See Royal Academy, 'Annual Report, 1887', (1888), p. 32. In 1889, he won a second prize of £10 for a model of a design. See 'Annual Report, 1889', (1890), p. 36. The following year, Lucchesi won a £20 second prize for a set of three models of a figure from the life. See 'Annual Report, 1890', (1891), p. 29.
Unsuccessful in ballot for election to Royal Academy of Arts
Despite nominations in 1892 and 1920.
Personal and Professional Connections
Assistant was Charles E Warner
1901 (Circa)
Based on relationship in Census Returns 1901
Brother/sibling of Carlo (Charles) Leopoldo Lucchesi
Daughter/son/child of Ferdinando (2) Lucchesi
Nominated by Edward Onslow Ford
20 April 1893
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominated by Reginald Theodore Blomfield
1 March 1920
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominated by Francis Bernard Dicksee
27 February 1920
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominated by Frederick William Pomeroy
January 1920
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominated by Frank Short
1 March 1920
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominated by Henry Scott Tuke
1 March 1920
For RA; unsuccessful.
Seconded by Henry William Banks Davis
20 April 1893
For RA; unsuccessful.
Studio assistant to Edward Onslow Ford
Lucchesi modelled the portrait roundel for the monument to Ford near his studio (1903) (see Stocker, Oxford, 2004)
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, 1881
'Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Artist sculptor' working on own account at home
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Artist sculptor'
Sources
Annual Report from the Council of The Royal Academy to the General Assembly of Academicians for the Year 1924, 1925 Royal Academy Annual Reports
20 February 1925
p. 20.
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1901-1912
1907, p.3 and all lists of members' addresses 1907-1912.
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1913-1933
1913, p.10, p.14; 1914, pp.10-11; 1925, p.10 and all lists of members' addresses 1913-1925.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirtieth, 1900 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1900
Cat. No. 1432, p. 39
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-fifth, 1895 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1895
pp. 47-50.
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-seventh, 1897 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1897
pp. 44-47.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-sixth, 1896 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1896
pp. 45-48.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-third, 1893 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1893
pp. 42-45.
Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second, 1902 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1902
pp. 42-47.
Cardiff Fine Art, Industrial and Maritime Exhibition
1896
Catalogue of the Eighteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1900
1900
Cat. No. 253, pp. 45, 53
Catalogue of the Exhibition of Modern Oil Paintings and Sculpture, Autumn 1913
1913
Cat. No. 225, pp. 50, 59
Catalogue of the Nineteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1901
1901
Cat. No. 279, pp. 48, 57
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1898
1898
Cat. No. 579, pp. 53, 70
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1899
1899
Cat. No. 563, pp. 54, 79
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 200; Folio: 63; Page: 6; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341044
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
Class: RG13; Piece: 147; Folio: 159; Page: 22
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN731 RG78PN25 RD9 SD3 ED20 SN542
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Whitechapel, Middlesex, December 1859, Vol. 1c, p.40
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Andrea Carlo Lucchesi
Probate Date: 30 Jun 1925
Death Date: 9 Apr 1925
Death Place: Middlesex, England
Registry: London
International Exhibition Glasgow, 1901,
Official Catalogue of the Fine Art Section
1901
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2371
Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1866-1906
1906
See entries for 1892.
Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1906-1927
1927
p.134.
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Minutes of Council Meetings No. 1, 1905-1913
19 May 1913
10 January 1905; 11 June 1906.
Who was Who
December 2007
LUCCHESI, Andrea Carlo’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U199545, accessed 15 Jan 2009]
Birth year given as 1860 but his birth was registered in December 1859 (see ref.)
Citing this record
'Andrea Carlo Lucchesi', 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_1203103929, accessed 21 Mar 2023]
