Charles de Sousy Ricketts RA
Born 2 October 1868
Died 7 October 1931
Active: 1906 - 1928
Country of birth: Switzerland
Country of death: England
Sculptor, painter, illustrator, printmaker, book designer
Born in Geneva
Works
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Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Attended Third Council Meeting of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, 1898
Attended Fourth Council Meeting of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, 1898
Attended Fifth Council Meeting of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, 1898
Exhibited at Sixth Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1906
Multiple works
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
'Case of Jewellery '
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
'Cleopatras Lussuriosa'
Exhibited at Eighth Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1908
'Ecce Homo'
Exhibited at Ninth Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1909
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Autumn Exhibition of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (Seventeenth London Exhibition), 1914
'Orpheus and Eurydice'
Exhibited at Exhibition of Oil Paintings, Water-Colour Drawings, Etchings, Lithographs, Woodcuts, Sculpture and Jewellery by Charles Shannon, Charles Ricketts, William Strang, ARA, C. J. Holmes and H. Wilson (Manchester City Art Gallery), Autumn 1909
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1912 - 1939
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 2 times: 1912 (3 works) and 1939 (1 work)
Institutional and Business Connections
Associated with The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers
At their fifth meeting, in 1898, the Council of the ISSPG decide to invite Ricketts to participate in their exhibition.
Elected ARA Royal Academy of Arts
20 April 1922 - 28 February 1928
Elected RA in 1928.
Elected RA Royal Academy of Arts
28 February 1928 - 7 October 1931
Died in 1931. Rickett's Diploma Work was entitled 'Don Juan challenging the Comander'. See Royal Academy, 'Annual Report, 1928', (1929), p. 76.
Member of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers
1910 - 1921
Executive member.
Member of council Royal Academy of Arts
1929
Listed as a Member of the Council from 1929 to 1930. See Royal Academy, 'Annual Report, 1928', (1929), p. 37.
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominated by David Young Cameron
25 April 1915
For RA.
Nominated by William Robert Colton
25 April 1915
For RA.
Nominated by George Clausen
25 April 1915
For RA.
Nominated by Andrew C. Gow
25 April 1915
For RA.
Nominated by Herbert Hughes-Stanton
25 April 1915
For RA.
Nominated by Frederick William Pomeroy
25 April 1915
For RA.
Nominated by Glyn Warren Philpot
25 April 1915
For RA.
Nominated by Edward Stott
25 April 1915
For RA.
Nominated by Charles Shannon
25 April 1915
For RA.
Nominated by Reginald Theodore Blomfield
March 1922
For RA.
Nominated by Robert Anning Bell
March 1922
For RA.
Nominated by Oliver Hall
February 1922
For RA.
Nominated by George Henry
March 1922
For RA.
Nominated by Augustus Edwin John
March 1922
For RA.
Nominated by William Llewellyn
February 1922
For RA.
Nominated by Samuel Melton Fisher
March 1922
For RA.
Nominated by (Charles) Adrian (Scott) Stokes
February 1922
For RA.
Nominated by Charles Shannon
March 1922
For RA.
Nominated by Solomon Joseph Solomon
March 1922
For RA.
Nominated by Frederick Cayley Robinson
March 1922
For RA.
Sources
Annual Report from the Council of The Royal Academy to the General Assembly of Academicians for the Year 1928, 1929 Royal Academy Annual Reports
1929
pp. 37-38, 76
Catalogue of the Exhibition of Oil Paintings, Water-Colour Drawings, Etchings, Lithographs, Woodcuts, Sculpture and Jewellery by Charles Shannon, Charles Ricketts, William Strang, A.R.A., C.J. Holmes and H. Wilson, Autumn 1909
1909
Cat. Nos. 181-192, pp. 22, 23
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, 1913, held at the Grosvenor Gallery, 51a New Bond Street., W.
1913
p.27.
Minutes of Council Meetings of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers
Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1906-1927
1927
p.77.
Citing this record
'Charles de Sousy Ricketts RA', 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_1203714899, accessed 31 Mar 2023]
