Florence Ada Kendrick FRBS
Other names: Flora Kendrick, Flora Shipp
Born 1880
Died 1969
Active: 1901 - 1957
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor
Born in Margate. Father was Joseph Thomas Kendrick (born c.1837), a self-employed engraver. Married Horace Shipp (1891-1961) in 1919, critic, art historian and poet.
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
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Awakened - She was like a ship in full sail breasting the sea
1918 (Presumed)
£40
The Shadowy Waters
1924 (Presumed)
£31 10s.
Locations
Address 13 Woodfield Crescent Ealing London | View on map
1911 (Circa)
Address 37 Buxton Gardens Acton Hill London | View on map
1914 (Circa) - 1916 (Circa)
Address Kynance Sheen Lane London | View on map
1918 (Circa) - 1920 (Circa)
Address 6 Avenue Mansions Willesden Green London | View on map
1921 (Circa) - 1924 (Circa)
Address The Gables Vale of Heath London NW3 | View on map
1925 (Circa) - 1957 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Spring Exhibition of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (Twentieth London Exhibition), 1916
'A Lullaby'
Exhibited at Twenty-second Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1917
'Puck'
Exhibited at The Summer Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (Twenty-third London Exhibition), 1918
'The Merry Peasant'
Exhibited at The Annual Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (Twenty-seventh London Exhibition), 1921
'The Merry Peasant'
Exhibited at Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Eleventh Exhibition, 1916
'The Herald of the Coming Day'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, Inaugural Exhibition of the Work of Living British Artists, 1927
'The Merry Peasant'
Exhibited at City of Manchester Art Gallery, Exhibition of the Work of Living British Artists, 1927
'Shadowy Waters'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1910 - 1957
Exhibited 11 times, thirteen works in all (busts and statuettes, bronze and ceramic)
Exhibited at The Seventy-Third Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1918
1918
Exhibited at The Seventy-Ninth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1924
1924
Institutional and Business Connections
Associate member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1922 - 1955
Asked for a short suspension of membership in 1942 because of the war but reestablished after a few months. Became fellow in 1955.
Fellow of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1955 - 1960
Member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1922 - 1960
Asked for a short suspension of membership in 1942 because of the war but reestablished after a few months.
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominated by Francis Derwent Wood
1922
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors
Nominated by Edwin Whitney-Smith
1922
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors
Shared house with Christine Gregory
1914 (Circa) - 1925 (Circa)
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Artist, teacher'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'School Teacher'
Sources
Arts and Crafts Society: Catalogue of the Eleventh Exhibition.
1916
p.168.
Catalogue for the Seventy-Ninth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1924
1924
Catalogue for the Seventy-Third Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1918
1918
Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Work of Living British Artists
1927
Cat. No. 382, pp. 36, 42
Catalogue of the Inaugural Exhibition of the Work of Living British Artists, Leeds City Art Gallery 1927
1927 (Presumed)
Cat. No. 339, pp. 23, 28
Catalogue of the Twenty-second Exhibition, 1917, held at the Grosvenor Gallery, 51a New Bond Street., W.
1917
p.62, p.69.
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 28 folio 125 page 48
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN6871 RG78PN343A RD128 SD4 ED4 SN065
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: Florence Ada Shipp
Birth Date: 1880
Death Registration Month/Year: 1969
Registration district: Hampstead
Inferred County: London
Volume: 5b
Page: 2181
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Florence Ada Kendrick
Registration Year: 1880
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration district: Thanet
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 912
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of Council and Accounts For the Year ending 21 December 1922. To be Presented at the Eighteenth Ordinary General Meeting, 1923
26 February 1923
p. 3
Citing this record
'Florence Ada Kendrick FRBS', 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_1205191349, accessed 09 Jun 2023]