William Aumonier Junior
Born 14 November 1869
Died 7 December 1943
Active: 1891 - 1943
Country of birth and death: England
Wood carver, stonemason, architectural sculptor
Born in Marylebone, London. He was the son of William Aumonier Senior (1839-1914) who established a highly successful firm of architectural sculptors and carvers in New Inn Yard, Tottenham Court Road in 1876. The Aumoniers were an artistic family of Huguenot descent. William Junior's siblings included the writer, Stacy Aumonier (1877-1928), Minnie (born c.1866), a costume designer and Edith (born c.1868), an art needlework designer artist working for an ecclesiastical furnisher in 1901.
William Aumonier Junior was an active member of a number of societies, including the Art Workers Guild, the Master Carvers Association (of which he was Honorary Secretary c.1923), and the Architectural Association. In 1930 he was the editor of 'Modern Architectural Sculpture' (Architectural Press). This volume of photographs, with a short introduction by Aumonier, had around two hundred subscribers. The majority of these were bookshops, libraries, and educational institutions, however there were also a number of artists and sculpturally related businesses on the list. William Aumonier Junior was the subject of a profile in 'The Stone Trades Journal', July, 1923 p.9
Wealth at death: £688 7s. 4d.
Probate date: 15 June 1944
Locations
Address 201 Hampstead Road St Pancras London | View on map
1871 (Circa)
Address 82 St Paul's Road Kentish Town London | View on map
1881 (Circa)
Address The Sagamere Hallowell Road Northwood | View on map
1901 (Circa)
Address 93 Fordwych Road Hampstead London | View on map
1911 (Circa)
Address 40 Lambolle Road Hampstead London | View on map
1913 (Circa) - 1914 (Circa)
Address 84 Charlotte Street Fitzroy Square London | View on map
1913 (Circa) - 1934 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Speaker at Trade Unions and Craftsmanship (Art Workers Guild), 1914
Speaker at Stone-carving (Art Workers Guild), 1915
Speaker at The Influence of Race, Climate and Diet on Artistic Expression (Art Workers Guild), 1915
Speaker at Railway Stations and their Approaches (Art Workers Guild), 1916
Speaker at Ships (Art Workers Guild), 1916
Speaker at Coloured Carving (Art Workers Guild), 1920
Speaker at Co-operation of the Architect and the Craftsman (Art Workers Guild), 1922
Speaker at The Art of Dressing and Presenting Food (Art Workers Guild), 1922
Speaker at Gem or Hard Stone Carving (Art Workers Guild), 1922
Speaker at The Golden Names of the Guild (Art Workers Guild), 1922
Speaker at Churchyard Monuments (Art Workers Guild), 1923
Speaker at Architecture of Sweden and Denmark (Art Workers Guild), 1926
Speaker at Alfred Stevens (Art Workers Guild), 1928
Speaker at Modern Architectural Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1930
Speaker at Theatrical Scenery (Art Workers Guild), 1931
Speaker at Art as a Means of a Livelihood (Art Workers Guild), 1931
Speaker at Heraldry (Art Workers Guild), 1933
Took part in Art Workers Guild Revels, 1927
Took part in Art Workers Guild Revels, 1928
Took part in Gold Beating and the Use of Gold Leaf (Art Workers Guild), 1929
Took part in Art Workers Guild Revels, 1930
Took part in Art Workers Guild Revels, 1931
Took part in Art Workers Guild Revels, 1932
Took part in Art Workers Guild Revels, 1933
Institutional and Business Connections
Member of Art Workers Guild
February 1914 - 1943 (Presumed)
Member of committee 1921-1923
Teacher of woodcarving at Camberwell School of Art
1898 - July 1905
Listed as teacher of evening classes in wood carving. From 1903 onwards listed as teacher of evening classes in wood carving and gilding. Last listed in the 1904 to 1905 prospectus.
Traded as William Aumonier and Son
1891 (Circa) - 1933 (Circa)
Personal and Professional Connections
Daughter/son/child of William Aumonier Senior
Mother/father/parent of (Aubrey) Eric Stacy Aumonier
Mother/father/parent of William Whitworth Aumonier
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Architectural Carver Mason' worker and his father, William Aumonier Senior 'Architectural Carver Mason' employer
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Architectural Carver in Wood and Stone' working on own account
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Architectural Carver in Stone & Wood' employer working on buildings
Sources
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1913-1933
1914, p.11, p.13, p.29, p.37; 1915, pp.16-17, p.44; 1916, p.7, p.36; 1917, p.29; 1919, p.3; 1920, p.5, p.12; 1921, p.18; 1922, p.7, pp.9-10, p.24; 1923, p.24; 1924, p.24; 1925, p.23; 1926, p.4, p.23; 1927, p.7, p.23; 1928, pp.4-5, p.9, p.23; 1929, p.4, p.6, p.23; 1930, p.4, p.8, p.25; 1931, p.5, pp.9-10, p.25; 1932, p.5, p.27; 1933, p.6, p.9, p.28.
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
RG10 piece 201 folio 59 page 26
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 131; Folio 79; Page 2
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
Class: RG13; Piece: 1179; Folio: 120; Page: 35
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN634 RG78PN22 RD8 SD1 ED44 SN46
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: William Aumonier
Death Registration Month/Year: 1943
Age at death (estimated): 74
Registration district: Hampstead
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1a
Page: 686
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: William Aumonier
Year of Registration: 1869
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Marylebone (1837-1901)
County: London, Middlesex
Volume: 1a
Page: 547
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: William Aumonier
Probate Date: 15 Jun 1944
Death Date: 7 Dec 1943
Death Place: London, England
Registry: Llandudno
London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
2010
Name: William Aumonier
Record Type: Baptism
Estimated Birth Date: abt 1870
Baptism Date: 17 Apr 1870
Father's name: William Aumonier
Mother's name: Annie Aumonier
Parish or Poor Law Union: St Marylebone
Borough: Westminster
The fifty-first annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1935
1935
p.29.
The sixtieth annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1944
1944
p.9.
Citing this record
'William Aumonier Junior', 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_1206482675, accessed 21 Mar 2023]
