Harold Brownsword ARCA

Works

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Whither
1919

The Flower
1931

The Little Flower
1934 (Presumed)

Locations

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Address 430 Fulham Road London SW | View on map
1913

Address 9 Churchfield Mansions New King's Road London | View on map
1915

Address 2A Queen Anne's Gardens Bedford Park London | View on map
1926 - 1957

Address 40 Rusthall Avenue Bedford Park London | View on map
1941 - 1961
Listed as new address in Art Workers' Guild annual report for 1941 and still living here at the time of his death.

Studio located at 2 St Oswald's Studios Sedlescombe Road London SW6 | View on map
1919 - 1926 (Circa)

Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events

Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Fifty-Eighth Annual Exhibition, 1919
'Whither'

Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Seventieth Annual Exhibition, 1931
'The Flower'

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1911 - 1957
Exhibited 24 times (19 times prior to 1951), usually one or two works per year, about 35 works in all

Organized Children in Sculpture (Royal Society of British Sculptors), 1947

Speaker at The Nude (Art Workers Guild), 1940

Speaker at The Nude in Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1941

Speaker at Colour in Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1942

Institutional and Business Connections

Associate member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1926 - 1938 (Presumed)
Became fellow in 1938.

Fellow of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1938 - 1961
Died in 1961.

Member of Art Workers Guild
1 April 1938 - 1961 (Presumed)
Member of committee in 1941. Was part of sub-committee to answer questionnaire on 'Art Education' from the Central School of Art and Design, on behalf of the Guild, together with Joseph Armitage and Anthony Gardner [Sixtieth annual report of the committee of the Art Workers' Guild, p.1].

Member of council Royal Society of British Sculptors
1938 (Probable) - 1951
No report available for 1937. Listed as a member of the Council from 1938 to 1940, from 1942 to 1944, 1946 to 1947, and from 1949 onwards

Principal of Polytechnic School of Art, Regent Street
September 1938 - July 1950
Listed as Head Master of the Art School.

Principal of Polytechnic School of Art, Regent Street
1938 (Presumed) - 1950 (Presumed)
According to Elliott (2004), p. 110 fn.1

Studied at Royal College of Art (including National Art Training School)
1908 (Circa) - 1913
'H. Brownsword' [presumably Harold Brownsword] is listed as a student at the College for five years. Left the College in the 1912-1913 session and is listed as a being 'engaged as sculptor': see 'Register of R. C. A. Students' (1907-1924), p. 62.

Teacher of modeling at Polytechnic School of Art, Regent Street
September 1916 (Presumed) - July 1938 (Presumed)
'H. Brownsword' is listed as a teacher of modelling from 1916-1917 onwards. Note that there are no prospectuses for the years 1914-1915 and 1915-1916; Brownsword is not listed in the 1913-1914 prospectus. Note that from 1931-1932 onwards Brownsword is additionally listed as administrative assistant to the Head Master of the school. From 1938-1939 onwards Brownsword is listed as Head Master of the school. It is probable that he continued to teach sculpture classes, however, he is not listed under teachers.

Personal and Professional Connections

May be connected to John Joseph Brownsword
Both have connections to the Midlands so may be related

Nominated by James Alexander Stevenson
1926 (Presumed)
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors

Nominated by Gilbert Ledward
1926 (Presumed)
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors

Nominator of Charlotte Ellen Gibson
1939 (Presumed)
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors

Nominator of George Edgar Campbell
1941 (Presumed)
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors

Nominator of William Everett Gray
1948
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors

Taught Marjorie Violet G Drawbell
1919 (Circa) - 1921 (Circa)
At Regent Street Polytechnic

Descriptions of Practice

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Art Master' for 'Board of Education' crossed out below is 'Art Student' at 'South Kensington'

Sources

A Century of Art Education in the Potteries. With notes on the Artists, 1953 Local Studies
1953 (Circa)
p. 39.

Beauty's Awakening: The Centenary Exhibition of the Art Workers Guild (Royal Pavilion, Art Gallery and Museum, Brighton), 1984
1984
p.52.

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
RG12 piece 2198 folio 137 page 12

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN31119 RG78PN1781 RD567 SD1 ED7 SN21

England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
2008
Name: Harold Brownsword Gender: Male Christening Date: 15 Apr 1885 Christening Place: Hartshill (near Stoke-upon-Trent), Staffordshire, England Father's Name: Albert Brownsword Mother's name: Emily

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Birth registered in Stoke on Trent between January-March 1885, Vol: 6b; p: 232

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Harold Brownsword Probate Date: 29 Sep 1961 Death Date: 11 Aug 1961 Death Place: Middlesex, England Registry: London, England

List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008

Potters
2004
p. 110, fn.1

Register of Royal College of Art Students, 1907-1924 Royal College of Art
1907
p. 62.

Royal Academy Exhibitors 1905-70: A Dictionary of Artists and their Work in the Summer Exhibitions of the Royal Academy of Arts, Vol. I A-Car
1973
pp. 218-9

Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of the Council, for the Year Ending 31 December 1949, to be Presented at the Forty-Sixth Annual General Meeting, 1950
February 1950
p. 2.

Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of the Council, for the Year Ending 31 December 1951, to be Presented at the Forty-Eighth Annual General Meeting, 1952
February 1952
p. 2.

Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of the Council, with Accounts for the Year Ending 31 December 1938, to be Presented at the Thirty-Fifth Ordinary General Meeting, 1939
March 1939
p. 2.

Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of the Council, with Accounts for the Year Ending 31 December 1939, to be Presented at the Thirty-Sixth Ordinary General Meeting, 1940
March 1940
p. 2.

Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of the Council, with Accounts for the Year Ending 31 December 1940, to be Presented at the Thirty-Seventh Ordinary General Meeting, 1941
March 1941
p. 2.

Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of the Council, with Accounts for the Year Ending 31 December 1942, to be Presented at the Thirty-Ninth Ordinary General Meeting, 1943
March 1943
p. 2.

Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of the Council, with Accounts for the Year Ending 31 December 1943, to be Presented at the Fortieth Ordinary General Meeting, 1944
March 1944
p. 2.

Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of the Council, with Accounts for the Year Ending 31 December 1944, to be Presented at the Forty-First Ordinary General Meeting, 1945
March 1945
p. 2.

Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of the Council, with Accounts for the Year Ending 31 December 1946, to be Presented at the Forty-Third Ordinary General Meeting, 1947
March 1947
p. 2.

Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of the Council, with Accounts for the Year Ending 31 December 1947, to be Presented at the Forty-Fourth Ordinary General Meeting, 1948
March 1948
p. 2.

Society of Staffordshire Artists. First Annual Exhibition, 27 October 1934
27 October 1934
p. 6.

The fifty-eighth annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1942
1942
p.7.

The fifty-fifth annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1939
1939
p.19.

The fifty-ninth annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1943
1943
p.6.

The fifty-seventh annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1941
1941
p.7.

The Polytechnic Education Department. Prospectuses, Session 1916-1917 Regent Street Polytechnic
1916
p. 11.

The Polytechnic Education Department. Prospectuses. Session 1931-1932 Regent Street Polytechnic
1931
p. 13.

The Polytechnic Education Department. Prospectuses. Session 1938-1939 Regent Street Polytechnic
1938
p. 13.

The Polytechnic School of Art. Session, 1949-1950 Regent Street Polytechnic
1949
p. 6.

The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1861-1989. Volume 1, A-D. A Dictionary of Exhibitors at the Annual Exhibitions of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1990 The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1861-1989
1990
p. 190

The sixtieth annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1944
1944
p.1.

The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985
2008
British School At Rome.. The Times (London, England), Thursday, May 08, 1913; pg. 11; Issue 40206. (101 words) Category: News