Herbert William Palliser
Born 17 May 1883
Died 9 October 1963
Active: 1922 - 1956
Country of birth and death: England
Stone carver, sculptor, wood engraver, architect, teacher of sculpture
Born in Northallerton, Yorks. Originally trained as an architect. Died at Whittington Hospital, London.
Wealth at death: £11,845 14s. 0d.
Probate date: 30 December 1963
Works
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Locations
Address 1A Grove Road Harrogate | View on map
1901 (Circa)
Address 112 Adelaide Road London NW3 | View on map
1932
Address 96 Kingsley Way Golders Green London N2 | View on map
1938 (Presumed) - 1963
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Exhibition 20 by the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, 1946
'Feeding Time'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, Yorkshire Artists' Exhibition, 1932
Multiple works
Exhibited at British Handicrafts by the Arts and Crafts Society and the Red Rose Guild, 1940
'Bather'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1921 - 1956
Exhibited 11 times between these dates.
Organized Children in Sculpture (Royal Society of British Sculptors), 1947
Selection committee member of Exhibition 20 by the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, 1946
1946 (Circa)
For sculpture section
Institutional and Business Connections
Assistant teacher of modeling at Royal College of Art (including National Art Training School)
1931 - 1948
Listed as an 'Assistant Teacher' in the School of Sculpture in the 1931-1932 prospectus. Last listed in the 1947-1948 prospectus.
Associate member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
28 March 1939 - 1943
Became a fellow in 1943.
Fellow of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1943
Member of Art Workers Guild
3 February 1922 - 1963
Committee member 1947-48.
Member of The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society
1932 (Presumed) - 1946 (Presumed)
Member of council Royal Society of British Sculptors
1946 - 1948
Unsuccessful in ballot for election to Royal Academy of Arts
For Associate of the Royal Academy [ARA], despite nominations in 1939 and 1940.
Personal and Professional Connections
Fellow committee member with Alan Lydiat Durst
1946 (Circa)
On sculpture section of 'Exhibition 20 by the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society'
Fellow committee member with Harold Parker
1946 (Circa)
On sculpture section of 'Exhibition 20 by the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society'
Nominated by (Arthur) Eric Rowton Gill
28 March 1939
For Associate of the Royal Academy [ARA]; unsuccessful.
Nominated by William Curtis Green
28 March 1939
For Associate of the Royal Academy [ARA]; unsuccessful.
Nominated by Edwin Landseer Lutyens
28 March 1939
For Associate of the Royal Academy [ARA]; unsuccessful.
Nominated by Alfred Turner
28 March 1939
For Associate of the Royal Academy [ARA]; unsuccessful.
Nominated by Richard Louis Garbe
1939 (Presumed)
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors
Nominated by Leonard Stanford Merrifield
1939 (Presumed)
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors
Nominated by Richard Louis Garbe
25 April 1940
For Associate of the Royal Academy [ARA]; unsuccessful.
Nominator of Alfred Horace Gerrard
1948 (Presumed)
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors
Nominator of Arthur Glover
1948 (Presumed)
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors
Sources
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1913-1933
1922, p.12.
Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: List of Members, September 1932
September 1932
Catalogue of British Handicrafts by the Arts and Crafts Society and the Red Rose Guild, 1940
1940
Cat. Nos. 141, 145, p. 14
Catalogue of the Yorkshire Artists' Exhibition 1932
1932
Cat. Nos. 257, 429, pp. 11, 17
Catalogue: Exhibition 20, by the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, held at the Royal Academy, Piccadilly, London, W1
1946
p.15, p.39.
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
Class: RG13; Piece: 4054; Folio: 16; Page: 23
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Herbert William Palliser
Death Date: 9 Oct 1963
Death Place: London, England
Probate Date: 30 Dec 1963
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
Prospectus of the Royal College of Art, 1931-1932 Royal College of Art
1931
Unpaged staff list.
Prospectus of the Royal College of Art, 1947-1948 Royal College of Art
1947
Unpaged staff list.
Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, c.1939-c.1961
1961 (Circa)
p.118.
The Royal College of Art: Its Influences on Education, Art and Design 1900-1950, 1991 Royal College of Art
August 1991
p. 591.
Who was Who
December 2007
‘PALLISER, Herbert William’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U57910,
Citing this record
'Herbert William Palliser', 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_1208191782, accessed 31 May 2023]