Eric Harry Peskett
Born 31 January 1914
Died 1997
Active: 1929 - 1990
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor
Born in Guildford, Surrey. Studied art at Brighton College of Art (1929-35) and the Royal College of Art (1935-9) where he was awarded the Travelling Scholarship in 1939. He executed a number of reliefs in brick including: the Congress Theatre, Eastbourne; the church of the Holy Cross, Patricroft, Lancashire; and the Veterinary Building, University of Liverpool.
Locations
Address Rusper Old Farm Road Brighton | View on map
1944 (Circa)
Address The Rookery Outwood | View on map
1948 (Presumed) - 1951 (Presumed)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Royal College of Art Exhibition, 1938
15 July 1938 - 30 July 1938
Exhibited an untitled work under the 'Sculpture Schools' section.
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1944
Exhibited once, one work
Speaker at Contemporary Shape in Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1950
Speaker at Contemporary Art Criticism (Art Workers Guild), 1951
Speaker at Shape - Natural and Otherwise (Art Workers Guild), 1951
Institutional and Business Connections
Associate member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1948 - 1990
FRBS 1961-90
Member of Art Workers Guild
11 April 1947 - 1997 (Presumed)
Committee 1950
Studied at Royal College of Art (including National Art Training School)
15 July 1938
Listed as a graduate from the 'School of Sculpture' in the College's 1938 'Distribution of Diplomas' list. Peskett was awarded a £10 prize for sculpture in the same year. In 1939 Peskett was awarded the 'Travelling Scholarship' for sculpture.
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominated by Cecil Walter Thomas
1948
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors
Nominated by Harold Wilson Parker
1948
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors
Sources
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
Royal College of Art Exhibition, 1938
1938
p. 11.
Royal College of Art, Distribution of Diplomas on Friday 14 July 1939
14 July 1939
p. 1.
Royal College of Art, Distribution of Diplomas on Friday 15 July 1938
15 July 1938
pp. 1-2.
The sixty-eighth annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1951
1951
p.8.
The sixty-fourth annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1948
1948
p.9, p.25.
The sixty-seventh annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1951
1951
Citing this record
'Eric Harry Peskett', 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_1208192789, accessed 24 Mar 2023]
