Sydney S. Birnie Stewart
Other names: 'Jock'
Born 1914
Died 1976
Active: 1938 - 1976
Country of birth and death: Scotland
Sculptor, teacher
Stewart taught at Maidstone School of Art in the 1940s where he was in charge of the Sculpture Department. He left Maidstone and taught only at St Martins School of Art from around 1949. James Butler RA was a student of Jock Stewart's (as he was known) at Maidstone between 1947 and 1949. Jock persuaded Butler's mother to fund her son's study at St Martins under Stewart and Walter Marsden (1949-51). Butler remarks 'they were excellent tutors and I have great regard for them both.'
This entry includes information submitted by James Butler MBE RA.
Works
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Elements in the Human Body
1951 (Presumed)
Locations
Address 128 Queen Street Peterhead | View on map
1938 (Circa) - 1945 (Circa)
Address 2 Ashgrove Road West Aberdeen | View on map
1954 (Circa) - 1968 (Circa)
Address Prince Charlie's Cottage The Causeway Edinburgh | View on map
1969 (Circa) - 1976 (Circa)
Studio located at The Studio, 32A Fairfax Road Chiswick London | View on map
1949 (Presumed) - 1950
Studio located at The Studio, 3 Fawcett Street London SW10 | View on map
1949 - 1951 (Presumed)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Festival of Britain, London: South Bank Exhibition, 1951
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1938 - 1977
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 28 times: 1938 (1 work), 1943 (1 work), 1944 (1 work), 1945 (1 work), 1954 (2 works), 1955 (5 works), 1956 (4 works), 1957 (2 works), 1958 (1 work), 1959 (1 work), 1960 (1 work), 1961 (3 works), 1962 (2 works), 1963 (1 work), 1964 (2 works), 1965 (3 works), 1966 (3 works), 1967 (4 works), 1968 (3 works), 1969 (3 works), 1970 (4 works), 1971 (4 works), 1972 (4 works), 1973 (2 works), 1974 (4 works), 1975 (2 works), 1976 (2 works) and 1977 (4 works)
Institutional and Business Connections
Associate member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1951
Member of Art Workers Guild
April 1949 - 1977
Studied at Royal College of Art (including National Art Training School)
1945
Listed as a graduate from the 'School of Sculpture' in the College's 1945 'Distribution of Diplomas' list.
Teacher of modeling at St Martin's School of Art
1947 - 1952 (Presumed)
First listed as a teacher of modelling (note that W. Marsden is listed as teacher of sculpture) in the 1947-1948 school prospectus. From 1948 to 1952 Stewart is still listed as a teacher in the prospectuses, however, these do not specify the type of course that he taught. Based on information submitted by James Butler RA who was a student at St Martins from 1949-51, Stewart was a tutor in the sculpture school and Walter Marsden was head of the department.
Personal and Professional Connections
Worked with Walter Marsden
1947 (Circa) - 1952 (Circa)
Marsden was Head of the Sculpture Department at St Martins School of Art and S. Birnie (Jock) Stewart was a tutor.
Sources
Festival of Britain: 1951. Catalogue of Exhibits. South Bank Exhibition, 1951
1951
p. 105.
Royal College of Art, Distribution of Diplomas in July 1945
July 1945
p. 1.
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. 3.
The sixty-eighth annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1951
1951
p.28.
The sixty-seventh annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1951
1951
The sixty-sixth annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1950
1950
p.7, p.28.
Citing this record
'Sydney S. Birnie Stewart', 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_1208260748, accessed 05 Jun 2023]
