Vincent Hill
Born 1880 (Circa)
Active: 1900 - 1946
Country of birth and death: Wales
Sculptor, engraver
Born in Cardiff. Son of John Hill (born c.1849 in Westbury-on-Severn), a travelling salesman. Sculpture student at Royal college of Art under Lanteri, probably in the 1890s. He carved the figure of John Constable on the south façade of the V&A. From the early 1900s he taught art in a school (possibly in Cardiff) and then in an art school (possibly at Ramsgate).
Locations
Address Kenilworth New Road Cardiff | View on map
1901 (Circa)
Address 29 Mimosa Street Fulham London SW | View on map
1908 (Circa)
Address Las Flores Sole Street near Rochester | View on map
1946 (Presumed)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1908
Exhibited once, one work (Homer, relief, cat. no. 1823)
Institutional and Business Connections
Member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1906 - 1920
The 1920 Annual Report notes that Hill was removed from the list of members 'in conformity with Article 15 of the Articles Association' in that year. Retiring member in 1967.
Member of The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society
1946 (Presumed)
Studied at Royal College of Art (including National Art Training School)
February 1908
Listed as a graduate of the College in 1908. Subsequently appointed teacher of modelling at the School of Art, Ramsgate (?) in September 1910: see 'Register of R. C. A. Students' (1907-1924), p. 1.
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominated by William Goscombe John
7 December 1908
For membership of Royal Society of British Sculptors [7 December 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Seconded by Edouard Lanteri
7 December 1908
For membership of Royal Society of British Sculptors [7 December 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Sculptor Art School' worker
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Art Master School' worker
Sources
Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Members and Craftsmen
1946 (Probable)
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
RG13 piece 4971 folio 92 page 15
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN4495 RG78PN185 RD63 SD2 ED13 SN290
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
Register of Royal College of Art Students, 1907-1924 Royal College of Art
1907
p. 1.
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Minutes of Council Meetings No. 1, 1905-1913
19 May 1913
7 December 1908.
Citing this record
'Vincent Hill', 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_1210258672, accessed 23 Mar 2023]
