Frederick Emil E. Schenck Jnr

Works

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Plaster frieze

Panel in plaster for terra cotta: 'Music and the Drama'

Panel in plaster for terra cotta: 'Art and Science'

Model in plaster for ceiling or wall

Panel in plaster for terra cotta

Panel in plaster for metal

Panel in plaster for terra cotta

Frieze in plaster

Astronomy

Wisdom

Plaster model for stone carving

War
1893 (Circa)

Locations

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Address 6 Hope Park Square Edinburgh | View on map
1871

Address 16 Picardy Place Edinburgh | View on map
1876 (Circa)

Address 6 Castle Street Edinburgh | View on map
1877 (Circa)

Address 2 Boothenwood Terrace Stoke-Upon-Trent | View on map
1881

Address 105 Sydney Street Chelsea London | View on map
1889 (Presumed)

Address 53 Wakehurst Road Battersea London | View on map
1891

Address Studio, 1A West Street London | View on map
1899 (Circa) - 1907 (Circa)

Address 25 Broadland Road Battersea London | View on map
1901

Address 222 Broomwood Road Clapham London | View on map
1908
Living here at the time of his death but passed away at 90 Broomfelde Road, Clapham.

Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events

Award received from National Scholarships, 1863
1873 - 1875
Listed as a National Scholar at the National Art Training School, London. Modeller, aged 24, from Hanley, who was the 'Art Master Hanley' (see 'List of National Scholars', 1884, p. 189).

Exhibited at Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Second Exhibition, 1889
'Frieze in plaster'

Exhibited at Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Sixth Exhibition, 1899
'Wisdom'

Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1893
1893

Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1876 - 1907
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 4 times: 1876 (1 work), 1877 (2 works), 1903 (1 work) and 1907 (1 work)

Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-third (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1893
1893
Industry, Commerce, and Agriculture - Panel for the Municipal Council Chamber, Bath (cat. no. 1228, not for sale); The Elements - Fire, Air, Earth and Water - Panel for the Municipal Council Chamber, Bath) (cat. no. 1234, illustrated on p. 119, not for sale).

Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirty-first (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1901
1901
Summer (cat. no. 1551, corbel in spandril, plaster (sketch p. 119), not for sale); Autumn (corbel in spandril, plaster (sketch p. 119), not for sale).

Institutional and Business Connections

Teacher of modeling at Hanley School of Art
1873 (Circa)
Haggar (1953), p. 24, gives the dates c. 1880 to 1920. In his 'Dictionary' (1947), Haggar gives 1908 as the date of his post. In the 'List of National Scholars', (1884), p. 189, Schenck is described as 'Art Master, Hanley', in 1873.

Descriptions of Practice

Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2371

Occupation given in 1871 Scotland Census
'Sculptor'

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Artist Figure Modeller'

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Sculptor' employer

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Sculptor Clay Marble Etc.' working on own account

Sources

1861 Scotland Census
2007
Parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 93; Page: 5; Line: 21; Roll: CSSCT1861_129

1871 Scotland Census
2007
Parish: Edinburgh Buccleuch; ED: 71; Page: 17; Line: 7; Roll: CSSCT1871_164

A Century of Art Education in the Potteries. With notes on the Artists, 1953 Local Studies
1953 (Circa)
p. 24 and p. 32.

Aberdeen Artists' Society. Sixth Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1893
October 1893
p. 65 (864)

Arts and Crafts Society: Catalogue of the Second Exhibition.
1889
pp.107-108, p.190, p.193, p.195, p.204.

Arts and Crafts Society: Catalogue of the Sixth Exhibition.
1899
pp.25-26, p.38.

Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirty-first, 1901 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1901
p. 46

Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-third, 1893 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1893
pp. 42-45.

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 2728; Folio: 41; Page: 15; GSU roll: 1341654

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 437; Folio: 34; Page: 12; GSU roll: 6095547

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
Class: RG13; Piece: 460; Folio: 37; Page: 12

Dictionary of Painters, Sculptors, Architects, & Writters on Art 1. Born in Staffordshire, 2. Lived in Staffordshire, 3. Worked in Staffordshire, 4. Died in Staffordshire, or with close staffordshire associations, December 1947
Unpaged.

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Frederick Emil Eberhard Schenck Probate Date: 29 Mar 1908 Registry: London, England Death Date: 21 Feb 1908 Death Place: Surrey, England

List of National Scholars. Central School, South Kensington. Commencing 1863, 1884 National Art Training School
1884
p. 189.

London, England, Deaths and Burials 1813-1980
2010
Name: Frederick Emil Eberhard Schenck Gender: Male Age: 58 Birth Date: 1850 Burial Date: 25 Feb 1908 Burial Place: Morden, County of Surrey FHL Film Number: 1785889 Reference ID: p129

Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2371

Scotland, Select Birth and Christening Records, 1554-1950
2014
Name: Frederick Emil Eberhard Schenck Gender: Male Birth Date: 31 Aug 1849 Birth Place: Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Father: Frederick Schenck Mother: Jane Vedder FHL Film Number: 1066693

The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibitors 1826-1990: A dictionary of artists and their work in the Annual Exhibitions of the Royal Scottish Academy. Volume 4, R-Z
1991
p.119