Frederick Emil E. Schenck Jnr
Born 31 August 1849
Died 21 February 1908
Active: 1871 - 1908
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, teacher, modeller
Born in Edinburgh. He was the son of F.E.E. Schenk a lithographer employing 9 men and 8 boys in 1861. Schenk taught art in Hanley around 1873 and modelling at Westminster School of Art c.1900.
Wealth at death: £867 2s. 1d.
Probate date: 29 March 1908
Works
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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 terra cotta
Plaster model for stone carving
War
1893 (Circa)
Locations
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 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
2005
Class: RG13; Piece: 460; Folio: 37; Page: 12
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
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
Citing this record
'Frederick Emil E. Schenck Jnr', 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_1210775631, accessed 02 Jun 2023]