Sir David Murray RA
Born 29 January 1849
Died 14 November 1933
Active: 1891 - 1905
Country of birth and death: Scotland
Painter
Born in Glasgow, Scotland.
Works
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Lent Perseus Arming
1901
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at International Exhibition, Glasgow, 1901
1901
Involved in Architecture, from the Painter's and Sculptor's points of view (Art Workers Guild), 1892
Institutional and Business Connections
Elected ARA Royal Academy of Arts
21 January 1891 - 25 January 1905
Elected RA in 1905.
Elected RA Royal Academy of Arts
25 January 1905 - 14 November 1933
Died in 1933.
Member of Art Workers Guild
1891 - 1901
Resigned.
Vice-patron of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1923
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominator of Harold Parker
2 December 1907
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of James Havard Thomas
23 January 1908
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of (Alfred) Adrian Jones
24 February 1913
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of Thomas Mewburn Crook
26 April 1917 - 1925
Two nominations for RA, in 1917 and 1925, both unsuccessful.
Nominator of Leonard Stanford Merrifield
26 April 1917 - 1925
Two nominations for RA, in 1917 and 1925, both unsuccessful.
Nominator of Gilbert William Bayes
1 March 1920 (Presumed)
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of William Ernest Reynolds-Stephens
1 March 1920
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of Ernest George Gillick
7 January 1927
For RA.
Nominator of Charles Leighfield Jonah Doman
21 April 1932
For RA; unsuccessful.
Sources
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1885-1900
1892, p.4.
International Exhibition Glasgow, 1901,
Official Catalogue of the Fine Art Section
1901
Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1906-1927
1927
p.13, p.50, pp.86-87, p.149, p.161.
Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1927-1938
1938
p.18, p.164.
Citing this record
'Sir David Murray RA', 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_1214225652, accessed 09 Jun 2023]