Sir Frank Short RA
Other names: Francis Job
Born 19 June 1857
Died 22 April 1945
Active: 1906 - 1933
Country of birth and death: England
Engraver, printmaker, etcher, watercolourist
Born in Stourbridge, West Midlands
Institutional and Business Connections
Elected ARA Royal Academy of Arts
8 January 1906 - 25 January 1911
More accurately, elected 'associate engraver'. Elected RA in 1911.
Elected RA Royal Academy of Arts
25 January 1911 - 1 January 1933
Was then Senior RA until his death in 1945. Was also treasurer from 25 April 1919 - 5 December 1932.
Master of Art Workers Guild
1901
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominator of Charles Sargeant Jagger
31 March 1919
For RA.
Nominator of Gilbert Ledward
31 March 1919 - 22 February 1927
Two nominations for RA, in 1919 and 1927.
Nominator of Stanley Nicholson Babb
1 March 1920 - 22 February 1927
Two nominations for RA, in 1920 and 1927, both unsuccessful.
Nominator of Mortimer John Brown
1 March 1920
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of Gilbert William Bayes
1 March 1920 - 22 February 1927
Two nominations for RA, in 1920 and 1927, both unsuccessful.
Nominator of Henry Charles Fehr
1 March 1920
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of Basil Gotto
27 February 1920
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of Ernest George Gillick
1 March 1920 - 22 February 1927
Two nominations for RA.
Nominator of Richard Louis Garbe
1 March 1920
For RA.
Nominator of (Alfred) Adrian Jones
1 March 1920
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of Andrea Carlo Lucchesi
1 March 1920
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of Albert Arthur Toft
1 March 1920
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of Henry Poole
1 March 1920
For RA.
Nominator of Harold Parker
1 March 1920
For RA.
Nominator of Oliver Wheatley
1 March 1920
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of Arthur George Walker
10 March 1920
For RA.
Nominator of John Tweed
1 March 1920 - 22 February 1927
Two nominations for RA, in 1920 and 1927, both unsuccessful.
Nominator of William Ernest Reynolds-Stephens
1 March 1920 - 22 February 1927
Two nominations for RA, in 1920 and 1927, both unsuccessful.
Nominator of Benjamin Clemens
7 March 1927
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of Edwin Whitney-Smith
February 1928
For RA; unsuccessful.
Pupils included Eveleen Buckton
Dates unknown
Sources
Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1906-1927
1927
p.8, pp.10-13, p.39, p.42, pp.44-46, p.50, pp.107-108, p.134, p.136, p.149, p.161, p.164.
Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1927-1938
1938
p.15, pp.17-18, p.61, p.70, p.79.
Citing this record
'Sir Frank Short 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_1214564152, accessed 31 Mar 2023]
