Sir William Llewellyn GCVO, PRA
Born 1 December 1858
Died 28 January 1941
Active: 1912 - 1938
Country of birth and death: England
Painter
Born in Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
Institutional and Business Connections
Elected ARA Royal Academy of Arts
8 May 1912 - 23 April 1920
Elected RA in 1920.
Elected PRA Royal Academy of Arts
10 December 1928 - 10 December 1938
Was then Senior RA until his death in 1941.
Elected RA Royal Academy of Arts
23 April 1920 - 10 December 1928
Elected PRA in 1928.
Member of Art Workers Guild
November 1908 - 1912
Resigned
President of Artists' General Benevolent Institution
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominator of William Reid Dick
31 March 1919
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of Arthur George Walker
February 1920
For RA.
Nominator of Henry Poole
February 1920
For RA.
Nominator of John Tweed
20 January 1920 - 22 February 1927
Two nominations for RA, in 1920 and 1927, both unsuccessful.
Nominator of Charles de Sousy Ricketts
February 1922
For RA.
Nominator of Leonard Stanford Merrifield
1925
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of Stanley Nicholson Babb
22 February 1927 - March 1934
Two nominations for RA, in 1927 and 1934, both unsuccessful.
Nominator of Gilbert William Bayes
22 February 1927
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of Ernest George Gillick
22 February 1927 - March 1934
Two nominations for RA.
Nominator of Gilbert Ledward
22 February 1927
For RA.
Nominator of William Ernest Reynolds-Stephens
22 February 1927 - March 1934
Two nominations for RA, in 1927 and 1934, both unsuccessful.
Nominator of Ferdinand Victor Blundstone
January 1937
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of (Joseph) Hermon Cawthra
January 1937
For RA; unsuccessful.
Sources
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1901-1912
1907, p.3.
Catalogue of the 78th Spring Exhibition, Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, 1937
1937
Inside cover
Catalogue of the 79th Spring Exhibition, Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, 1938
1938
Inside cover
Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1906-1927
1927
p.10, p.12, p.39, p.77, p.86, p.106.
Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1927-1938
1938
p.15, pp.18-19, p.41, p.61, p.70, p.94, p.96.
Citing this record
'Sir William Llewellyn GCVO, PRA', 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_1214573554, accessed 22 Mar 2023]
