William Henry Wright
Born 19 January 1886
Died 1943
Active: 1916 - 1938
Country of birth: England
Country of death: New Zealand
Sculptor, teacher
Born in Nottingham, England, trained at Nottingham School of Art (1900-12) and Royal College of Art, South Kensington (1912-17). Won the Royal College of Art Travelling Scholarship in Sculpture. Appointed to teach modelling at Elam School of Art, Auckland in 1926. Represented in ACAG and in Glasgow Art Gallery.
Works
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Locations
Address 111 Dawes Road Fulham London SW | View on map
1916 (Circa) - 1917 (Circa)
Address 645 Fulham Road Fulham London SW | View on map
1918 (Circa)
Address 2 Justice Studios Justice Walk London | View on map
1919 (Circa)
Address 78 Hampstead Road London NW | View on map
1924 (Circa)
Address Elam School of Art Auckland | View on map
1931 (Circa) - 1938 (Circa)
Took up his teaching position in 1926
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Eleventh Exhibition, 1916
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1916 - 1938
Exhibited 9 times, fourteen works in all
Citing this record
'William Henry Wright', 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_1214823533, accessed 09 Jun 2023]
