Sir Walter Westley Russell RA
Born 31 May 1867
Died 16 April 1949
Active: 1890 - 1949
Country of birth and death: England
Painter
Born in Forest Gate, Essex.
There are more details of his career on the websites of Tate and the Royal Academy of Arts.
Institutional and Business Connections
Elected ARA Royal Academy of Arts
22 April 1920 - 23 February 1926
Elected RA in 1926.
Elected RA Royal Academy of Arts
23 February 1926 - 1 January 1943
Then became Senoir RA until his death in 1949. Was Keeper from 1927-1942.
Teacher at Slade School of Fine Art
September 1895 - July 1927
Listed as an assistant. From 1921-1922 onwards Russell is listed as 'Assistant Professor'. Last listed as a teacher in 1926-1927.
Visitor at Slade School of Fine Art
September 1927 - July 1947
Not listed between 1939-1940 and 1944-1945, but listed again from 1945-1946 to 1946-1947.
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominator of Stanley Nicholson Babb
22 February 1927 - 22 March 1934
Two nominations for RA, in 1927 and 1934, both unsuccessful.
Nominator of Gilbert William Bayes
22 February 1927 - March 1941
Three nominations for Associate of the Royal Academy [ARA], from 1927-1941, all unsuccessful. Date of interim nomination not entered as 'start date' or 'end date': March 1934.
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 John Tweed
22 February 1927
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of William Ernest Reynolds-Stephens
22 February 1927 - 22 February 1934
Two nominations for RA, in 1927 and 1934, both unsuccessful.
Nominator of Edwin Whitney-Smith
February 1928 - March 1935
Two nominations for RA, in 1928 and 1935, both unsuccessful.
Nominator of Leonard Stanford Merrifield
November 1933 - March 1941
Two nominations for For Associate of the Royal Academy [ARA], in 1933 and 1941, both unsuccessful.
Nominator of Edgar Allan Howes
March 1935
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of Alfred Frank Hardiman
March 1935
For RA.
Nominator of Ferdinand Victor Blundstone
January 1937
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of (Joseph) Hermon Cawthra
January 1937
For RA; unsuccessful.
Sources
Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1927-1938
1938
p.15, pp.18-19, p.33, p.41, p.61, p.70, p.79, p.94, p.96, pp.143-144.
Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, c.1939-c.1961
1961 (Circa)
p.6, p.13.
Tate online: Art and Artists (previously General Collection)
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-walter-russell-1884 (accessed 2 March 2013)
University College London. Calendar. Session 1895-1896
1895
p. 78.
University College London. Calendar. Session 1921-1922
1921
p. 98.
University College London. Calendar. Session 1926-1927
1926
p. 113.
University College London. Calendar. Session 1927-1928
1927
p. 115.
University College London. Calendar. Session 1939-1940
1939
p. 133.
University College London. Calendar. Session 1945-1946
1945
p. 77.
University College London. Calendar. Session 1946-1947
1946
p. 85.
Citing this record
'Sir Walter Westley Russell 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_1215697709, accessed 24 Mar 2023]
