William Bower Dalton
Born 1868
Died 1965
Active: 1899 - 1965
Country of birth and death: England
Potter, artist, designer, teacher, author, collector, headmaster of art school
Born in Wilmslow, Cheshire. He was a member of the Art Workers Guild for 57 years, from 1908 until his death in 1965. From 1899-1919 Dalton was Principal of Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, and also Curator of the South London Art Gallery, which he continued until about 1931. He exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy between 1931-6.
This record includes information submitted by Jane Bailey who is the author of an article entitled 'William Bower Dalton ARCA 1868–1965: Potter, Artist, Designer, Teacher, Author, Collector' in 'The Journal of the Decorative Arts Society 1850-the Present', Vol 35, 2011.
Institutional and Business Connections
Member of Art Workers Guild
1908 - 1965
Principal of Camberwell School of Art
September 1899 - 1919
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Principal School of Arts and Crafts' employer London County Council
Sources
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1901-1912
1911, p.6.
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN3811 RG78PN144 RD43 SD4 ED18 SN35
The sixty-second annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1946
1946
pp. 4-5
Citing this record
'William Bower Dalton', 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_1216636224, accessed 24 Sep 2023]
