Samuel John Lamorna Birch RA
Born 7 June 1869
Died 7 January 1955
Active: 1926 - 1934
Country of birth and death: England
Painter
Born in Egremont, Cheshire
Institutional and Business Connections
Elected ARA Royal Academy of Arts
22 April 1926 - 23 January 1934
Elected RA in 1934.
Elected RA Royal Academy of Arts
23 January 1934 - 1 January 1945
Then became Senior RA until his death in 1955.
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominator of Edwin Whitney-Smith
March 1935 - March 1943
Two nominations for Associate of the Royal Academy [ARA], in 1935 and 1943, both unsuccessful.
Nominator of Edgar Allan Howes
March 1935
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of Alfred Frank Hardiman
March 1935
For RA.
Sources
Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1927-1938
1938
p.79, pp.143-144.
Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, c.1939-c.1961
1961 (Circa)
p.16.
Citing this record
'Samuel John Lamorna Birch 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_1216912060, accessed 01 Apr 2023]
