Sir Henry George Rushbury RA

Locations

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Address St Loe's House Amberley Stroud | View on map
1911 (Circa)
He was living with his employer, Henry Payne, around this date

Institutional and Business Connections

Elected ARA Royal Academy of Arts
21 April 1927 - 11 February 1936
Elected RA in 1936.

Elected RA Royal Academy of Arts
11 February 1936 - 31 December 1964
Then became Senior RA until his death in 1968. Was also keeper from 22 April 1949 - 30 June 1964.

Studied at Birmingham Municipal School of Art, Central School
Studied stained glass and mural design. See Goodwin and Townshend 'The Workers at the Bromsgrove Guild', in Watt 'The Bromsgrove Guild' (1999), p. 58, no dates are given.

Worked for Bromsgrove Guild
1912
Apprenticed to A. J. Davies in the stained glass workshop. See Goodwin and Townshend 'The Workers at the Bromsgrove Guild', in Watt 'The Bromsgrove Guild' (1999), p. 58; no dates are given, however, in 1912 Rushbury moved to London.

Personal and Professional Connections

Apprenticed to Archibald John Davies
1912
See Goodwin and Townshend 'The Workers at the Bromsgrove Guild', in Watt 'The Bromsgrove Guild' (1999), p. 58; no dates are given, however, in 1912 Rushbury moved to London.

Assistant to Henry Albert Payne
1911 (Circa)
Duration of this employment not known

Nominator of Alfred Frank Hardiman
1 November 1927
For RA.

Nominator of E. Roland Bevan
26 April 1928
For RA; unsuccessful.

Nominator of (Arthur) Eric Rowton Gill
26 April 1928
For RA.

Nominator of Frank Owen Dobson
2 December 1933
For Associate of the Royal Academy [ARA].

Nominator of Leonard Jennings
20 November 1936
For Associate of the Royal Academy [ARA]; unsuccessful.

Nominator of Maurice Lambert
11 February 1936 - 29 April 1938
Two nominations for Associate of the Royal Academy [ARA], in 1936 and 1938.

Nominator of John Rattenbury Skeaping
11 February 1936 - March 1943
Two nominations for Associate of the Royal Academy [ARA], in 1936 and 1943.

Nominator of Ferdinand Victor Blundstone
January 1937
For RA; unsuccessful.

Nominator of (Joseph) Hermon Cawthra
January 1937
For RA; unsuccessful.

Nominator of (Arthur) Barney Seale
12 July 1938
For Associate of the Royal Academy [ARA]; unsuccessful.

Nominator of Loris Rey
1 May 1942 - February 1950
Two nominations for Associate of the Royal Academy [ARA], in 1942 and 1950, both unsuccessful.

Nominator of Edward Charles N. Folkard
March 1958 - March 1965
Two nominations for Associate of the Royal Academy [ARA], in 1958 and 1965, both unsuccessful.

Descriptions of Practice

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Artist' worker, relationship to head of household, Henry Albert Payne, 'Assistant'

Sources

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN15393 RG78PN934 RD327 SD6 ED4 SN54

Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1927-1938
1938
p.94, p.96, p.144, pp.149-150, p.203, pp.225-226, p.234, p.250.

Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, c.1939-c.1961
1961 (Circa)
p.86, p.149, p.232.

Royal Academy of Arts, Directory of Membership, from its Foundation in 1768 to 1995 including Honorary Members
1996
p.104.

The Bromsgrove Guild. An Illustrated History, 1999
1999
p. 58.