Gerald Leslie Brockhurst RA
Born 31 October 1890
Died 4 May 1978
Active: 1903 - 1937
Country of birth and death: England
Painter, etcher
Born in Birmingham, West Midlands
Institutional and Business Connections
Adjudicated on a panel at British Artists' Exhibitions
Elected ARA Royal Academy of Arts
26 April 1928 - 16 November 1937
Elected RA in 1937.
Elected RA Royal Academy of Arts
16 November 1937 - 12 June 1957
Retired in 1957.
Studied at Birmingham Municipal School of Art, Central School
1903 (Circa) - 1908 (Circa)
See 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 9, (1914-1916), p. 5. The artist is described as a former student of the Birmingham School of Art, who 'has gained the Royal Academy's gold medal and travelling scholaship of £200, tenable for a year for study abroad, with his historical paintings'.
See also an article entitled 'Art and Industry. Retirement of Mr. Catterson-Smith' in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 10, (1917-1922), pp. 169-170, in which the artist is described as a pupil of Birmingham School of Art from 'just before Mr Catterson-Smith's arrival' (in 1903) for five years. Subsequently he studied at the Royal Academy.
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominator of Leonard Jennings
20 November 1936
For Associate of the Royal Academy [ARA]; unsuccessful.
Descriptions of Practice
Listed in Birmingham Biography, Newspaper Cuttings, 1872-1966 Birmingham Biography
See 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 9, (1914-1916), p. 5. The artist appears in a newspaper cutting entitled 'Birmingham Art Student's Success', from the Birmingham Mail, 11 December, 1913. The artist is described as a former student of the Birmingham School of Art, who 'has gained the Royal Academy's gold medal and travelling scholaship of £200, tenable for a year for study abroad, with his historical paintings'.
See also an article entitled 'Art and Industry. Retirement of Mr. Catterson-Smith' in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 10, (1917-1922), pp. 169-170, in which the artist is described as a pupil of the Birmingham School of Art from 'just before Mr Catterson-Smith's arrival' (in 1903) for five years. Subsequently he studied at the Royal Academy.
Sources
Birmingham Biography, Newspaper Cuttings, 1872-1966 Birmingham Biography
See 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 9, (1914-1916), p. 5, and vol. 10. (1917-1922), pp. 169-170.
Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Work of Living British Artists
1927
p. 2
Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1927-1938
1938
p.234.
Royal Academy of Arts, Directory of Membership, from its Foundation in 1768 to 1995 including Honorary Members
1996
pp.14-15.
Citing this record
'Gerald Leslie Brockhurst 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_1217331410, accessed 04 Jun 2023]
