Frederick James Halnon
Born 8 March 1881
Died 12 March 1958
Active: 1906 - 1931
Country of birth and death: Great Britain
Sculptor, teacher of modelling
Studied at Goldsmiths’ Institute from the age of 11, Modelling Master, University of London (Goldsmith’s College).
Works
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Isabella
1919
The Spirit of Renaissance
1920 (Presumed)
£27 10s.
Peace
1923
Mother and Child
1923
Spring
1923
Head of a girl
1931
Locations
Address 42 Mornington Road New Cross London SE | View on map
1906 (Presumed)
Address 1 Arran Road Catford London | View on map
1919 - 1931
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Fifty-Eighth Annual Exhibition, 1919
'Isabella'
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Sixty-Second Annual Exhibition, 1923
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Seventieth Annual Exhibition, 1931
'Head of a girl'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1904
Exhibited 1 work in 1904.
Exhibited at The Seventy-Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1920
1920
Institutional and Business Connections
Associate member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1923 - 1938
Became fellow in 1938.
Fellow of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1938 - 1944
Resigned due to sickness in 1944.
Member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1906 - 1944
Resigned due to sickness in 1944.
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominated by (Edward) Alfred Briscoe Drury
5 February 1906
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors.
Pupil of (Edward) Alfred Briscoe Drury
Seconded by Francis Derwent Wood
5 February 1906
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors.
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin, Gem, and Seal-Engravers, Mint Masters, &c., Ancient and Modern with References to their Works, B.C. 500 - A.D. 1900, Volume VII, 1923 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Listed as a contemporary sculptor. Forrer notes that the artist exhibited a portrait plaque of Sir Frederick Leighton at the Royal Academy, London, in 1906. See vol. 7, (1923), p. 412.
Sources
Catalogue for the Seventy-Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1920
1920
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Minutes of Council Meetings No. 1, 1905-1913
19 May 1913
5 February 1906.
Citing this record
'Frederick James Halnon', 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_1219944165, accessed 31 Jan 2023]