Frank Arnold Wright

Works

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Galatea

Night

Galatea

Locations

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Address 69 Waterford Road Fulham London SW | View on map
1903 (Circa) - 1913 (Circa)

Address 2 The Mall Park Hill Road London NW | View on map
1909 (Circa) - 1910 (Circa)

Address 8 Grove Road East Molesey | View on map
1930 (Circa) - 1935 (Circa)

Studio located at 6 Gainsborough Studios Bedford Park London W | View on map
1913 (Circa) - 1926 (Circa)

Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events

Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1905
'Galatea'

Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1910
Multiple works

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1903 - 1935
Exhibited 20 times, usually one work per year.

Exhibited at International Exhibition, Dublin, 1907
1907
British Sculpture, Gallery II: 'Night', p. 24 (173); 'Galatea', p. 28 (222). Both lent by the sculptor.

Exhibited at Palace of Arts Empire Exhibition Scotland, 1938
1938

Won prize Landseer Scholarships (Royal Academy of Arts), 1884-1950
1900

Institutional and Business Connections

Associate member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1923 - 1936 (Presumed)
Became fellow in 1938.

Fellow of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1936 (Presumed) - 1942 (Presumed)
Became honorary member in 1942.

Honorary member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1942 - 1961
Died in 1961.

Member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1906 - 1961
Died in 1961.

Studied at Royal Academy Schools
1898 (Presumed) - 1902 (Presumed)
Awarded a first prize silver medal for a model of a statue or group. See Royal Academy, 'Annual Report, 1898', (1899), p. 32. In 1900, he won a Landseer Scholarship for sculpture. See 'Annual Report, 1900', (1901) p. 31.

Personal and Professional Connections

Nominated by Thomas Brock
5 February 1906
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors.

Seconded by Stanley Nicholson Babb
5 February 1906
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors.

Descriptions of Practice

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Artist (Sculptor)' and a worker

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Sculptor (Artist)', a worker and working on own account

Sources

Annual Report from the Council of The Royal Academy to the General Assembly of Academicians for the Year 1898, 1899 Royal Academy Annual Reports
1899
p. 32.

Annual Report from the Council of The Royal Academy to the General Assembly of Academicians for the Year 1900, 1901 Royal Academy Annual Reports
1901
p. 31.

Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1905
1905
Cat. No. 565, pp. 52, 102

Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1910
1910
Cat. No. 401, pp. 35, 88

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
Class: RG13; Piece: 71; Folio: 10; Page: 11

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN6976 RG78PN345 RD128 SD6 ED25 SN231

International Exhibition, Dublin 1907, Fine Art Catalogue
1907
British Sculpture, Gallery II p. 24, no. 173:'Night'. p. 28, no. 222:'Galatea'. Both lent by the sculptor.

List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
2010
London Metropolitan Archives, Saint James, Bermondsey, Register of baptisms, P71/JS, Item 003

Palace of Arts Empire Exhibition Scotland 1938 The Fine Art Section of the Empire Exhibition
1938

Royal Academy Exhibitors 1905-70: A Dictionary of Artists and their Work in the Summer Exhibitions of the Royal Academy of Arts, Vol. VI SHERR-ZUL
1982
pp. 332-3

Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of the Council, with Accounts for the Year Ending 31 December 1938, to be Presented at the Thirty-Fifth Ordinary General Meeting, 1939
March 1939
p. 5.

Royal Society of British Sculptors. Minutes of Council Meetings No. 1, 1905-1913
19 May 1913
5 February 1906.

The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904. Vol. 8: Toft to Zwecker
1906
p. 363