Arthur Stanley Young

Locations

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Address 30 Trafalgar Square Chelsea London | View on map
1891 (Circa) - 1912 (Circa)

Address Nelson House Trafalgar Square London | View on map
1898 - 1900
This may be the same address as his father's home at 30 Trafalgar Square

Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1898 - 1912
Exhibited 6 times, eight works (a figure group, a memorial, a decorative relief, model for a finial ('Mercury') and medals)

Won prize Landseer Scholarships (Royal Academy of Arts), 1884-1950
1899

Institutional and Business Connections

Associate member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1923 - 1927
Resigned in 1927, only to rejoin as fellow in 1952.

Fellow of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1952 - 1963

Member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1906 - 1968
Resigned in 1927; rejoined as associate in 1952. Retired in 1968.

Studied at Royal Academy Schools
1899 (Presumed)
Young was awarded a Landseer Scholarship for sculpture in 1899. See Royal Academy, 'Annual Report, 1899', (1900), p. 37.

Personal and Professional Connections

Daughter/son/child of (Richard) Henry Young

May be connected to A. Young
Very probably the same person since Arthur's father ran an important art bronze foundry

Nominated by William Hamo Thornycroft
4 December 1905
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors.

Seconded by Frank Lynn Jenkins
4 December 1905
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors.

Descriptions of Practice

Listed as medallist 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 VI, 1916 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Listed as a contemporary sculptor and medallist living in London. Exhibited medals at the Royal Academy Exhibition, London, in 1905, 1911 and 1912. See Forrer, vol. 6, (1916), p. 706.

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Student SK Museum', his father Henry 'Engineer & Founder Em[ployer]'

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Sculptor' [name given as Stanley Young]

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Sculptor' working on own account

Sources

Annual Report from the Council of The Royal Academy to the General Assembly of Academicians for the Year 1899, 1900 Royal Academy Annual Reports
1900
p. 37.

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 VI, 1916 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
1916
p. 706.

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
RG12 piece 59 folio 29 page 53

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
RG13 piece 72 folio 11 page 13

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN378 RG78PN12 RD4 SD1 ED5 SN594

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Arthur Stanley Young Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1876 Registration district: Chelsea Inferred County: Greater London, London, Middlesex Volume: 1a Page: 296

List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008

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
p. 345

Royal Society of British Sculptors. Minutes of Council Meetings No. 1, 1905-1913
19 May 1913
4 December 1905.

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. 405