Mrs Lilla Vanston
Born 16 May 1870
Died 23 March 1959
Active: 1903 - 1921
Country of birth and death: Ireland
Sculptor
Works
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Vanity
1903
T. O' Neill Russell, Esq.
1904
Medallion in Plaster and Silver
1904 (Presumed)
Medallion in Plaster
1904 (Presumed)
Portrait of John B. Vanston
1905
Portrait of M. Alfons de Parezewski
1905
Girl Resting - Portrait Sketch
1908
The Lament of Banba
1910 (Presumed)
Portrait Sketch - Statuette, Plaster
1911
Lord Ashbourne
1920
Young Girl with a Shell - Statuette, Plaster
1920
Miss Elizabeth Young
1921 (Presumed)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Tenth Annual Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1910
'The Lament of Banba'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1903
'Vanity'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1904
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1905
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1908
'Girl Resting - Portrait Sketch'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1911
'Portrait Sketch - Statuette, Plaster'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1920
'Young Girl with a Shell - Statuette, Plaster'
Exhibited at The Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland Third Exhibition, 1904
1904
Exhibited at The Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland Fourth Exhibition, 1910
1910
Exhibited at International Exhibition, Dublin, 1907
1907
Irish Fine Art Section:
Pictures, Drawings, Engravings and Sculpture, by Irish Artists;
Sculpture [located in] Gallery V.
p. 118, no. 487:'Medallion Portrait of Mons. A. Parezewski, member of the Duma, 1906. Silver.
Lent by the artist. *The number '5' annotated alongside in black ink - perhaps denoting that this object was subsequently sold for 5-0-0.
***Note: Vanston exhibited a 'portrait' of the same sitter in 1905 at the RHA exhibition, perhaps it was the same object.
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1921
1921
Sources
International Exhibition, Dublin 1907, Fine Art Catalogue
1907
Irish Fine Art Section:
Pictures, Drawings, Engravings and Sculpture, by Irish Artists;
Sculpture [located in] Gallery V.
p. 118, no. 487:'Medallion Portrait of Mons. A. Parezewski, member of the Douma, 1906. Silver.
Lent by the artist. *The number '5' annotated alongside in black ink - perhaps denoting that this object was subsequently sold for 5-0-0.
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Ninety-First Exhibition, 1920 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1920
p. 28 (342, 344)
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Ninety-Second Exhibition, 1921
1921
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Seventy-Fifth Annual Exhibition, 1904 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogue
1904
p. 26, no. 337.
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Seventy-Fourth Annual Exhibition, 1903 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogue
1903
p. 24 (284)
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Seventy-Sixth Annual Exhibition, 1905 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1905
p. 31 (417, 420)
The Arts and Crafts Movements in Dublin & Edinburgh 1885-1925, 1998
1998
p. 151
The Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland Catalogue of the Fourth Exhibition, 1910
1910
The Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland Catalogue of The Third Exhibition, 1904
1904
Citing this record
'Mrs Lilla Vanston', 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=msib3_1205252923, accessed 05 Jun 2023]
