Wilfrid Edgar Dudeney
Born 30 September 1911
Died 1996
Active: 1932 - 1996
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, assistant professor of sculpture
Born in Leicester. He was the son of Leonard Dudeney, a journalist. Wilfred was educated at St Paul's School and won a British Institution Scholarship to study sculpture at the Central School of Art (c.1932-4). His tutor was the sculptor with Alfred Turner. Dudeney taught sculpture in a number of art colleges including the National College of Art in Dublin (1938-9) and Isleworth Polytechnic. During the Second World War he served as a junior officer in the Royal Artillery (Dudeney received his commission as a 2nd Lieutenant on 10 April 1942). He was a member of the New English Art Club and the Royal Society of British Sculptors of which he was president between 1971-75. Dudeney's known commissions include a relief panel with a figure of 'Youth' (1955) and a 'Group of Newspapermen' (1956-8) both for Pemberton House, New Street Square (fronting onto East Harding Street), London both in collaboration with the architects R. Seifert and Partners. He died in the Blackpool and Fylde area.
Locations
Address 4 St Peter's Villas Hammersmith London W6 | View on map
1947 (Circa) - 1952 (Circa)
Studio located at 1 Harley Studios Priory Grove London | View on map
1933 (Circa)
Studio located at The Studio, Moor Farm Stanwell Moor Staines | View on map
1937 (Circa) - 1938 (Circa)
Studio located at The Studio, 8A Gunter Grove Fulham Road London | View on map
1951 (Circa)
Presume Dudeney was occupying the studio at 8A Gunter Grove, but this is not certain (based on Royal Academy exhibitors)
Studio located at Park Studio Putney Park Lane London SW15 | View on map
1954 (Circa) - 1957 (Circa)
After this date at Woodroffe House, Chiswick Mall, W4 (c.1963)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1933 - 1963
Exhibited 10 times, eleven works in all (chiefly portrait heads, in various media including bronze, plaster and stone)
Institutional and Business Connections
Assistant teacher of sculpture at National College of Art
11 April 1938 - 25 September 1939
As outlined in Director's Annual Report of the National College of Art (formerly Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin), for the session 1937-1938, p. 4. He took up his post on 11th April 1938.
Appointment renewed for session 1938-39, as per letter to Dudeney from Dept., NCAD Reports and Minutes Folder, file 27.
Handwritten note in same file above, stating that Dudeney had called to the college on 25th Sept. 1939 and stated that he was returning to England on 26th Sept. 1939. A letter received from him prior to his departure in which he requested leave of absence during the war. His modelling tools were handed by him to Registrar to be kept for him until later.
Competition for the part-time post of Assistant to the professor of Sculpture in the National College of Art.
Conditions of Service:
Contract states that the appointment is temporary and non-pensionable. 3 mths notice by either side. Post is part-time and subject to the direction of the Prof. of Sculpture, and '...give no less than 20 hrs instruction weekly, throughout the school session. Also 'to act as demonstrator in modelling, casting and carving, and will include day and evening attendance as may be required'.
Post offered at salary as follows:
Man 200-0-0 per annum inclusive.
Woman 160-0-0 per annum inclusive.
At the foot of this typescript copy, is notated by hand in black ink :' Mr. Wilfred Edgar Dudeney took up duty on 11th April 1938'.
Associate member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
28 March 1939
Associate Member.
Fellow of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1952 - 1996
President of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1971 - 1975
Student at Central School of Arts and Crafts
1932 (Circa) - 1934 (Circa)
Dudeney studied under Alfred Turner. On 5 November 1932 it was announced that he had received a two-year British Institution Scholarship to support his studies at the Central School (£75 per annum for two years)
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominated by Charles Thomas Wheeler
1939 (Presumed)
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors
Nominated by Alfred Turner
1939 (Presumed)
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors (Turner taught Dudeney at the Central School of Arts and Crafts)
Sources
British Phone Books, 1885-1984
2007
Name: Wilfred Dudeney Address: 4 St Peters Via W.6 Exchange: Riverside Volume: London Surnames A - D Year: 1947 London page number: 882
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: Wilfred Edgar Dudeney
Birth Date: 30 Sep 1911
Date of Registration: Jan 1996
Age at Death: 84
Registration district: Blackpool and Fylde
Inferred County: Lancashire
Register number: A40C
District and Subdistrict: 5811A
Entry number: 139
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Wilfred E Dudeney
Mother's Maiden Name: Higginson
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1911
Registration district: Leicester
Inferred County: Leicestershire
Volume: 7a
Page: 409
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
National College of Art, Dublin. Director's Report for the Session 1937-1938 Director's Annual Reports
As outlined in Director's Annual Report of the National College of Art (formerly Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin), for the session 1937-1938, p. 4.
Public Sculpture of the City of London Public Sculpture of Britain Volume Five
2003
pp. xviii, 290-1 and 459
The London Gazette
Issue 35540, 24 April 1942, pp. 1853-4
The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985
2008
The Times (London, England), Saturday, Nov 05, 1932; pg. 1; Issue 46283 AND The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Apr 25, 1939; pg. 14; Issue 48288
Citing this record
'Wilfrid Edgar Dudeney', 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_1216821491, accessed 30 May 2023]
