W. R. Gordon RUA
Active: 1896 - 1951
Country of birth and death: Northern Ireland
Sculptor
Works
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Portrait Bust (Modelled)
1899 (Presumed)
Study in Relief
1900 (Presumed)
Portrait of General White
1900 (Presumed)
Lilium Auratum
1951
Sweet Pea
1951
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Exhibition of The Royal Ulster Academy of Arts, 1951
Exhibited at The Belfast Art Society Annual Exhibition, 1900
1900
Exhibited at The Belfast Art Society Annual Exhibition, 1899
1899
Exhibited at Loan Exhibition of Irish Portraits by Ulster Artists (Ulster Museum), 1927
Institutional and Business Connections
Honorary secretary of Ulster Arts Club
1902 - 1904
Member of The Ulster Unit
1933 - 1934
Member of committee at Ulster Museum
1927 - 1929
Member of Libraries, Museums and Art Committee
President of Ulster Arts Club
1914 - 1915
Received prize from Royal College of Art (including National Art Training School)
1897
Awarded for 'Sets of Works'
Received scholarship from Belfast School of Art
1898 - 1900
Free Studentship
Student at Belfast School of Art
1895 (Circa) - 1900 (Presumed)
Teacher at Belfast School of Art
1896 - 1899
Student teacher
Sources
A History of The Ulster Arts Club, 1971
1971
Belfast Government School of Art Prospectus and Prize Scheme for Session 1899-1900, 1899
1899
p. 3
Belfast Government School of Art Report of The Board of Managers for The Year 1896, 1897
1897
p. 7
Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of Irish Portraits by Ulster Artists 1927
1927
Catalogue of The Belfast Art Society Annual Exhibition, Belfast Public Library, 1899
1899
p. 16, 20
Catalogue of The Belfast Art Society Annual Exhibition, Belfast Public Library, 1900
1900
p. 11, 25
Citing this record
'W. R. Gordon RUA', 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_1256902969, accessed 26 Sep 2023]
