Robert May
Active: 1877 - 1911
Country of birth and death: Northern Ireland
Wood carver
Works
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Sketch Model for a Medallion
1892
Door Panel, Flemish
1893
Panel, Italian
1893
Panel, Italian
1893
Designed Specimens of Terra Cotta & Carved Brick
1899
Locations
Address 40 Lothair Avenue Belfast | View on map
1893 (Presumed)
Address 137 Elgin Terrace Limestone Road Belfast | View on map
1900
Ran a business at 131 Donegall Street Belfast | View on map
1900 - 1911
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Belfast Art Society Annual Exhibition, 1893
1893
Exhibited at The Belfast Art Society Annual Exhibition, 1892
1892
Exhibited at The Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland Second Exhibition, 1899
1899
Lectured on Woodcarving (Royal Ulster Academy), 1901
1901
Institutional and Business Connections
Committee member of Ulster Arts Club
1902 - 1904
Committee member of The Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland
1910 (Presumed)
Ulster Committee.
Received prize from Belfast School of Art
1877
10s.
2nd prize awarded for Modelling - Copy from the Cast, or Original Design
Student at Belfast School of Art
1877
Personal and Professional Connections
Worked with A. Prenters
1899
Designed specimens of terra cotta & carved brick for Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland Exhibition 1899.
Worked with John May
1899
Designed specimens of terra cotta & carved brick for Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland Exhibition 1899.
Descriptions of Practice
Listed in The Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory, 1911
Carvers in Wood
Listed in The Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory, 1900
Carvers (Wood)
Sources
A History of The Ulster Arts Club, 1971
1971
Catalogue of The Belfast Art Society Annual Exhibition, Belfast Public Library, 1892
1892
p. 20
Catalogue of The Belfast Art Society Annual Exhibition, Belfast Public Library, 1893
1893
p. 27, 33
The Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland Catalogue of the Fourth Exhibition, 1910
1910
The Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland Catalogue of the Second Exhibition, 1899
1899
The Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory, 1900
1900
p. 1076
The Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory, 1911
1911
p. 1271
The Irish Builder, 1912 formerly The Dublin Builder
22 June 1912
The Royal Ulster Academy of Arts
1981 (Circa)
Citing this record
'Robert May', 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_1258108032, accessed 02 Apr 2023]