Frank Mowbray Taubman
Other names: Francis
Born 13 July 1868
Died 9 December 1946
Active: 1894 - 1938
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, medallist, painter
Born in London. He was the son of Robert Taubman (born c.1841 in Ballaugh, Isle of Man) a chemist, chemist's assistant and in 1901 a manufacturing chemist and employer. Taubman seems to have worked with his father up to c.1891, although was presumably also training in art at this date given he began exhibiting in 1894. Work by Taubmann was included in the 1910 Liverpool Exhibition, in contravention of the rules of the Royal Society of British Sculptors. He wrote to the society to explain that the work was included without his knowledge or consent [16 January 1911, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1]. Died in Worcester.
Wealth at death: £198 18s. 8d.
Probate date: 5 February 1947
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
New entries have been made each time a work was exhibited. Click here for more information.
Orpheus and Eurydice
1905 (Presumed)
The Young Night
1896 (Presumed)
Golfers
1896 (Presumed)
Blanche
1896 (Presumed)
Idyll
1896 (Presumed)
The Lark
1899 (Presumed)
'Having Fought the Good Fight'
1899 (Presumed)
Spring
1899 (Presumed)
Statuette in Silvered Bronze - 'Lilith'
1900
After much Tribulation
1900 (Circa)
Golfer
1900 (Circa)
A Little Child
1900 (Presumed)
Adam and Eve
1900 (Presumed)
Adam and Eve
1901
Joan of Arc
1901 (Presumed)
Lilith
1901 (Presumed)
£26 5s.
Paolo and Francesca
1902
Idyll
1902
The Captive
1902
Maternity
1902
Rescue
1902
The Mother
1902
Orpheus and Eurydice
1902 (Presumed)
The Dustman
1902 (Presumed)
Idyll
1903 (Presumed)
Paolo and Francesca
1903 (Presumed)
Blanche
1903 (Presumed)
Fairy Tales
1903 (Presumed)
Evening: The Old Charwoman
1904 (Presumed)
Evening: The Old Charwoman
1904 (Presumed)
The Butterfly
1904 (Presumed)
The Dustman
1904 (Presumed)
Orpheus and Eurydice
1905
The Condottieri
1905 (Presumed)
Canada
1907 (Presumed)
Bust
1909 (Presumed)
Locations
Address 123 Rue Potagere Brussels | View on map
1894 (Circa) - 1897 (Circa)
Address 66 Glebe Place Chelsea London | View on map
1899 (Circa) - 1907 (Circa)
Address 12 Eton Road Hampstead London | View on map
1901
Address 66 Marlborough Hill Wealdstone London | View on map
1909
Address 14 Provost Road Haverstock Hill London | View on map
1910 (Circa) - 1933 (Circa)
Address 283 Broadway Bexley Heath | View on map
1916 - 1917
Address Brookside Kemerton | View on map
1935 - 1946
Died whilst living at this address
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Second Exhibition of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1899
Multiple works
Exhibited at Third Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1901
'Wild Ass and Panther'
Exhibited at Fourth Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1904
'The Bard'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1900
'Statuette in Silvered Bronze - 'Lilith''
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1905
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Seventieth Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1896
'Idyll'
Exhibited at The Thirty-Fourth Spring Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1899
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Seventy-Fourth Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1900
'A Little Child'
Exhibited at The Seventy-Sixth Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1902
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Thirty-Ninth Spring Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1904
'The Dustman'
Exhibited at The Seventy-Eighth Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1904
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Fortieth Spring Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1905
'The Condottieri'
Exhibited at The Thirty-Eighth Spring Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1903
'Blanche'
Exhibited at The Seventy-Seventh Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1903
'Fairy Tales'
Exhibited at The Eighty-First Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1907-1908
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Eighty-Third Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1909-1910
'Bust '
Exhibited at The Thirty-Fifth Spring Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1900
Multiple works
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1899
Multiple works
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1900
'Joan of Arc'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1901
Multiple works
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1902
'Orpheus and Euridice'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1903
Multiple works
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1904
'Fairy Tales'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1905
'The Butterfly'
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirtieth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1900
'J. Coutts Michie, Esq.'
Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1900
'After much Tribulation'
Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1902
'Rescue'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1894 - 1938
Exhibited 31 times, usually showed one work, but sometimes two (included many medals and statuettes in bronze).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-eighth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1898
1898
Adam and Eve (cat. no. 1469, group, not for sale).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1899
1899
Dawn (cat. no. 1349, bronze bas-relief, not for sale); Joan of Arc (cat. no. 1417, coloured plaster, not for sale).
Exhibited at International Exhibition, Glasgow, 1901
1901
Exhibited at Exhibition of the Bristol Academy, Annual Spring Exhibition for the Promotion of the Fine Arts, The Fifty-Sixth, 1901
1901
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirty-first (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1901
1901
Orpheus and Eurydice (cat. no. 1554, group, not for sale); Night (cat. no. 1615, coloured plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1902
1902
Fairy Tales (cat. no. 1445, plaster statuette, not for sale).
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1905 - 1922
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 2 times: 1905 (1 work) and 1922 (3 works)
Exhibited at International Exhibition, Dublin, 1907
1907
British Sculpture, Gallery II:
'Adam and Eve', p. 28 (233). Lent by the sculptor.
Exhibited at The Seventy-Seventh Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1922
1922
Exhibited 4 Medallions in the Exhibition under Exhibit '826.'
They were priced at;
£5.5.0, £4.4.0, and 2 at £1.1.0
Institutional and Business Connections
Member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1905 - 1920
Amongst the second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2371
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Sculptor, Painter, Poet (late Chemist ap.s [sic])' working on own account
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
Frank Mowbray and his father, Robert, both 'Chemist's Assistant' worker
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Sculptor'
Sources
A Catalogue of the Pictures, Drawings, Prints and Sculptures at the Second Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers 1899
1899
p.12, p.37, p.51.
Aberdeen Artists' Society. Eleventh Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1902
October 1902
p. 48
Aberdeen Artists' Society. Tenth Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1900
October 1900
p. 50
Ard Scoil Naisiunta Na h-Ealadhan [National College of Art, Dublin], Tuarascbhail an Stiurthora - Seisiun 1943-1944 [Director's Report for the Session 1943-1944] Headmaster's Annual Reports
p. 28 (233): 'Adam and Eve', British Sculpture, Gallery II, lent by the sculptor.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirtieth, 1900 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1900
Cat. No. 1448, p. 40
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-eighth, 1898 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1898
pp. 45-48.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth, 1899 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1899
pp. 48-52.
Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second, 1902 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1902
pp. 42-47.
Catalogue for the Seventy-Seventh Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1922
1922
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1899
1899
Cat. Nos. 262, 567, pp. 30, 54, 85
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1900
1900
Cat. No. 560, pp. 52, 86
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1901
1901
Cat. nos. 378, 427, pp. 36, 41, 66
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1902
1902
Cat. No. 382, pp. 37, 71
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1903
1903
Cat. No. 540, pp. 55, 84
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1904
1904
Cat. No. 679, pp. 66, 106
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1905
1905
Cat. No. 547, pp. 50, 100
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 209; Folio: 59; Page: 4; GSU roll: 6095319
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
Class: RG13; Piece: 122; Folio: 162; Page: 38
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
Reference RG14PN613 RG78PN22 RD8 SD1 ED23 SN167
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Frank Mowbray Taubman
Probate Date: 5 Feb 1947
Death Date: 9 Dec 1946
Death Place: Worcestershire, England
Registry: Gloucestershire, England
International Exhibition Glasgow, 1901,
Official Catalogue of the Fine Art Section
1901
International Exhibition, Dublin 1907, Fine Art Catalogue
1907
British Sculpture, Gallery II
p. 28, no. 233:'Adam and Eve'.
Lent by the Sculptor.
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
2 March 1905.
London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
2010
London Metropolitan Archives, Tollington Park St Mark, Register of Baptism, p83/mrk, Item 002
Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2371
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Thirty-Fourth Spring Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street, 1899
1899
pp. 63-64.
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Seventy-Sixth Annual Exhibition, 1905 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1905
p. 32 (434, 435)
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Minutes of Council Meetings No. 1, 1905-1913
19 May 1913
2 March 1905; 16 January 1911.
Citing this record
'Frank Mowbray Taubman', 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=msib4_1202832662, accessed 21 Mar 2023]
