Alfred Watson
Born 16 July 1875
Active: 1896 - 1922
Medallist, sculptor, teacher of modelling
Born in Liverpool, Lancashire.
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
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Medallion
1899 (Presumed)
Head of a Child
1908 (Presumed)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Thirty-Fourth Spring Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1899
'Medallion'
Exhibited at The Forty-Third Spring Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1908
'Head of a Child'
Exhibited at Birmingham Municipal School of Art, Exhibition of Students' Work, 1896
1896
Institutional and Business Connections
Student at Birmingham Municipal School of Art, Central School
1896
Teacher of modeling at Vittoria Street School for Jewellers and Silversmiths
1902 - 1922
Teacher of modeling at Birmingham Municipal School of Art, Central School
1903 - 1904
Teacher of the 'Morning Class'.
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin, Gem, and Seal-Engravers, Mint Masters, &c., Ancient and Modern with References to their Works, B.C. 500 - A.D. 1900, Volume VI, 1916 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Listed as 'A. Watson' who was a 'contemporary sculptor, by whom there are also some medals', including one reproduced in 'The Studio', XXV, p. 200. See Forrer, vol. 6, (1916), p. 391.
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Art Master (school)'
Sources
Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin, Gem, and Seal-Engravers, Mint Masters, &c., Ancient and Modern with References to their Works, B.C. 500 - A.D. 1900, Volume VI, 1916 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
1916
p. 391. Listed as 'A. Watson', presume this is Alfred Watson
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 2891 folio 193 page 32
City of Birmingham Education Committee School of Art Staff Book
1921 (Circa)
p. 121.
Citing this record
'Alfred Watson', 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_1202913367, accessed 05 Jun 2023]
