Arthur Charles White
Born 1874 (Circa)
Active: 1899 - 1924
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, medallist
Born in Hornsey, London. He was the son of Daniel White (born c.1840 in Marylebone, London) an artist, chaser and brother of Percey Alfred (born c. in Hornsey c.1877) also an artist, chaser.
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
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Helena
1906 (Presumed)
Locations
Address 8 Percy Street London England | View on map
1898 (Circa)
Address 44 Navarino Road Hackney London England | View on map
1899 (Circa)
Address 93 Clifton Hill St. John's Wood London England | View on map
1900 (Circa) - 1911 (Circa)
Address 30 Kemplay Road Hampstead London NW England | View on map
1918 (Circa)
Address 39 Denning Road Hampstead London NW4 England | View on map
1920 (Circa)
Address 1 Leaside Crescent Golder's Green London NW England | View on map
1924 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Eightieth Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1906-1907
'Helena'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1903
'The Witch of Atlas'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1898 - 1924
Exhibited 16 times, 24 works in all (busts, statuettes, reliefs and medallions, given materials and techniques include bronze, silver and enamel)
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1899
1899
Portrait (cat. no. 1371, plaster bust, not for sale); Miss Ross (cat. no. 1413, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1902
1902
Isabella (cat. no. 1418, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1902
1902
The Witch of Atlas (cat. no. 1497, plaster head, not for sale).
Exhibited at International Exhibition, Dublin, 1907
1907
British Sculpture, Gallery II:
'Naiade' (life-size figure), p. 26 (192); 'Helena' (bust), p. 27 (216). Both lent by the sculptor.
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1911
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 1 time: 1911 (1 work)
Institutional and Business Connections
Studied at Royal Academy Schools
1899 (Presumed) - 1903 (Presumed)
An Arthur Charles White is listed as the recipient of a first prize of £30, for a model of a design in 1899. See Royal Academy, 'Annual Report, 1899', (1900), p. 36. In 1903, he was awarded a gold medal and travelling studentship of £200, for a composition in sculpture. See Royal Academy, 'Annual Report, 1903', (1904), p. 34.
Descriptions of Practice
Listed as medallist 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 contemporary modeller and sculptor living in London. Forrer notes that he exhibited a design for a medallion that was displayed at the Royal Academy in 1912. See vol. 6, (1916), p. 461.
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Artist Sculptor' working on own account at home as were his father and brother who were both 'Artist Chaser'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Artist (Picture painter)' [overwritten] 'Sculp' working on own account at home. The same information is given for his father and brother
Sources
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 of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1903
1903
Cat. No. 538, pp. 54, 85
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 119 folio 100 page 16
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN589 RG78PN21 RD7 SD4 ED12 SN65
International Exhibition, Dublin 1907, Fine Art Catalogue
1907
British Sculpture, Gallery II:
p. 26, no. 192:'Naiade'.
Life-size Figure.
p. 27, no. 216:'Helena'. Bust.
Both lent by the Sculptor.
Citing this record
'Arthur Charles White', 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_1203593054, accessed 23 Sep 2023]