Sidney Harold Meteyard
Born 1868
Died April 1947
Active: 1902 - 1947
Sculptor, stained glass artist, painter, enameller
Works
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Holy Water Stoup: Crucifixion
1920 (Presumed)
'Ecce Agnus Dei'
1920 (Presumed)
Locations
Address Shirley House Wake Green Road Birmingham | View on map
1920 (Presumed)
Died at Malt House Farm Cookhill near Alcester | View on map
April 1947
See 'Obituary', Birmingham Post', 7 April, 1947, in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 39, (August 1946-December 1947), pp. 139-140.
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Autumn Exhibition, 1920
Multiple works
Institutional and Business Connections
Elected professional associate member of Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1902 - 1908
First listed in the Society's exhibition catalogues as an Associate member in Spring 1902.
Elected professional member of Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1908 - 1947
First listed in the Society's exhibition catalogues as a full Member in Spring 1908. Last listed as a Member in Spring 1947. From Spring 1927 listed as R.B.S.A.
Honorary secretary of Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1935 - 1947
Fist listed as Honorary Secretary in the Society's exhibition catalogues in Spring 1935. Last listed in Spring 1947.
Studied at Birmingham Municipal School of Art, Central School
No dates are given. See 'Obituary', Birmingham Post', 7 April, 1947, in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 39, (August 1946-December 1947), pp. 139-140.
Teacher at Birmingham Municipal School of Art, Central School
Described as a teacher at the school for forty-five years; no dates are given. Chiefly taught design and drawing. See 'Obituary', Birmingham Post', 7 April, 1947, in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 39, (August 1946-December 1947), pp. 139-140.
Vice-president of Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1932 - 1934
First listed as Vice-President in the Society's exhibition catalogues in Spring 1932. Last listed in Autumn 1934.
Worked for Bromsgrove Guild
Meteyard worked on stained glass commissions for the Guild in Walter Gilbert's studios in Weaman Street, Birmingham. No specific dates are given, however, this was probably between c. 1913 and 1930. See Townshend 'The Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts', in Watt 'The Bromsgrove Guild', (1999), p. 35.
Personal and Professional Connections
Studied under Edward Samuel Harper
Studied under Harper at the Birmingham Central School of Art. No dates are given. See 'Obituary', Birmingham Post', 7 April, 1947, in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 39, (August 1946-December 1947), pp. 139-140.
Studied under James Valentine Jelley
Studied under Jelly at the Birmingham Central School of Art. No dates are given. See 'Obituary', Birmingham Post', 7 April, 1947, in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 39, (August 1946-December 1947), pp. 139-140.
Studied under Edward Richard Taylor
Studied under Taylor at the Birmingham Central School of Art. No dates are given. See 'Obituary', Birmingham Post', 7 April, 1947, in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 39, (August 1946-December 1947), pp. 139-140.
Sources
Birmingham Biography, Newspaper Cuttings, 1872-1966 Birmingham Biography
See 'Obituary', Birmingham Post', 7 April, 1947, in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 39, (August 1946-December 1947), pp. 139-140.
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists 1st Spring Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture, 1947
1947
p. 5.
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Autumn Exhibition, 1920
1920
p. 16.
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Autumn Exhibition, 1934
1934
p. 2.
Royal Society of Artists Birmingham. The Spring Exhibition, 1932
1932
p. 6.
The Bromsgrove Guild. An Illustrated History, 1999
1999
p. 35.
Citing this record
'Sidney Harold Meteyard', 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_1204192204, accessed 24 Mar 2023]