Charles West McKechnie
Born 1861 (Circa)
Active: 1888 - 1903
Teacher of modelling, sculptor, artist
Born in Scotland.
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Birmingham Municipal School of Art, Exhibition of Students' Work, 1896
1896
Institutional and Business Connections
Member of Birmingham Art Circle
November 1896 - October 1901
First listed as a member in 1896 (nb. there are no catalogues between 1893 amd 1895 - McKechnie is not listed in 1893). Mckechnie is last lised as a member in the exhibition catalogues in October 1901.
Student at Birmingham Municipal School of Art, Central School
1888 - 1896
Teacher of modeling at Vittoria Street Branch School of the Birmingham Municipal School of Art
1890 - 1901
Teacher of modeling at Vittoria Street School for Jewellers and Silversmiths
1901 - 1903
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Artist sculptor'
Sources
Annual Report, presented Dec. 29th, 1902 Birmingham Art Circle
29 December 1902
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
Class: RG13; Piece: 2923; Folio: 60; Page: 8
The Art Circle, Birmingham, 1899, Annual Report Birmingham Art Circle
1899
The Twenty-Seventh Exhibition of Oil and Water-Colour Paintings, held at The Graves' Gallery, 44 Cherry Street, November 1896 Birmingham Art Circle Exhibition Catalogues
November 1896
Unpaged.
Citing this record
'Charles West McKechnie', 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_1205936652, accessed 28 Sep 2023]