A. Michael Fletcher ARCA (from 1932)
Active: 1923 - 1951
Teacher
Institutional and Business Connections
Assistant principal of Birmingham Municipal School of Art, Central School
1931 - 1951
Described as the Second Master.
Elected professional associate member of Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1925 - 1931
First listed in the Society's exhibition catalogues as an Associate member in Spring 1925.
From Spring 1927 listed as A.R.B.S.A.
Elected RBSA Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1931 - 1950
First listed in the Society's exhibition catalogues as a full Member in Spring 1931. Still listed as a Member in Autumn 1950.
Member of Birmingham Art Circle
December 1923 - October 1933
Nominated and then elected in 1923.
Member of council Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1948 - 1950
Listed in the Society's catalogues as a 'Council Member' in Spring 1948; this was the first time that 'Council Members'listings had appeared in the exhibition catalogues. Listed as a Council Member in Autumn 1950.
Teacher at Birmingham Municipal School of Art, Central School
1922 - 1931
The 'Birmingham Art School', Birmingham Gazette, 29 April, 1931, in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 18, (February-December 1931), pp. 96-97, notes that Fletcher joined the staff of the school in 1922 before he became head master in 1931.
Vice-president of Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1946 (Presumed) - 1949
First listed in the Society's exhibition catalogues as Vice-President in Autumn 1946 [no listings for Vice-Presidents from Autumn 1940 to Spring 1946]. Last listed as Vice-President in Spring 1949.
Sources
Birmingham Biography, Newspaper Cuttings, 1872-1966 Birmingham Biography
See 'Birmingham Art School', Birmingham Gazette, 29 April, 1931, in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 18, (February-December 1931), pp. 96-97.
Birmingham College of Arts and Crafts Prospectus 1949-50 College of Art and Branch Schools
1949
College of Arts and Crafts Birmingham. Prospectus 1950-51 College of Art and Branch Schools
1950
Minutes of meeting held at the Royal Society of Artists, 7 October 1933 Birmingham Art Circle
1933
p. 1.
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Autumn Exhibition, 1950
1950
p. 6.
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Autumn Exhibition, 1946 Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1946
p. 2.
Royal Society of Artists Birmingham Spring Exhibition, 1925
1925
p. 5.
Royal Society of Artists Birmingham. The Spring Exhibition, 1931
1931
p. 6.
Citing this record
'A. Michael Fletcher ARCA (from 1932)', 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_1207140379, accessed 19 May 2022]