Auguste Willms
Born 1828 (Circa)
Active: 1848 - 1899
Country of birth and death: France
Sculptor
Born in France. He had a son, Arnold Willms, born in Birmingham c.1859, who was a painter.
Institutional and Business Connections
Employee of Elkington & Co.
To design electrotype versions of Greek, Roman, Renaissance and 18th century pieces (see Grove, 2006)
Professor of sculpture at Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1890 - 1893
Last listed as Professor of Sculpture in Spring 1893.
Personal and Professional Connections
Related to Charles Willms
Presume this relationship because of unusual name, however have not been able to trace connection in census records
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors White's Directory of Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Walsall etc., 1869 White's Directory; Birmingham Trades
1869
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
'Artist (Sculptor)'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Artist Fine Art Director' overwritten 'Sculp' and his son, Arnold an 'Artist Painter' overwritten 'Sculp'
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
Class: RG10; Piece: 3100; Folio: 16; Page: 31; GSU roll: 839571
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 2360; Folio 29; Page 4; GSU roll: 6097470
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, New Street. The Twenty-Eight Spring Exhibition, 1893
1893
p. 3.
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, New Street. The Twenty-Fifth Spring Exhibition, 1890
1890
p. 3.
The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts, vol. 1, Aalto to Kyoto pottery
2006 (Circa)
p. 348
White's Directory of Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Walsall etc., 1869 White's Directory; Birmingham Trades
1869
p. 631.
Citing this record
'Auguste Willms', 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_1209462148, accessed 04 Jun 2023]
