Albert Pountney
Born 19 August 1915
Died August 1992
Active: 1938 - 1950
Sculptor, potter
Born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. Died in Leicester. Studied at Wolverhampton School of Art from 1931-5 under R.J. Emerson, and then at the Royal College of Art from 1935-8. He was Rome Scholar in Sculpture at the British School at Rome 1938-9. Albert taught at Hull College of Art (Head of Sculpture) 1945-7, followed by Leicester School of Art until 1963 and lastly at Leicester Polytechnic (Head of the School of Fine Art) 1963-1978 when he retired.
This record includes information submitted by Susan Tebby.
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Royal College of Art Exhibition, 1938
15 July 1938 - 30 July 1938
Exhibited an untitled work under the 'Sculpture Schools' section.
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, 1861-1951
1947
Exhibited once, one work
Won prize The British School at Rome Scholarship in Sculpture
1938
Institutional and Business Connections
Associate member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1947
Elected ARBSA Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1946 (Presumed) - 1950
First listed in the Society's exhibition catalogues as an Associate in Autumn 1946 [no listings for Associates from Autumn 1940 to Spring 1946]. Still listed as an Associate in Autumn 1950.
Studied at Wolverhampton Municipal School of Art and Crafts
1931 - 1935
Studied at the school under R. J. Emerson (who was appointed Second Master in 1910). Pountney was also awarded the Prix de Rome scholarship while he was studying under Emerson. (See Flynn (1984), p. 6).
Studied at Royal College of Art (including National Art Training School)
1935 - 15 July 1938
Listed as a graduate from the 'School of Sculpture' in the College's 1938 'Distribution of Diplomas' list.
Personal and Professional Connections
Studied under Robert Jackson Emerson
1931 - 1935
Pountney contributed the introduction to Flynn, 'R. J. Emerson' (1984), p. 4
Publications
Contributed to R. J. Emerson FRBS RBSA (1878-1944), 1984
Author of the 'Introduction' to the catalogue, p. 4
Sources
R. J. Emerson FRBS RBSA (1878-1944), 1984
1984
p. 6.
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. 5.
Royal College of Art Exhibition, 1938
1938
p. 11.
Royal College of Art, Distribution of Diplomas on Friday 15 July 1938
15 July 1938
p. 1.
Citing this record
'Albert Pountney', 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_1211374504, accessed 26 Mar 2023]
