Ernest William Light
Born 1872 (Circa)
Active: 1900 - 1932
Modeller, teacher
Born in Southampton, Hampshire in the summer of 1872. He was the Modelling Instructor at Hanley Art School (1907); Headmaster of Hanley Art School (1920); Master of Stoke Art School (1920-32) [see Haggar (1953), p. 44]. An undated report entitled 'Burslem School of Art' describes him as head of the School of Sculpture of the amalgamated School of Burslem Art School.
Works
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Design for Tile Decoration of Bathroom
Frieze Decoration for Hotel or Dining Room
The Sleeping Beauty
1926 (Presumed)
The Matron's Glance
1926 (Presumed)
Locations
Address 150 High Street Winchester | View on map
1891 (Circa)
Address 18 Ebberston Terrace Hyde Park Leeds | View on map
1901 (Circa) - 1904 (Circa)
Address 36 Jervis Street Hanley Stoke-on-Trent | View on map
1911 (Circa)
Address Stoke-on-Trent | View on map
1926 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, Arts & Crafts Exhibition, 1900
'Fire Screen and Frame'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1903
'Venus, Psyche and Cupid'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1904
Multiple works
Exhibited at Art Exhibitions of the Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales. Competitive Exhibits at the Patti Pavilion, 1926
26 July 1926 - 12 August 1926
Exhibited in Competiton No. 21.
Awarded 2 small monetary amounts, £10.10.0 and £3.3.0
Institutional and Business Connections
Assistant principal of Hanley School of Art
1908 - 1909
Listed in the 1908-1909 Prospectus as Assistant Master.
Teacher of modeling at Leeds College of Art
1901 (Circa)
Possibly also a student at the college
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Teacher at the Government School of Art'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Teacher of modelling in clay (School)'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Assistant Art Master' employer's business 'Municipal (Hanley)'
Sources
A Century of Art Education in the Potteries. With notes on the Artists, 1953 Local Studies
1953 (Circa)
p. 44.
Catalogue of the Arts & Crafts Exhibition 1900
1900
Cat. No. 4, p. 59
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1903
1903
Cat Nos. 358, 367, pp. 38, 39, 77
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1904
1904
Cat. Nos. 423, 424, 427, pp. 43, 99
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 937; Folio 58; Page 27; GSU roll: 6096047.
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
Class: RG13; Piece: 4245; Folio: 139; Page: 29
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN16523 RG78PN1022 RD361 SD1 ED13 SN164
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Ernest William Light
Year of Registration: 1872
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: South Stoneham
County: Hampshire
Volume: 2c
Page: 60
The Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales. Catalogue of the Competitive Art Exhibition 1926
1926
Citing this record
'Ernest William Light', 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_1219251755, accessed 27 Feb 2021]
