Freda Beardmore NRD (from 1938)
Born 1918 (Circa)
Died 1988 (Presumed)
Active: 1934 - 1939
Country of birth and death: England
Ceramic designer, teacher
Freda Beardmore is said to have worked as a designer for Wedgwood's. She also produced wares for E. Braine & Co. (Foley), Staffordshire in the mid-1930s; there is a cup and saucer by her in the Victoria and Albert Museum collection.
This record includes information submitted by her grandson, Hugh Phoenix-Hulme.
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Society of Staffordshire Artists (City of Stoke on Trent Museums and Art Gallery, Hanley), 1938
October 1938 - November 1938
Exhibited 'Tiled Tea Tray', 'Earthenware Dish', 'Decorated Tiles', p. 6 (132-35).
Institutional and Business Connections
Teacher at Stoke School of Art
1938 (Presumed) - 1939 (Presumed)
Listed as tutor of pottery decoration at Stoke School of Art [see 'Schools of Art Prospectus' (1938-39), p. 6].
Sources
City of Stoke-on-Trent Schools of Art Prospectus, 1938-1939
12 September 1938
p. 6.
Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Society of Staffordshire Artists, 1938
October 1938
p. 6.
Citing this record
'Freda Beardmore NRD (from 1938)', 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_1220350576, accessed 29 May 2023]
