John Huskinson
Born 1855 (Circa)
Active: 1874 - 1919
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, art teacher
Born in Bingham, Nottinghamshire. He was the son of John Huskinson (born c.1809), a bricklayer. John Huskinson junior was the father of the sculptor, Edwin Arthur Huskinson (born c.1883).
Works
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A Cobbler
1887 (Presumed)
Locations
Address The Bank Bingham Nottingham | View on map
1886 (Circa)
Address 44 Tedworth Square Chelsea London | View on map
1887 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Seventh Annual Autumn Exhibition of Modern Pictures in Oil and Water Colour, and Architectural Designs, &c. (Nottingham Castle Museum), 1887
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1886 - 1887
Exhibited twice, two works (Moloch, group, terra cotta cat. no. 1878 in 1886 and A Cobbler, statuette, terra cotta, cat. no. 1874 in 1887)
Institutional and Business Connections
Studied at Nottingham School of Art
July 1874 (Presumed) - July 1877 (Presumed)
Listed as having been awarded a Government School of Art 'Queen's Prize' for 'Modelling in Clay from the Cast' in the 1875 Nottingham School of Art report. Listed as winning a Silver Medal, Bronze Medal, and Queen's Prize for modelling work in the 1876 Nottingham School of Art report. Listed as winning a Bronze Medal or modelling in 1877.
Teacher of modeling at Polytechnic School of Art, Regent Street
September 1916 (Presumed) - July 1919
Listed as a teacher of modelling from 1916-1917 onwards. Note that there are no prospectuses for the years 1914-1915 and 1915-1916; Huskinson is not listed in the 1913-1914 prospectus. He is last listed in 1918-1919.
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Art Teacher' employed by L[ondon] C[ounty] C[ouncil] Art School
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN152 RG78PN5 RD2 SD2 ED13 SN243
The Polytechnic Education Department. Prospectuses, Session 1916-1917 Regent Street Polytechnic
1916
p. 11.
The Polytechnic Education Department. Prospectuses, Session 1918-1919 Regent Street Polytechnic
1918
p. 11.
The Report of the Nottingham School of Art, for the Year ending July 31st, 1875 Nottingham School of Art
31 July 1875
p. 13.
The Report of the Nottingham School of Art, for the Year ending July 31st, 1876 Nottingham School of Art
31 July 1876
p. 12.
Citing this record
'John Huskinson', 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_1226422155, accessed 02 Jun 2023]
