William Henry Woods
Other names: Wheeldon Woods
Born 5 December 1911
Active: 1930 - 1935
Country of birth and death: England
Graphic and commercial artist, watercolour painter, sculptor
He studied fine art at Nottingham Art School for five years around 1930. During that time he was taught by Joseph Else and collaborated with him on a relief frieze for Scarborough Town Hall. After completing his studies, Woods worked as a graphic and commercial artist in Nottingham, London and Derby. He regularly exhibited landscape watercolours at Nottingham Castle and in other local shows. Woods made no further sculptures but during fire service in the Second World War he whittled some woodcarvings of wading birds, aircraft and wooden toys.
This entry includes information supplied by the artist and Ian Woods. A description of Else's teaching methods by William Henry Woods transcribed by Ian Woods is given in the entry for Joseph Else.
Works
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Portrait Bust
1932 (Presumed)
Bust of a Negro
1932 (Presumed)
Inspiration
1933 (Presumed)
The Maiden
1933 (Presumed)
Locations
Address 38 Carrfield Avenue Long Eaton Nottingham | View on map
1932 (Presumed) - 1933 (Presumed)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Exhibition of Works by Local Artists (Nottingham Castle Museum), 1932
Multiple works
Exhibited at Exhibition of Works by Local Artists (Nottingham Castle Museum), 1933
'The Maiden'
Institutional and Business Connections
Student at Nottingham School of Art
1930 (Circa) - 1935 (Circa)
Personal and Professional Connections
Student of Joseph Else
1930 (Circa) - 1935 (Circa)
Woods took evening classes in modelling with Else over a two year period whilst a student at Nottingham School of Art. During this time Woods assisted his teacher in the creation of a frieze for Scarborough Town Hall.
Wife/husband/spouse to Peggie Highman
They met whilst they were studying at Nottingham School of Art in the early 1930s
Sources
Exhibition of Works by Local Artists, June 1932
June 1932
Unpaged.
Exhibition of Works by Local Artists, May 1933
May 1933
Unpaged.
Citing this record
'William Henry Woods', 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_1229604507, accessed 29 May 2023]
