Joseph Edward Southall
Born 23 August 1861
Died 6 November 1944
Active: 1878 - 1939
Country of birth and death: England
Jeweller, painter, craftsman
Born in Nottingham in 1861, moved to Birmingham in 1862. Working for the architects Martin and Chamberlain in 1878. Studied tempera painting in Italy in 1883 and taught this method of painting to Arthur Gaskin. First exhibited a water colour painting at the Royal Acadmey in 1895. Frequently exhibited with the New English Art Club, and was elected a member of the Club in 1925. There are a number of works by him the collection of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. He died in Birmingham.
See 'Mr. Joseph Southall', Birmingham Post, 1944, in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 36, p. 221. This record includes information submitted by Chris Mees, Editor of the online database, Arts: Search.
Wealth at death: £13,707 7s. 11d.
Probate date: 23 January 1945
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Royal Society of Artists Birmingham Arts and Crafts Exhibition, 1909
1909
Exhibited a case of 13 jewellery objects: p. 22 (Case 20, A-M). The artist was living in Edgbaston, Birmingham.
Speaker at Craft and Media in Painting and Sculpture (Art Workers Guild), 1917
Institutional and Business Connections
Elected PRBSA Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1944 (Presumed)
See 'Mr. Joseph Southall', Birmingham Post, 1944, in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 36 (January 1944-November 1944), p. 221.
Sources
Birmingham Biography, Newspaper Cuttings, 1872-1966 Birmingham Biography
See 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 31, (1939-1940), p. 76 and 'Mr. Joseph Southall', Birmingham Post, 1944, in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 36 (January 1944-November 1944), p. 221. Also pp. 222-225, 227-229, 234 and 236.
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Joseph Edward Southall
Probate Date: 23 Jan 1945
Death Date: 6 Nov 1944
Death Place: Birmingham, England
Registry: Birmingham, England
Royal Society of Artists Birmingham Arts and Crafts Exhibition, 1909
1909
p. 22.
Citing this record
'Joseph Edward Southall', 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_1231338713, accessed 04 Jun 2023]
