Bernard Instone
Born 1891
Died 1987
Active: 1920 - 1950
Jeweller, silversmith
Born and worked in Birmingham. There are four items by Bernard Instone in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum dating between 1920-50.
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Royal Society of Artists Birmingham, The Autumn Exhibition, 1931
1931
Exhibited 'Case of Rings', 'Shell Picture', p. 24 (Case 1, 212-213); 'Pastel Enamel Set' which included a ring, brooch and earings, p. 24 (Case 1, 216); 'Oxydized Silver Necklet' and 'Silver Opal Pastel Marcassite Necklet and Brooch', p. 24 (Case 1, 219 and 221) [summary]. The artist was living in Digbeth, Birmingham.
Institutional and Business Connections
Studied at Vittoria Street Branch School of the Birmingham Municipal School of Art
See an article in the Birmingham Mail, 19 June, 1920, in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 10, pp. 169-170. No dates are given, however, Instone studied at the school under Robert Catterson-Smith who taught there from 1901 to 1903.
Sources
Birmingham Biography, Newspaper Cuttings, 1872-1966 Birmingham Biography
See an article in the Birmingham Mail, 19 June, 1920, in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 10, pp. 169-170.
Royal Society of Artists Birmingham. The Autumn Exhibition, 1931
1931
p. 24.
Citing this record
'Bernard Instone', 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_1232639525, accessed 23 Sep 2023]
