Ada Dressler
Born 1860
Died 1951 (Circa)
Active: 1891 - 1923
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, medallist, painter
Born in Streatham, Surrey (London). Her parents, (Jean Pierre) Gustavus Dressler (a general merchant born c.1817 in Frankfurt, Germany) and Philippine Henrietta Suzanne d'Huc de Monsegou (born in Marseille, France in 1831) were naturalized British citizens. Gustavus died in 1863 leaving effects valued at around £30,000. Ada's younger brother was the sculptor and pottery manufacturer, Conrad Dressler (1856-1940). Her sisters Alice (Mimi) (c.1853-1938) and Clotilde (1862-c.1957) may have also studied art.
Includes information from Robert Prescott-Walker
Locations
Address Cedar House 45 Glebe Place London | View on map
1891 (Circa) - 1896 (Circa)
Mother also living at this address in 1891
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1892 - 1918
Exhibited 3 times, twice as a painter in 1892 and 1896, then once as a sculptor in 1918 ('Rosamund', a relief).
Descriptions of Practice
Listed as medallist Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin, Gem, and Seal-Engravers, Mint Masters, &c., Ancient and Modern with References to their Works, B.C. 500 - A.D. 1900, Volume VII, 1923 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Listed as a contemporary sculptor and medallist who exhibited a 'Relief Rosamond' at the Royal Academy, London, in 1918. See Forrer, vol. 7, (1923), p. 233.
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Art, Sculptor'
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
RG12 piece 64 folio 74 page 10
Citing this record
'Ada Dressler', 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_1240569567, accessed 30 Mar 2023]
