Amy Walford
Active: 1873 - 1905
Teacher
Institutional and Business Connections
Principal of Bromsgrove School of Art
December 1900 - 1905
Replaced Walter Gilbert as Head in December 1900. See Townshend 'The Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts', in Watt 'The Bromsgrove Guild', (1999), p. 17, and Goodwin and Townshend, 'The Workers at the Bromsgrove Guild', p. 55.
Studied at Royal College of Art (including National Art Training School)
1899 (Circa)
Held a national scholarship at the College. No dates are given; however, Walford began teaching at Bromsgrove School of Art in 1900. See Townshend 'The Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts', in Watt 'The Bromsgrove Guild', (1999), p. 17.
Teacher at Bromsgrove School of Art
1900 - 1926 (Presumed)
Employed by Walter Gilbert as an assistant teacher of 'studies and handicrafts'. See Townshend 'The Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts', in Watt 'The Bromsgrove Guild', (1999), p. 17. After retiring as Principal of the Art School, Walford continued to teach needlework evening classes. She died in 1926: see Goodwin and Townshend, 'The Workers at the Bromsgrove Guild', p. 55.
Worked for Bromsgrove Guild
1905 (Circa)
See Townshend 'The Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts', in Watt 'The Bromsgrove Guild', (1999), p. 25.
Citing this record
'Amy Walford', 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_1243849583, accessed 08 Jun 2023]
