Professor William Rothenstein MA, Hon, ARCA (in 1926)
Born 29 January 1872
Died 14 February 1945
Active: 1888 - 1945
Country of birth and death: Great Britain
Painter, medallist, art school principal
Born at 4 Spring Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire. Died at died at Far Oakridge, Oakrdige, Gloucestershire.
Wealth at death: £22,497 15s. 3d.
Probate date: 18 January 1946
Works
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Locations
Address 11 Pembroke Cottages Edward's Square London | View on map
1901 (Presumed)
Address 53 Glebe Place Chelsea London | View on map
1899 (Presumed)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Attended Second Council meeting of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, 1898
Attended Third Council Meeting of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, 1898
Attended Fifth Council Meeting of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, 1898
Exhibited at Second Exhibition of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1899
'A Medallion Portrait - A. Rodin'
Exhibited at International Exhibition, Glasgow, 1901
1901
Speaker at Persian Art (Art Workers Guild), 1925
Speaker at Problems of Mural Decoration (Art Workers Guild), 1917
Institutional and Business Connections
Associated with The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers
At their fifth meeting, in 1898, the Council of the ISSPG decide to invite Rothenstein to participate in their exhibition.
Principal of Royal College of Art (including National Art Training School)
1919 - 1935
In 1919 Rothenstein was appointed as a visitor by the Board of Education to prepare a report on the present state of the Royal College of Art. On the strength of this document, Rothenstein was made Principal. He is last listed in the 1934-35 prospectus.
Sources
International Exhibition Glasgow, 1901,
Official Catalogue of the Fine Art Section
1901
Minutes of Council Meetings of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2004
Mary Lago, ‘Rothenstein, Sir William (1872–1945)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/35842, accessed 27 Jan 2010]
Prospectus of the Royal College of Art, 1926-1927 Royal College of Art
1926
Unpaged staff list.
Prospectus of the Royal College of Art, 1934-1935 Royal College of Art
1934
Unpaged staff list.
Prospectus of the Royal College of Art, 1939-1940 Royal College of Art
1939
p. 36.
Citing this record
'Professor William Rothenstein MA, Hon, ARCA (in 1926)', 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_1244023249, accessed 31 Mar 2023]
