George Havard Thomas
Born 9 May 1893
Died 1 December 1933
Active: 1914 - 1933
Country of birth: Italy
Country of death: England
Sculptor, teacher of sculpture
Born in Sorrento, Italy. He was the son of James Havard Thomas and an Italian mother, Sofia. George attended Clifton College and then worked with his father as well as studying under him at the Slade School, between October 1914 and April 1915 and 1919 and 1920. During the First World War George served as an officer (a captain) and was awarded the Military Cross. In 1920 he was appointed Assistant Lecturer at the Slade School and he taught there till his death in 1933.
He exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts from 1919 till 1934 (one work was shown posthumously). George Havard was commissioned to make war memorials for Waterhead, Heywood, Manchester (unveiled in April 1920), Milnrow, Lancashire (unveiled in 1924), and Abertillery, Gwent (unveiled in 1926). He also made an equestrian statue of Sir Harcourt Butler, Governor of the United Provinces, India c.1931. Other works included portraits and statuettes which are represented in the collections of Tate ('Aphrodite', c.1928-30, limestone) and Manchester Art Galleries ('Head of a boy'). In his obituary in 'The Times', George Havard was described as 'A modest man, very sound in his methods, Thomas will be greatly missed as a teacher.'
Wealth at death: £5,851 16s. 10d.
Probate date: 1 June 1934
Locations
Address Bourton Shrivenham | View on map
1911
Address 21A Upper Cheyne Row Chelsea London | View on map
1919 - 1925
Address 25 Upper Cheyne Row Chelsea London | View on map
1927 - 1931
Address 82 Clifton Hill St. John's Wood London NW | View on map
1933
Died whilst living at this address
Institutional and Business Connections
Teacher of modeling at Slade School of Fine Art
September 1921 - 1933
Listed as an assistant teacher of sculpture. He died in 1933.
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors The London Directory, 1930 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1930
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Student (Sculptor)' worker and his father James Havard (1854-1921) 'Sculptor (Artist)' working on own account at home
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN6426 RG78PN315 RD116 SD1 ED1 SN187
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: George Havard Thomas
Probate Date: 1 Jun 1934
Death Date: 1 Dec 1933
Death Place: Middlesex, England
Registry: London, England
Tate online: Art and Artists (previously General Collection)
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/george-havard-thomas-2034 (accessed 16 February 2013)
The London Directory, 1930 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1930
p.1354
The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985
2008
Mr. George Havard Thomas.
The Times (London, England), Saturday, Dec 02, 1933; pg. 17; Issue 46617. (202 words)
Category: Obituaries
University College London. Calendar. Session 1921-1922
1921
p. 98.
University College London. Calendar. Session 1933-1934
1933
p. 127.
Citing this record
'George Havard Thomas', 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_1253542622, accessed 05 Jun 2023]
