Arthur George Atkinson

Locations

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Address The Green Kew London | View on map
1860 - 1891 (Circa)
This was his parents home

Address 30 Bessborough Gardens Pimlico London | View on map
1879 (Circa) - 1880 (Circa)

Address Grena Villas Richmond London | View on map
1901

Address 21 The Vineyard Richmond London | View on map
1911 (Circa)

Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1879 - 1891
Exhibited 11 times, one work each year.

Exhibited at Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures: the tenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1880
1880
An Ancient Belief: Charon ferrying the Shades of the dead across the river Styx (cat. no. 1043, £94 10s.).

Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the nineteenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1889
1889
Study (cat. no. 1487, marble statuette, £105).

Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the twentieth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1890
1890
Love Banished (cat. no. 1301, bronze statuette, £80).

Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-eighth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1898
1898
Out in the Fields (cat. no. 1477, £285).

Institutional and Business Connections

Studied at Royal Academy Schools
1878 (Presumed) - 1883 (Presumed)
Awarded a silver medal for a restoration of a mutilated antique statue, and for a model of a figure from the life in 1878. See Royal Academy 'Annual Report, 1878', (1879), p. 35. Atkinson recieved a second prize of £10 for a model of a design. See 'Annual Report, 1881', (1882), p. 38. In 1882 he was awarded a second prize of £10 for a model of a design. See 'Annual Report, 1882', (1883), p. 32. In 1883 Atkinson won a first prize of £30 for a model of a design. See 'Annual Report, 1883', (1884), p. 34.

Descriptions of Practice

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Sculptor' neither employer nor employed

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Artist (Sculptor)' worker

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Sculptor (Artist)' working on own account

Sources

Annual Report from the Council of The Royal Academy to the General Assembly of Academicians for the Year 1878, 1879 Royal Academy Annual Reports
1879
p. 35.

Annual Report from the Council of The Royal Academy to the General Assembly of Academicians for the Year 1881, 1882 Royal Academy Annual Reports
1882
p. 38.

Annual Report from the Council of The Royal Academy to the General Assembly of Academicians for the Year 1882, 1883 Royal Academy Annual Reports
1883
p. 32.

Annual Report from the Council of The Royal Academy to the General Assembly of Academicians for the Year 1883, 1884 Royal Academy Annual Reports
1884
p. 34.

Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-eighth, 1898 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1898
pp. 45-48.

Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the twentieth, 1890 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1890
pp. 46-48.

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 622; Folio 65; Page 12; GSU roll: 6095732

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 676 folio 81 page 10

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN3583 RG78PN135 RD41 SD1 ED3 SN45

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Arthur George Atkinson Year of Registration: 1860 Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun District: Richmond Sry County: Surrey Volume: 2a Page: 225

Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures, 1880 Walker Art Gallery
1880
p. 67.

The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904. Vol. 1: Abbayne to Carrington
1905
p. 75