Alfred Henry Wilkinson
Born 1884
Died 29 March 1958
Active: 1910 - 1940
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, wood carver, teacher
Born in Birmingham. Initially apprenticed as a wood carver, Wilkinson attended art school in Birmingham. Later he moved to London and studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, was a National Scholar at the National Art Training School (Royal College of Art) and then attended the Royal Academy Schools where he won several prizes and a scholarship.
Around 1921, Wilkinson won a competition to design the ceremonial staircase at London's County Hall. Although the commission was not carried out, Wilkinson was employed to execute the stone-carving in the entrance halls (Belvedere Road and Westminster Bridge Road) and the chimneypiece in the Members' Library, for which he was paid £670 (1921). He was was also commissioned to carry out wood-carving in the northern section of County Hall (c.1930). (See County Hall (1991), pp. 57-69)
Wealth at death: £467 19s. 5d.
Probate date: 25 April 1958
Locations
Address 11 Hilda Road Brixton London | View on map
1911 (Circa)
Address 8 The Studios, Camden Street London | View on map
1914 (Circa)
Address 25 Coleridge Walk Golders Green London | View on map
1925 (Circa) - 1927 (Circa)
Address 171 Stanhope Street London NW | View on map
1933 (Circa)
Address 75 Bridge Lane London NW11 | View on map
1939 (Circa) - 1958
Living at this address when he died (place of death, Manor House Hospital)
Worked at County Hall Westminster Bridge Road London | View on map
1921 (Circa) - 1930 (Circa)
Wilkinson won a competition at the Central School of Art for carving on the Ceremonial Staircase at County Hall (c.1921), but this was never carried out. However, he was employed to execute the stone-carving in the entrance halls (Belvedere Road and Westminster Bridge Road) and the chimneypiece in the Members' Library, for which he was paid £670 (1921). He was was also commissioned to carry out the wood-carving in the northern section of County Hall (c.1930). (See County Hall (1991), pp. 57-69)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1914 - 1939
Exhibited 6 times, ten works in all (garden sculptures, statuettes, and portraits, known materials include Portland stone, wood, marble and alabaster)
Won prize Landseer Scholarships (Royal Academy of Arts), 1884-1950
1910
Won prize Landseer Scholarships (Royal Academy of Arts), 1884-1950
1911
Institutional and Business Connections
Studied at Royal Academy Schools
1910 (Presumed) - 1913 (Presumed)
Awarded a one year Landseer Scholarship for sculpture in 1910, and the same scholarship in 1911. The following year, he was awarded a first prize of £30 for model of a design, and a second prize for two models of a bust from the life. See Royal Academy, 'Annual Reports'. In 1913, Wilkinson was awarded a second prize bronze medal for two models of a bust from the life. See 'Annual Report, 1913', (1915), p. 30.
Teacher of modeling at Central School of Arts and Crafts
September 1929 - June 1940
Listed as teacher of general modelling, modelling from life (men and women) and carving in wood, stone and ivory.
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Wood carver' and a worker
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Art Student Sculpture'
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
Class: RG13; Piece: 2859; Folio: 134; Page: 25
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN2062 RG78PN72 RD25 SD4 ED13 SN55
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: Alfred H Wilkinson
Birth Date: abt 1885
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1958
Age at Death: 73
Registration district: Hendon
Inferred County: Middlesex
Volume: 5e
Page: 642
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Alfred Henry Wilkinson
Probate Date: 25 Apr 1958
Death Date: 29 Mar 1958
Death Place: London, England
Registry: London, England
London County Council Central School of Arts and Crafts. Prospectus and Time-Table of the Session 1934-1935
September 1934 (Presumed)
Unpaged timetable.
London County Council Central School of Arts and Crafts. Prospectus and Time-Table of the Session, 1929-1930
23 September 1929
Unpaged timetable.
London County Council Central School of Arts and Crafts. Prospectus and Time-Table of the Session, 1939-1940
September 1939 (Presumed)
Unpaged timetable.
The Art of Carved Sculpture: Central and Northern Europe
1931
p. 98
Citing this record
'Alfred Henry Wilkinson', 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_1262876853, accessed 22 Jan 2021]
