Muriel Blanche Georgina Hiley
Born 1906 (Circa)
Active: 1929 - 1954
Country of birth and death: Wales
Sculptor
Born at Peterston-super-Ely, Glamorgan. She was the daughter of Henry Sesom Hiley, architect and surveyor employed by the Cardiff estate office of the Marquis of Bute, c.1911.
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1929 - 1954
Exhibited twice, two works (a portrait bust of W.T. Cockerill and a portrait medallion of Field Marshall Smuts)
Participant in Sparks Fund (Royal Academy of Arts), 1931
24 March 1931 - 1932
Received a grant of £40 from the fund on the 24 March 1931, and a grant of £40 on the 26 January 1932 (see Royal Academy, 'Annual Report, 1931', 1932, p. 28).
Institutional and Business Connections
Studied at Royal Academy Schools
1929 (Presumed)
In 1929, Hiley won a first prize of £5 and a silver medal for two models of busts from the life. See Royal Academy, 'Annual Report, 1929', (1930), p. 33. The following year, she won a £10 Landseer prize and silver medal for a model from the antique. See 'Annual Report, 1930', (1931), p. 47. In 1932, he won a second prize of £20 and bronze medal for a set of three models of a figure from the life. See 'Annual Report, 1932', (1933), p. 43.
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN32045 RG78PN1844 RD588 SD1 ED1 SN107
Citing this record
'Muriel Blanche Georgina Hiley', 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_1263903366, accessed 18 Jun 2021]
