(August Alexander) Ferdinand Junck
Other names: mis-spelt as Tunck
Born 30 June 1828
Died 1 September 1917
Active: 1855 - 1911
Country of birth: Germany
Country of death: England
Sculptor
Lantsborg am Watke, Germany (now Gorzow, Poland). His father was Charles Frederick Daniel Tunck, leather merchant and he married Adele Caroline Alwyne Schumann on 5 September 1855. By 1871 Adele was described as a 'lunatic' and in 1901 as an 'imbecile'. He was naturalised as a British subject and died at 4 Chaplin Road, Wembley, Middlesex.
Works
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Widowhood
1886 (Presumed)
A Fisherman's Daughter
1891 (Presumed)
Locations
Address 10 Walton Street Chelsea London | View on map
1855 (Circa)
Address 2 Henry Place Chelsea London | View on map
1858 (Circa)
Address 46 Pelham Street Kensington London | View on map
1859 (Circa) - 1865 (Circa)
Address 7 Tarlington Place Edgware Road London | View on map
1866 (Circa) - 1870 (Circa)
Address 343 Edgware Road London | View on map
1871 (Circa) - 1872 (Circa)
Address 32 Grove Road St. John's Road London NW | View on map
1875 (Circa) - 1880 (Circa)
Address 27 North Bank Regent's Park London NW | View on map
1881 (Circa) - 1895 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Sixth Annual Autumn Exhibition of Modern Pictures in Oil and Water Colour, and Architectural Designs, &c. (Nottingham Castle Museum), 1886
'Widowhood'
Exhibited at Eleventh Annual Exhibition of Modern Pictures, also Loan and Permanent Collection of Pictures, Etc. (Nottingham Castle Museum), 1891
'A Fisherman's Daughter '
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1891
'Virginity'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1892
Multiple works
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1895
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Manchester Institution, Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, 1876
'Sense of Taste'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1858 - 1898
Exhibited 24 times, twenty-seven works in all (some portraits but chiefly statues and statuettes in marble)
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the twentieth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1890
1890
On the Sea Beach (cat. no. 1289, marble, £65).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-first (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1891
1891
Rosalind - As You Like It (cat. no. 1243, marble statuette, £120).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1892
1892
Widowhood (cat. no. 1390, marble bust, £15); The Spring of Maidenhead (cat. no. 1391, marble bust, £20); 'In Heaven and on Earth' (cat. no. 1392, marble relief, £15).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fifth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1895
1895
A Whistler (cat. no. 1261, marble bust, £35).
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
'Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
'Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Sculptor' working on own account at home
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Sculptor' working on own account at home
Sources
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fifth, 1895 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1895
pp. 47-50.
Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the twentieth, 1890 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1890
pp. 46-48.
Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1876
1876
Cat. No. 912, pp. 79, 99, his name is given as 'F. Tunck'
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1891
1891
Cat. No. 587, pp. 58, 107
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1892
1892
Cat. Nos. 506, 507, 508, pp. 50, 98
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1895
1895
Cat. Nos. 634, 635, pp. 54, 108
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2004
RG09 piece 21 folio 60 page 15, his name is given as 'Junik'
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
Ref: Class: RG10; Piece: 9; Folio: 12; Page: 16; GSU roll: 838751.
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
RG11 piece 160 folio 91 page 19
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
Ref: Class: RG13; Piece: 126; Folio: 65; Page: 58.
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN7090 RG78PN347 RD130 SD1 ED23 SN173
London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
2010
Name: August Ferdinand Alexander Tunck
Age: Full Age
Estimated birth year: abt 1855
Spouse Name: Adele Caroline Alwine Schumann
Event Date: 5 Sep 1855
County: Middlesex
Borough: Kensington and Chelsea
Father Name: Charles Frederick Daniel Tunck
Citing this record
'(August Alexander) Ferdinand Junck', 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=msib5_1206736554, accessed 26 Oct 2021]
