(Charles) Louis Schots
Born 1844 (Circa)
Died 9 October 1919
Active: 1872 - 1911
Country of birth: Belgium
Country of death: England
Sculptor
Born in Belgium. No details of his early training are currently known, but he had arrived in Britain before 1872 based on the date of works exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts. Around 1872 he was living or working at the same address as Joseph de Bruyn (12 Stanley Place in Pimlico), which was later associated with E. Constant Vinoelst (all Belgian sculptors). All three artists are also linked to 178 Buckingham Palace Road.
Wealth at death: £50 0s. 0d.
Probate date: 10 November 1919
Locations
Address 12 Stanley Place Pimlico London SW | View on map
1872 (Circa) - 1873 (Circa)
(Charles) Louis Schots and Joseph de Bruyn were both using this address in the early 1870s. Stanley Place no longer exists.
Address 178 Buckingham Palace Road London | View on map
1876 (Circa) - 1879 (Circa)
This address is associated with the Italian sculptor, Aristide Louis Fontana, and also with the Belgian sculptors, Joseph de Bruyn and E. Constant Vinoelst, in the early 1880s.
Address The Laurels, Belmont Twickenham London | View on map
1891 (Circa)
Schots was registered at a different address in Belmont Road in the Census Returns for 1891. It is not clear whether Schots moved or the house name has been transcribed incorrectly in Groves.
Address Grove Villa, Belmont Road Twickenham London | View on map
1891 (Circa)
In 1891 Schots is listed at a different address in Belmont Road in Groves' dictionary of contributors to the Royal Academy. It is not clear whether Schots moved during this year or the house name has been transcribed incorrectly.
Address 4 East Grove Manchester | View on map
1911 (Circa)
Address 30 Richmond Gardens Shepherd's Bush London | View on map
1919
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1872 - 1891
Exhibited 6 times, one work each year (chiefly portraits including one in terracotta and a medallion, also two ideal works)
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-first (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1891
1891
Bust of Girl (cat. no. 1236, terracotta, not for sale).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1899
1899
Edna (cat. no. 1367, portrait bust, not for sale).
Personal and Professional Connections
Colleague of Joseph De Bruyn
They shared an address in Pimlico during the early 1870s.
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Artist Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Artist - Sculptor' worker
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Sculptor' worker
Sources
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth, 1899 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1899
pp. 48-52.
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 1342; Folio: 125; Page: 55; GSU roll: 1341326
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 1027; Folio: 79; Page: 6; GSU roll: 6096137
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
Class: RG14; Piece: 23849
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Charles Louis Schots
Death Date: 9 Oct 1919
Death Place: Middlesex, England
Probate Date: 10 Nov 1919
Registry: London, England
Citing this record
'(Charles) Louis Schots', 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_1208457244, accessed 18 Sep 2021]
