Miss Fanny Bunn
Born 1871
Active: 1891 - 1921
Country of birth and death: England
Painter, sculptor, art metal worker
Born in West Bromwich, Birmingham. She was the daughter of Levi Bunn (born c.1840-1922 in Birmingham) a hinge and bolt manufacturer who was living on his own means from about 1891. She exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1904-5, and in Birmingham and Liverpool.
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1904 - 1905
Exhibited twice, three works (three enamel panels)
Exhibited at Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Autumn Exhibition, 1921
1921
Exhibited a trinket bowl Fairies: p. 25 (Case 2, 23) and a silver powder box Memory: p. 25 (Case 2, 24) [summary]. The artist was living in West Bromwich.
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Art Student'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Artist (Painter)' overwritten 'Sculp'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Artist' working at home
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Series RG12
Piece number 2274
Folio number 92
Page 23
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
Series RG13
Piece number 2725
Folio number 67
Page 19
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN17326 RG78PN1062 RD371 SD4 ED21 SN170
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Autumn Exhibition, 1921
1921
p. 25.
Citing this record
'Miss Fanny Bunn', 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_1209419737, accessed 04 Jun 2023]
