Mrs (Rosa) Marguerite Milward
Other names: née Edge
Born 1873
Died 10 February 1953
Active: 1900 - 1948
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, wood carver
Born in Kings Norton, Worcestershire (or Harborne, Birmingham). She was first apprenticed at Harborne as a woodcarver. Marguerite also studied painting and modelling at Birmingham and Bromsgrove Schools of Art. After studying with Bourdelle in Paris (from 1905), she went to Ceylon until the outbreak of war in 1914. After the death of her husband (date unknown) she returned to Paris and worked as Bourdelle's assistant until the latter's death in 1929. During the 1920s she was better known in Paris than London but from 1932 she began to achieve some recognition in London. She first visited India in 1926. From 1935 she spent ten years travelling extensively and making numerous portrait studies. These were successfully exhibited in London and purchased by various collectors including the Fitzwilliam Museum and Indian Government. She published an account of her travels 'Artist In Unknown India', London, 1948. [Mrs. Marguerite Milward (Obituaries), The Times Wednesday, Feb 11, 1953; pg. 10; Issue 52543; col D (accessed October 2009)]
Wealth at death: £2,025 13s. 1d.
Probate date: 20 April 1953
Works
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Mahdi: Dancer from the Cotes D'Ivoire, NW Africa
A Camel Driver: Moor from Mauretania, NW Africa, Semitic Arab Type
Chef du Ballet: Girl Dancer from Guinée française
Thibetan Richsha Coolie: from Darjeeling, India
Cambodgian Weaving Woman: Head of Art Weaving Phnom-Penh, Cambodge, Indo-China
Belah: A Jeweller from the Haute Volta, NW Africa
The Rt Hon. David Lloyd George
A Polish Musician: Paul de Chaumont - Pianist
Sir Rabindranath Tagore - the Poet in Contemplation
Maulana Shaukat Ali: Mahommedan Delegate to Round Table Conference, North West Provinces, India
Kedarnath Chatterji: Bengali - reversion to Greek Type
Dr P. L. Couchoud: French Critical Writer of Early Christian Origins, Etc.
Dananda: from the Haute Volta, NW Africa
Krishna Bey: Student at Tagore's College - from Madras
Locations
Studio located at 23 Boltons Studios Redcliffe Road London SW England | View on map
1931 (Circa) - 1932 (Circa)
Later addresses include: 19a Maresfield Gardens, Hampstead (c.1933-40) and 47 Palace Gardens Terrace, London W8 (c.1946-1953)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Platt Hall, Rusholme, Sculpture by Marguerite Milward Exhibition, 1934
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The One Hundredth and Sixty-Fourth, 1932
'Sir J. C. Bose'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1931 - 1936
Exhibited 3 times, one or two works in each year (bronze portrait heads).
Exhibited at Twenty-Five Years of Birmingham Art (Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery), 1935
6 November 1935 - 6 December 1935
Exhibited: 'Head of a Moorish Camel Driver' (bronze, lent by the artist), and 'Head of a Dancing Girl' (bronze, lent by the artist) - cat. nos 72-73 [summary]. The works were undated, therefore, it is unclear whether or not they were exhibited posthumously.
Exhibited at Exhibition of Paintings by the Lady Helena Gleichen and Sculpture by O'Connor Barrett, Maurice Lambert, Mrs R. M. Milward and J. R. Skeaping (Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery), 1936
28 March 1936 - 18 April 1936
Exhibited 8 sculptures in bronze and terracotta (pp. 6-7, 79-86).
Personal and Professional Connections
Student of (Emile) Antoine Bourdelle
1905 (Circa)
Studio assistant to (Emile) Antoine Bourdelle
1929
After the death of her husband (date unknown) she worked as Bourdelle's studio assistant until his death. [Mrs. Marguerite Milward (Obituaries), The Times Wednesday, Feb 11, 1953; pg. 10; Issue 52543; col D]
Sources
Catalogue of the Sculpture by Marguerite Milward Exhibition, Platt Hall, Rusholme, Manchester, 1934
1934
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Rosa Marguerite Milward
Probate Date: 20 Apr 1953
Death Date: 10 Feb 1953
Death Place: London, England
Registry: Birmingham, England
The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985
2008
Mrs. Marguerite Milward (Obituaries), The Times Wednesday, Feb 11, 1953; pg. 10; Issue 52543; col D (accessed October 2009)
Twenty-Five Years of Birmingham Art, 1935 Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Exhibition Catalogues
1935
Unpaged.
Citing this record
'Mrs (Rosa) Marguerite Milward', 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_1241085317, accessed 24 Sep 2023]
