Arthur James John Ayres

Works

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Erda
1939

Giovanetto, boy's head
1939

Jezebel
1939

Locations

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Address 2 Parkhill Road Studios Hampstead London NW3 | View on map
1939
p.71

Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Thirteenth, 1939
'Jezebel'

Won prize Landseer Scholarships (Royal Academy of Arts), 1884-1950
1930
Two years

Won prize The British School at Rome Scholarship in Sculpture
1931

Institutional and Business Connections

Associate member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1947

Fellow of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1948 - 1985

Member of council Royal Society of British Sculptors
1951

Studied at Royal Academy Schools
1928 (Presumed) - 1931 (Presumed)
Awarded a £10 prize and silver medal for a model of a medal or coin, and a Landseer first prize of £30 and silver medal, for a set of three models of the figure from the life, in 1929. See Royal Academy, 'Annual Report, 1929', (1930), p. 40. In 1930, Ayres won a two year Landseer Scholarship for sculpture. See 'Annual Report, 1929', (1930), p. 34.

Teacher of stone carving Royal Academy Schools
1947
Appointed as teacher of carving in the Sculpture School, 'to attend for one day of 5 hours each week for a fee of £4 for each attendance. Some stone for the carving class has been produced by the Academy, and also some sculptor's tools, the latter to be purchased by the Students'. See Royal Academy, 'Annual Report, 1947', (1948), p. 15.

Personal and Professional Connections

Nominated by William McMillan
For membership of the RSBS

Nominated by James Arthur Woodford
For membership of the RSBS

Nominator of Mark Wilfred Batten
1950
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors

Sources

Annual Report from the Council of The Royal Academy to the General Assembly of Academicians for the Year 1928, 1929 Royal Academy Annual Reports
1929
p. 40.

Annual Report from the Council of The Royal Academy to the General Assembly of Academicians for the Year 1929, 1930 Royal Academy Annual Reports
1930
p. 34.

Annual Report from the Council of The Royal Academy to the General Assembly of Academicians for the Year 1947, 1948 Royal Academy Annual Reports
1948
p. 15.

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841
2010
RG14PN15 RG78PN1 RD1 SD1 ED15 SN222

List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008

Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of the Council, for the Year Ending 31 December 1951, to be Presented at the Forty-Eighth Annual General Meeting, 1952
February 1952
p. 2.

The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1861-1989. Volume 1, A-D. A Dictionary of Exhibitors at the Annual Exhibitions of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1990 The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1861-1989
1990
p. 79

The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibitors 1826-1990: A dictionary of artists and their work in the Annual Exhibitions of the Royal Scottish Academy. Volume 1, A-D
1991
p.71