William Banbury ARBS, HRBS
Born 1871
Active: 1908 - 1966
Country of birth and death: Scotland
Sculptor, teacher
Works
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Love and the soul
1908
Dawn
1908 (Circa)
Puberty
1909
Remorse
1910
Deceit
1910
'Into this sphere, not knowing why nor whence, Not knowing whither hurried hence'
1910
'Into this sphere not knowing why'
1911
Cain
1912
Memorial Tablet
1912
Memorial tablet
1913
The soul
1919
A child
1919
Love and the soul
1919
Relief Portrait of Thomas Edward, the Banff Naturalist
1919
Rose
1919
Portrait - Relief of a Child
1919
Captive Eros
1920
Amor et Vanitas
1920
Eros the hunter
1920
Sketch Design for War Memorial
1921
The Dance
1921
The dance
1922
Hope and despair
1923
Memorial Panel
1923
Portion of a War Memorial
1923
Circular Panel - Hope and Despair
1923 (Circa)
After Eden
1923
Locations
Address 45 Springbank Terrace Aberdeen Scotland | View on map
1908 - 1909
p.87
Address 26 Irvine Place Aberdeen Scotland | View on map
1909 - 1913
p.87
Address Gowanlea Hammerfield Avenue Aberdeen Scotland | View on map
1919 - 1923
p.87
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Sixth, 1922
'The dance'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Second, 1908
'Love and the soul'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Third, 1909
'Puberty'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Fourth, 1910
'Remorse'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Fifth, 1911
''Into this sphere not knowing why''
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Sixth, 1912
'Cain'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Seventh, 1913
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Third, 1919
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Fourth, 1920
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Seventh, 1923
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Fifty-Eighth Annual Exhibition, 1919
'Rose'
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Sixty-Second Annual Exhibition, 1923
Multiple works
Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1908
Multiple works
Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1910
'Deceit'
Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1912
'Memorial Tablet'
Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1919
'Necklace, Gold and Opals'
Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1921
'Sketch Design for War Memorial'
Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1923
'After Eden'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1908 - 1922
Exhibited 6 times, one work each year (a statuette, reliefs, hand-mirrors, and brush backs).
Taught Course for Sculpture and Modelling at Gray's School of Art, 1910
1910
Taught Course for Sculpture at Gray's School of Art, 1919
1915
Taught Course for Sculpture and Crafts at Gray's School of Art, 1919
1919
Also taught monumental sculpture
Taught Course for Sculpture at Gray's School of Art, 1921-1922
1921
Taught Course for Sculpture at Gray's School of Art, 1924
1924
Taught Course for Sculpture at Gray's School of Art, 1930
1930
Institutional and Business Connections
Associate member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1923 - 1935
Became honorary member in 1935.
Honorary member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1935 - 1966
Member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1911 - 1966
Professor of sculpture at Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen
1930
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominated by (Edward) Alfred Briscoe Drury
20 November 1911
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors [20 November 1911, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Seconded by George James Frampton
20 November 1911
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors [20 November 1911, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Worked with John Macmillan
1921 (Circa)
at Gray's School of Art
Sources
Aberdeen Artists' Society. Eighteenth Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1923
November 1923
p. 42
Aberdeen Artists' Society. Fifteenth Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1912
November 1912
p. 49
Aberdeen Artists' Society. Fourteenth Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1910
November 1910
p. 47
Aberdeen Artists' Society. Seventeenth Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1921
November 1921
p. 47
Aberdeen Artists' Society. Sixteenth Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1919
November 1919
p. 43
Aberdeen Artists' Society. Thirteenth Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1908
September 1908
p. 54
Gray's School of Art Prospectus 1910-1911
1910
Gray's School of Art Prospectus 1915-1916 Aberdeen School of Arts and Crafts
1915
Gray's School of Art Prospectus 1919-1920 Aberdeen School of Arts and Crafts
1919
Served also as teacher of Crafts course
Gray's School of Art Prospectus 1921-1922
1921
Gray's School of Art Prospectus 1930-1931
1930
p. 2
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Minutes of Council Meetings No. 1, 1905-1913
19 May 1913
20 November 1911.
Citing this record
'William Banbury ARBS, HRBS', 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=msib6_1202988817, accessed 29 Sep 2023]