David Burns Brown
Other names: David W. Burns Brown
Born 1876 (Circa)
Active: 1906 - 1928
Country of birth and death: Scotland
Sculptor
Born in Inverness. He worked in London between c.1906 and c.1928. In 1911 Burns described himself as employed, he may have been working as an assistant to another sculptor or modelling and carving for a firm of architectural sculptors.
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
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Ivy
1920
The dew
1920
Locations
Address Studio, 26 Camden Mews Camden Square London | View on map
1906 (Circa) - 1911 (Circa)
Address 12 Rochester Terrace Camden Road London NW | View on map
1913 (Circa)
Address 27 Rochester Road Camden Road London NW | View on map
1919 (Circa)
Studio located at 4 St John's Wood Studios Queens Terrace London NW8 | View on map
1920 (Circa) - 1928 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
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 Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1906 - 1928
Exhibited 15 times, seventeen works in all (statuettes, statues, decorative reliefs, and busts)
Institutional and Business Connections
Member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1908 - 1910
Resigned in 1910 [see separate entry].
Rejoined Royal Society of British Sculptors
1922
Rejoined as member.
Resigned from Royal Society of British Sculptors
21 November 1910
Resigned due to inability to pay subscription; the society expressed the hope that he might soon be in a position to rejoin [21 November 1910, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominated by (Edgar) Bertram Mackennal
13 January 1908
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors.
Seconded by William Goscombe John
13 January 1908
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors.
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Sculptor (in Clay & Marble)' worker
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
Class: RG14; Piece: 719
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
13 January 1908; 21 November 1910.
Citing this record
'David Burns Brown', 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_1204203035, accessed 28 Jan 2021]
