Alexander Carrick ARSA, RSA, RBS, FRBS

Works

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Billy
1942 (Circa)

Janet
1954 (Presumed)

John
1954 (Presumed)

The Highland Soldier
1966 (Circa)

Gipsy girl
1910

Portrait bust
1912

Portrait bust
1913

Saint Cecilia
1914

Boy putting stone
1914

The late Hon. Thomas Ryburn Buchanan
1915

The standard-bearer
1915

Madonna and Child
1915

Portrait medallion
1916

Portrait bust
1916

The gunner
1918

Boy putting stone
1919

Portrait bust
1919

With bayonet and bomb
1919

A Royal Highlander
1919

Betty
1920

Play
1920

Jock
1920

Capt. the Hon. Laurence Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth & Capt. the Hon. Edward James Kay-Shuttleworth
1921

Group for Fraserburgh war memorial
1921

The Archangel Michael
1922

Portrait bust
1922

The Gunner
1922 (Presumed)
£35

Figure [...] for Dornoch war memorial, Sutherlandshire
1923

Group to be executed in stone [...] for Oban war memorial
1923

The potter
1924

Justice guiding Valour (Fraserburgh war memorial)
1924

Betty
1925

The kiss
1926

Detail of memorial to the late Sir George Anderson
1926

Roy
1927

The late Lord Pentland, PC, GCSI, GCIE
1927

The Scottish National War Memorial: Exterior - figures of Justice and Courage. Interior - Bronze panels
1927

Portrait Medallion of the Late Lord Pentland, PC, GCSI, GCIE
1927

Anne
1929

The woman at the well
1930

Geology
1932

Elizabeth
1932

Felicity
1934

Decoration panel for the new band stand, Dunfermline
1935

Model of niche over doorway of 'Old Sailor's Ark', Canongate with [...] St Nicholas, patron saint of sailors
1935

Felicity
1936

Felicity
1938

Sketch model of St Michael
1938

Sketch model of St. Raphael
1938

Caledonian Insurance Co. - entrance front of a new head office
1938

Security
1939

New Government Buildings, Edinburgh - Royal Coat of Arms over Main Entrance
1939

Half-size working model to be executed in stone on the Amicable Building Society's new premises, Gordon Street, Glasgow
1939 - 1940

The kiss
1940

Anne
1941

Death of the firstborn
1942

Locations

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Address 25A Riego Street Edinburgh | View on map
1910 - 1920

Address Distillery Lane Dalry Road Edinburgh | View on map
1920 - 1929

Address Edinburgh College of Art Lauriston Place Edinburgh | View on map
1930 (Circa) - 1940 (Circa)
p. 1098 Listed under Sculptors

Address The Ousteads Midlem | View on map
1943 - 1955

Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events

Exhibited at The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Eighth, 1914
Multiple works

Exhibited at The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Sixth, 1922
Multiple works

Exhibited at The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Third, 1929
'Anne '

Exhibited at The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred- and-Sixteenth, 1942
'Death of the firstborn'

Exhibited at The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, One-Hundred-and-Seventeenth, 1943
Multiple works

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Fourth, 1910
'Gipsy girl'

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Sixth, 1912
'Portrait bust'

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 Eighty-Ninth, 1915
'Madonna and Child'

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Second, 1918
'The gunner'

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Third, 1919
'Portrait bust'

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Fourth, 1920
'Betty'

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Fifth, 1921
Multiple works

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Seventh, 1923
'Figure [...] for Dornoch war memorial, Sutherlandshire'

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Eighth, 1924
Multiple works

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Ninth, 1925
'Betty'

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundredth - Centenary Exhibition, 1926
'Detail of memorial to the late Sir George Anderson'

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-First, 1927
'The late Lord Pentland, PC, GCSI, GCIE'

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Fourth, 1930
'The woman at the well '

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Fifth, 1931
'The kiss'

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Sixth, 1932
'Elizabeth'

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Eighth, 1934
'Felicity'

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Ninth, 1935
Multiple works

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Tenth, 1936
Multiple works

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Twelfth, 1938
'Caledonian Insurance Co. - entrance front of a new head office'

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

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Fourteenth, 1940
'Felicity'

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Fifteenth, 1941
'Anne '

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninetieth, 1916
'Portrait medallion'

Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Fifty-Eighth Annual Exhibition, 1919
Multiple works

Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Sixty-Sixth Annual Exhibition, 1927
'Portrait Medallion of the Late Lord Pentland, PC, GCSI, GCIE'

Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Seventieth Annual Exhibition, 1931
'The kiss'

Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Seventy-Fourth Annual Exhibition, 1935
'Felicity'

Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Seventy-Eighth Annual Exhibition, 1939
Multiple works

Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1933
Multiple works

Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1937
Multiple works

Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1926
'The kiss'

Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1929
Multiple works

Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1931
Multiple works

Exhibited at The Seventy-Seventh Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1922
1922

Exhibited at Palace of Arts Empire Exhibition Scotland, 1938
1938

Exhibition committee member for The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Fourth, 1920
1920
Convenor for Sculpture Section

Exhibition committee member for The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Seventh, 1923
1923
Convenor for Sculpture Section

Institutional and Business Connections

Associate member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1928 - 1938
Became fellow in 1938.

Elected ARSA The Royal Scottish Academy
1918

Elected RSA The Royal Scottish Academy
1929

Fellow of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1938 - 1943

Professor of sculpture at The Edinburgh College of Art
1929 (Circa) - 1945 (Circa)
Carrick's title was Head of Sculpture

Teacher of sculpture at The Edinburgh College of Art
1915 (Circa) - 1929 (Circa)
Afterwards Head of Sculpture

Personal and Professional Connections

Nominated by James Pittendrigh MacGillivray
1916
RSA

Nominated by Henry (Harry) Snell Gamley
1918
For RSA

Nominated by William Birnie Rhind
1918
For RSA

Nominated by Alexander Proudfoot
1928 (Presumed)
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors

Nominated by William Reid Dick
1928 (Presumed)
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors

Nominator of Gertrude Alice Meredith Williams
1928 (Presumed)
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors

Nominator of Norman John Forrest
1931

Nominator of James Barr
1939
Seconded by Proudfoot and Schotz

Nominator of Scott Sutherland
1940
p.6

Nominator of Andrew Dods
1940
p. 19

Taught Elizabeth Strachan Dempster
1930 (Circa)

Taught Hew Martin Lorimer
1933 (Circa)

Taught Phyllis Mary Bone
1912 - 1918

Trained Thomas W. Whalen
1928 - 1931

Trained Scott Sutherland
1929 - 1933
While attending the Edinburgh College of Art

Descriptions of Practice

Listed under Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1920-1921
p. 860

Listed under Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1930-1931
p. 1205

Listed under Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1940-1941
p. 1098 Listed under Sculptors

Sources

Aberdeen Artists' Society. Nineteenth Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1926
November 1926
p. 83

Aberdeen Artists' Society. Twentieth Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1929
November 1929
p. 71

Aberdeen Artists' Society. Twenty-first Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1931
November 1931
p. 69

Aberdeen Artists' Society. Twenty-second Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1933
November 1933
p. 62

Artists' Papers Register
2007
http://www.apr.ac.uk/artists/searches/artistrecs.asp?ARID=GB/NNAF/P542407 (accessed 03/08)

Catalogue for the Seventy-Seventh Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1922
1922

Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1920-1921
1920
p. 860

Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1930-1931
1930
p. 1205

Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1940-1941
1940
p. 1098 Listed under Sculptors

List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008

Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers
1980

Palace of Arts Empire Exhibition Scotland 1938 The Fine Art Section of the Empire Exhibition
1938

Prospectus of the Edinburgh College of Art, Session 1914 - 1915
1914 (Circa)
p. 8

The Edinburgh College of Art Report by the Board of Management for the session 1929-1930
1930
p. 5

The Ninety-Sixth Annual Report of the Council of The Royal Scottish Academy, 1923
1923
p. 9

The Ninety-Third Annual Report of the Council of The Royal Scottish Academy, 1920
1920

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. 240

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. 281-2

The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting Sculpture & Architecture 1826-1976
27 May 1976
p. 188, 191