Norman John Forrest ARSA, ARBA

Works

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Morning
1928

Captive
1929

Thalia
1930

Youth
1931

Torso
1932

Mother and child
1933

Carving in lime wood
1933

The Bather
1933

The bride
1934

Figure in walnut
1934

The late David Alexander Tod of Tirinie, Blair Atholl
1935

June garland
1937

Adventure with waves
1937

The fruit
1937

Torso
1938

Helen
1939

Arbor vitae
1939

Mood indigo
1940

Dancing Torso
1942

Hymn to Hymen
1942

The emancipation of women
1943

Helen Thornton
1943

Black girl
1943

Robert Helpmann
1943

Leda and the swan
1944

Margot Fonteyn
1944

Doloroso
1944

Reclining figure
1944

Siesta
1944

Carving in Walnut
1944

Foal
1945

Languoreuse
1945

Singing cloud
1945

Minuet
1945

Torso
1946

Nemesis
1947

Sundown
1948

Reveille
1948

Awakening
1949

Warrior
1949

Curves of sleep
1949

Night
1949

Instrument musical
1950

Black laughter
1950

Bower
1951

Locations

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Address 37 Chambers St Edinburgh | View on map
1945 - 1953

Address 33 Nicholson St Edinburgh | View on map
1950 - 1955

Studio located at Dean Studios Belford Road Edinburgh | View on map
1928 - 1931
4 Belford Road

Studio located at Distillery Lane Dalry Road Edinburgh | View on map
1931 - 1945

Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events

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

Exhibited at The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred- and-Sixteenth, 1942
Multiple works

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, One-Hundred-and-Eighteenth, 1944
Multiple works

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Second, 1928
'Morning'

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

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

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

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Seventh, 1933
Multiple works

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

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Ninth, 1935
'The late David Alexander Tod of Tirinie, Blair Atholl'

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Eleventh, 1937
'The fruit'

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
'Helen'

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Nineteenth, 1945
'Foal'

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Twentieth, 1946
Multiple works

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Twenty-First, 1947
Multiple works

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Twenty-Second, 1948
Multiple works

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Twenty-Third, 1949
Multiple works

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Twenty-Fourth, 1950
'Instrument musical'

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Twenty-Fifth, 1951
'Margot Fonteyn'

Exhibited at Jubillee Annual Exhibition of the Society of Scottish Artists, 1944
Multiple works

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

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

Exhibited at Palace of Arts Empire Exhibition Scotland, 1938
1938

Institutional and Business Connections

Assistant teacher of woodcarving at The Edinburgh College of Art
1934 (Circa) - 1941 (Circa)

Elected ARSA The Royal Scottish Academy
1943

Member of The Edinburgh College of Art
1963 - 1968
Board of Governors

Student at The Edinburgh College of Art

Personal and Professional Connections

Helped by Thomas Symington Halliday
1932
Encouraged by Forrest to begin sculpting.

Nominated by Alexander Carrick
1931

Nominated by Alexander Proudfoot
1931

Nominated by Benno Schotz
1940
p. 19

Studied under Thomas Good

Taught Elizabeth Strachan Dempster
1930 (Circa)

Descriptions of Practice

Listed in Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1930-1931
p. 1237 Listed under Wood Carvers

Listed under Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1940-1941
P. 1073 Listed under Modellers

Sources

Aberdeen Artists' Society. Twenty-second Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1933
November 1933
p. 51

Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1930-1931
1930
p. 1173 Listed under Modellers

Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1940-1941
1940
P. 1073

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

Prospectus of the Edinburgh College of Art, Session 1934- 1935
1934 (Circa)
p. 15

The Edinburgh College of Art Report by the Board of Management to the Govenors for the session 1940-1941
1941
p. 4

The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1861-1989. Volume 2, E-K. A Dictionary of Exhibitors at the Annual Exhibitions of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1991 The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1861-1989
1991
p. 65

The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibitors 1826-1990: A dictionary of artists and their work in the Annual Exhibitions of the Royal Scottish Academy. Volume 2, E-K
1991
p. 73

The Royal Scottish Academy Nomination Forms for Associateship Rank. 1931-1941
p. 29