Miss Gertrude Knoblock
Other names: Knoblauch
Born 1880 (Circa)
Died 7 March 1964
Active: 1906 - 1941
Country of birth: United States
Country of death: England
Sculptor, painter, engraver
Born in the USA. Her brother, Edward Knoblock (or Knoblauch 1874-1945) was a playright who dramatized novels as well as writing original and collaborative works. His greatest success was 'Kismet, an "Arabian night" in three acts' (1912). He was also a collector of furniture and a pioneer of the Regency revival. Gertrude moved to London, probably with her brother, around 1905. She settled in Chelsea in the early 1930s and died in London.
Amongst her known works is a fountain figure of a boy wearing a fireman's helmet and holding a hose at Plas Brondanw Gardens, Llanfrothen, Gwynedd, North Wales (the family home of the architect, Clough Williams-Ellis). There is a small garden statue of a faun at Longue Vue House and Gardens, New Orleans, LA. This was formerly attributed to Josephine Knoblock but may be the sculpture of a faun that Gertrude Knoblock exhibited at the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers in 1922.
This record includes information submitted by Christine Wallace and Lenora Costa. Edward Knoblauch's papers are in the Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University.
Wealth at death: £26,992 0s. 0d.
Probate date: 7 June 1964
Works
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Child riding a snail
1939
Locations
Address 59 Drayton Gardens West Brompton London | View on map
1906 (Circa)
Address 85 Wigmore Street London | View on map
1911 (Circa) - 1913 (Circa)
Address 27 Manchester Street London W | View on map
1914 (Circa) - 1930 (Circa)
Address 21 Shawfield Street Kings Road London | View on map
1934 (Circa) - 1959 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Annual Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (Twenty-eighth London Exhibition), 1922
'Small Faun'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Thirteenth, 1939
'Child riding a snail'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Fourteenth, 1940
'Before dawn the third day'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1906 - 1941
Exhibited 5 times between 1906 and 1914 as Miss Gertrude Knoblauch, then 5 times between 1928 and 1941 as Miss Gertrude Knoblock.
Exhibited at Palace of Arts Empire Exhibition Scotland, 1938
1938
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN555 RG78PN19 RD7 SD2 ED19 SN249
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: Gertrude Knoblock
Death Registration Month/Year: 1964
Age at death (estimated): 83
Registration district: Wandsworth
Inferred County: Greater London
Volume: 5d
Page: 898
International Society press cuttings, from spring 1921
1921 (Circa)
'Small Faun' illustrated in 'The Daily Mail', 04/05/22.
Palace of Arts
Empire Exhibition
Scotland
1938
The Fine Art Section of the Empire Exhibition
1938
Citing this record
'Miss Gertrude Knoblock', 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_1213116636, accessed 10 Jun 2023]
