John Knox
Active: 1930 - 1951
Country of birth and death: Great Britain
Sculptor
Works
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Hawk
1930
Garden figure
1932
Joseph Tomelty, Esq.
1949
Zymoa
1949
Self Portrait
1949
Sirens of Scylla
1950 (Presumed)
The Gleaner
1951
Locations
Address The Glasgow School of Art 167 Renfrew Street Glasgow | View on map
1930 (Circa)
Address 25 Queen Street Alloa | View on map
1930 (Circa)
Address 4 Somerset Place Mews Glasgow | View on map
1932
Address 25 Eia Street Belfast | View on map
1949
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Fourth, 1930
'Hawk'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Sixth, 1932
'Garden figure'
Exhibited at Exhibition of The Ulster Academy of Arts, 1949
Exhibited at Bangor Arts Committee & Ulster Arts Club Exhibition of Paintings, 1950
Exhibited at Ulster Arts Club Spring Exhibition, 1950
1950
Institutional and Business Connections
Awarded diploma by The Glasgow School of Art
1928
Member of committee at The Glasgow School of Art Club
1928
President of Ulster Arts Club
1959 - 1960
Received scholarship from The Glasgow School of Art
1928
for maintenance
Worked with James Jamison and Son Ltd
1950
Knox carved 'Thrift the Gleaner', which was commissioned for the festival of Britain 1951, in the stoneyard at College Park Avenue. (Ulster folklife 2002, p. 13)
Sources
'Masons and Carvers', Ulster Folklife, 2002
2002
p. 13
Annual Report of The Glasgow School of Art 1928-29
1928
Bangor Arts Committee & Ulster Arts Club Exhibition of Paintings, 1950
1950
Festival of Britain 1951 in Northern Ireland: Official Souvenir Handbook, 1951
1951
p. 69
The Ulster Arts Club Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, 1950
1950
Citing this record
'John Knox', 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_1213178869, accessed 10 Jun 2023]