Mark Wilfred Batten
Born 21 July 1905
Died 4 January 1993
Active: 1927 - 1967
Sculptor
Born in Kirkaldy, Fife. His father was Edward Batten (born c.1864 in Peterborough), a mechanical engineer.
Works
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Singing Negress
1939
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Seventy-Eighth Annual Exhibition, 1939
'Singing Negress'
Institutional and Business Connections
Associate member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1950
Fellow of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1952 - 1967
President of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1956 - 1961
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominated by Gilbert Ledward
1939
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors, presume nominated him a second time in 1950
Nominated by (Arthur) Eric Rowton Gill
1939
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors
Nominated by Arthur James John Ayres
1950
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
Class: RG14; Piece: 19284
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: Mark Wilfrid Batten
Birth Date: 21 Jul 1905
Date of Registration: Jan 1993
Age at Death: 87
Registration district: Hounslow
Inferred County: London
Register Number: 28A
District and Subdistrict: 2371A
Entry Number: 29
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of the Council, for the Year Ending 31 December 1950, to be Presented at the Forty-Seventh Annual General Meeting, 1951
February 1951
p. 3.
Citing this record
'Mark Wilfred Batten', 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_1222100237, accessed 22 Sep 2023]