Frank Baxter
Born 1866 (Circa)
Active: 1895 - 1922
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor
Born in Sutton, Lancashire. He was the son of Henry Baxter (born in Liverpool c.1831) a copper smelter employing 56 men and 57 boys in 1871. Frank was educated at Eton College. In 1891 he was working as a manager in the family chemical works with his older brother Henry. By 1901 Baxter had married and switched profession to sculptor. His son Thomas T. Baxter (later a painter and sculptor) was born in France but a British subject c.1895. Based on the birthplace of Thomas, it is possible that Frank trained, or did part of his art studies in France.
This record includes information submitted by Bill Milburn.
Works
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Love Lies Bleeding
1904 (Presumed)
Hesitation
1911 (Circa)
Locations
Address 2 Victoria Road Kensington Garden London W | View on map
1900 (Circa) - 1908 (Circa)
Address 25 Victoria Road Kensington London W | View on map
1904 (Circa) - 1922 (Circa)
Address 5 The Vale London | View on map
1922 (Circa) - 1934
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Spring Exhibition of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (Twentieth London Exhibition), 1916
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Seventy-Eighth Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1904
'Love Lies Bleeding'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1905
Multiple works
Exhibited at Jubilee Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1911
Multiple works
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fifth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1895
1895
Study of an Old Italian (cat. no. 1262, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-eighth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1898
1898
Study of an Old Garibaldian (cat. no. 1452, plaster bust, not for sale, for sale in bronze for £30); Abyssinian Buffalo (cat. no. 1493, bronze, £10 10s.).
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1903 - 1922
Exhibited 5 times, one work each year.
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2370
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Artist Sculptor' working at home on own account
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Sculptor' (he was employing 3 servants at home)
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Manager of Chemical Works' with his brother Henry.
Sources
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-eighth, 1898 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1898
pp. 45-48.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fifth, 1895 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1895
pp. 47-50.
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1905
1905
Cat. No. 564, pp. 52, 80
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 1458; Folio: 91; Page: 14; GSU roll: 1341353
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 3015; Folio: 5; Page: 3; GSU roll: 6098125
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 19 folio 90 page 32
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
Reference RG14PN92 RG78PN4 RD2 SD1 ED6 SN102
Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2370
The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The One Hundred and Thirty-Fifth, 1903
1903
p. 59
The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The One Hundred and Thirty-Sixth, 1904
1904
p. 61
The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904. Vol. 1: Abbayne to Carrington
1905
p.146 (N.B Graves incorrectly attributes works shown in 1903 and 1904 to Fane Frank Baxter)
Citing this record
'Frank Baxter', 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_1222100680, accessed 02 Oct 2023]
