Morris Meredith Williams
Born 10 September 1881
Died 1973
Active: 1905 - 1937
Country of birth and death: Wales
Painter, stained glass designer, illustrator and teacher
Born in Bridgend, Glamorgan. He was appointed art master at Fettes College, Edinburgh in 1905. He and his wife, the sculptor, Gertrude Alice Williams, moved to Devon in 1929. He exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy in London every year between 1920-29 and most years at the Royal Scottish Academy from 1906-37. He drew the naval and military figures for the frieze of First World War soldiers in the Scottish National War Memorial at Edinburgh Castle. The frieze itself was modelled by his wife. For further details see entry for Gertrude Alice Williams.
Works
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Designed The Scottish National War Memorial: Designs and cartoons for bronze frieze in shrine, etc.
1927
Sources
Scottish National War Memorial
October 2004
p. 30
The Scottish National War Memorial, A Record and Appreciation
1928 (Circa)
Citing this record
'Morris Meredith Williams', 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_1222444430, accessed 29 Sep 2023]