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Known for
  
Sculpture

Died
  
1951

Name
  
Ferdinand Blundstone

Ferdinand Victor Blundstone
Born
  
1882
Switzerland

Education
  
City and Guilds of London Art School, Royal Academy of Arts

Ferdinand Victor Blundstone (1882–1951) was a Swiss-born sculptor who worked in England. His father was Charles Blundstone, an India rubber merchant who was born in Manchester, England. He studied at the South London Technical Art School and Royal Academy Schools.

Contents

Blundstone's works include portraits and sculptures. After the Great War he executed several war memorials including that at Folkestone.

Education

Blundstone studied Art at Ashton-under-Lyne and then at South London Technical Art School before entering the Royal Academy Schools. There his awards included the Landseer Scholarship which he was awarded in 1904 for one of his sculptures. He won a second place prize for a model in 1905. Two years later he was awarded a one year Landseer Scholarship. Also in 1907 he won a traveling studentship of £200 and a gold medal.

Private life

Blundstone lived in Manchester in about 1908. He may have lived in Heaton Chapel (northern part of Stockport in Greater Manchester) with his family during World War I. London was his home from about 1919 to 1951.

Career

When Blundstone established himself as a sculptor, he had studios in London and in 1907 moved to Stamford Bridge Studios. In about 1907 he had a studio at Clifton Hill Studio and in 1918 he moved to St. John's Wood.

Works

The following is a partial list of Blundstone's works.

Professional associations

Blundstone (died 1951) was a member of the following associations:

  • 1919 - 1951 - Member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
  • 1921 - 1923 - Member of council Royal Society of British Sculptors
  • 1924 - 1931 - Member of Art Workers Guild
  • 1926 - 1951 - Fellow of Royal Society of British Sculptors
  • 1935 - 1936 - Member of council Royal Society of British Sculptors

    • Exhibits and competitions

    Blundstone exhibitions entries include portraits, statues, trophies and war memorials:

  • 1903 - 'Tiger at Bay' shown at the Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Twenty-First Autumn Exhibition
  • 1907 - Jacob Wrestling with the Angel was shown at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Twenty-Fifth Autumn Exhibition
  • 1907 - 1944 - at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition)
  • 1908 - Multiple works exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition
  • 1916 - Design for a Garden Figure shown at Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Eleventh Exhibition
  • 1925 - For his garden sculpture, he won the Paris Exhibition's silver medal.
  • 1927 - The age of imagination was shown at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-First

    • His competition attendance included:

  • 1904 - Landseer Scholarships (Royal Academy of Arts) (Won)
  • 1907 - Landseer Scholarships (Royal Academy of Arts) (Won)
  • 1920 - Folkstone Memorial Competition (Folkestone Council), 1920 (Won)
  • 1931-1932 - Memorial for Animals, for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Royal Society of British Sculptors) (Participant, awarded £20)

    • References

    Ferdinand Victor Blundstone Wikipedia
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