Richard Perry Bedford

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Richard Perry Bedford (born November 15, 1883 in Torquay , Devon , † October 3, 1967 in West Mersea, Mersea Island , Essex ) was a British art historian and sculptor .

He was the son of George Bedford, director of the Torquay School of Art. He received his education at the Dean Close School in Cheltenham and the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London. In 1903 he began working for the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, initially as a technical assistant. He rose to the top and was Keeper of Sculpture from 1924 to 1938 and from 1938 to 1946 Keeper of the Department of Circulation, from 1947 to 1948 as Curator of Pictures at the Ministry of Works.

He found his way to sculpture late. His first exhibition took place in 1927 at the Goupil Gallery, further exhibitions took place at the Gallery Alex Reid & Lefèvre (1936), the Leicester Galleries, the Beaux-Arts Gallery, the New Burlington Gallery and the Princes Galleries, which took place from 1942 to 1953 he participated in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition , a final solo exhibition in 1960 at The Minories in Colchester. In the 1930s he was a member of the London Group , in whose exhibitions he participated from 1931 to 1939, and in 1932/33 of the Seven and Five Society .

In 1914 he married Ethel Pearl Donisthorpe (1880-1964), from the marriage the children Richard Donisthorpe Bedford (1918-1986) and Betty (* 1916) emerged.

Publications (selection)

  • St. James the Less. A study in Christian iconography (= Second publication of the Gryphon club ). Bernard Quaritch, London 1911, OCLC 14184858 ( PDF; 5.2 MB ).

Remarks

  1. ^ Suffolk Artists: Bedford, Richard Donisthorpe. In: suffolkartists.co.uk, accessed May 24, 2019.

Web links

  • Biography at Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851–1951
  • Biography at the Victor Batte-Lay Foundation
personal data
SURNAME Bedford, Richard Perry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bedford, Richard P.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British art historian and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Torquay , Devon
DATE OF DEATH 3rd October 1967
Place of death West Mersea, Mersea Island , Essex