Thomas Mansfield Guthrie, son of C. J. Guthrie, Esq., Advocate
Thomas Stuart Burnett ARSA
Bust sculpture of child in bronze on red antique marble base
1884
47 x 20 x 20 cm.

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Sixtieth, 1886
Source: The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibitors 1826-1990: A dictionary of artists and their work in the Annual Exhibitions of the Royal Scottish Academy. Volume 1, A-D, 1991,p. 232 (812)

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Thomas Stuart Burnett ARSA (1853 – 1888)

Sculptor, active between 1870 and 1888

Born in Edinburgh. In 1881 he was staying with the painter, William Geddes at Gowan Brae Cottage, Perth Street, Perth.

Attended The Royal Scottish Academy Life School, 1876 – 1881

Exhibitions

– The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (from 1855 to 1929)

– The Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, (1879, 1883, 1887)

– The Aberdeen Artists’ Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, (1885, 1886, 1887)

– The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition, (1885 – 1887)

– Works in Watercolour and Sculpture by Living Artists, The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Aberdeen Artists’ Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1885

– Royal Academy of Art: The Exhibition of Scottish Art, 1939

– The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Fifty-Third, 1879, (‘The putting-stone’ – awarded Sculpture Prize)

Won prize The Royal Scottish Academy Life School,1879 – 1880, Awarded Stewart Prize
Elected ARSA The Royal Scottish Academy in 1883, received prize from The Royal Scottish Academy in 1879

Sources:

Catalogue of the Exhibition of Scottish Art 1939, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1939, p. 166 (501)

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.354

The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1861-1989. Volume 1, A-D. A Dictionary of Exhibitors at the Annual Exhibitions of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1990 The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1861-1989, 1990, p. 207

The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibitors 1826-1990: A dictionary of artists and their work in the Annual Exhibitions of the Royal Scottish Academy. Volume 1, A-D, 1991, p. 231

Web source: ‘Thomas Stuart Burnett ARSA’, Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011