Chronology
Hubert von Herkomer
Edward Onslow Ford 1895 Signed with initials, inscribed and dated 'To my friend/Onslow Ford/H H 95' (upper right)
Watercolour with scratching out
1800 × 1200 mm
Hubert von Herkomer
Edward Onslow Ford 1895 Signed with initials, inscribed and dated 'To my friend/Onslow Ford/H H 95' (upper right)
1864 Death of Ford’s father.
1870 Following in Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s footsteps, Ford trains at the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerp.
Moves to Munich and shares a studio with fellow English sculptor, Edwin Roscoe Mullins.
Moves to Munich and shares a studio with fellow English sculptor, Edwin Roscoe Mullins.
1871–4 Studies at the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in Munich, where he is encouraged by Professor Michael Wagmuller.
1873 Marries Freiin Gwendoline von Kreusser.
1875 Returns to London.
Exhibits a bust of his wife at his Royal Academy debut.
Exhibits a bust of his wife at his Royal Academy debut.
Edward Onslow Ford
The Singer exhibited 1889
Bronze, coloured resin paste and semi-precious stones
902 x 216 x 432 mm
Tate N01753
Presented by Sir Henry Tate 1894
Tate
Edward Onslow Ford
The Singer exhibited 1889
Tate N01753
Tate
1887 Peace
1887–90 General Gordon on a Camel
1888 Made an Associate of the Royal Academy.
Gives lecture on ‘The Modern Renaissance in Sculpture’ at the National Association for the Advancement of Art and its Application to Industry.
Gives lecture on ‘The Modern Renaissance in Sculpture’ at the National Association for the Advancement of Art and its Application to Industry.
1889 The Singer exhibited at the Royal Academy.
Exhibits at the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society.
Exhibits at the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society.
1890 Visits the Royal Academy modelling school.
Exhibits at the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society.
Exhibits at the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society.
Edward Onslow Ford
Applause 1893
Bronze, silver, enamel and semi-precious stones
670 x 250 x 390 mm
Tate T12622
Presented by Mrs Teresa Fairchild in appreciation of her great-uncle Mr Clinton Thomas Dent, MC, FRCS, who commissioned this work 2008
Tate
Edward Onslow Ford
Applause 1893
Tate T12622
Tate
1895 Becomes President of the Art Workers Guild.
Made a Royal Academician.
Made a Royal Academician.
1897 Benjamin Jowett Memorial
1898 Sri Sri Chamarajah Waiyer
1899 Queen Victoria
Maharaja Lakshmeshwar Singh
Maharaja Lakshmeshwar Singh
1900 Suffers from heart disease.
1901 Dies on 23 December and is buried on 27 December at East Finchley, London.
A popular figure, a monument was later erected to his memory (C. Lucchesi, sculptor, J.W. Simpson, architect) in St John’s Wood, London, near where he had lived.
A popular figure, a monument was later erected to his memory (C. Lucchesi, sculptor, J.W. Simpson, architect) in St John’s Wood, London, near where he had lived.
How to cite
‘Chronology’, in Jason Edwards (ed.), In Focus: 'The Singer' exhibited 1889 and 'Applause' 1893 by Edward Onslow Ford, Tate Research Publication, April 2013, https://www