Trafalgar Studios, Chelsea Explained

Trafalgar Studios were a set of purpose-built artists' studios on Manresa Road in the Chelsea area of London, England, just off the King's Road.^[1] A number or notable artists worked there.

The three-story, 15-unit block was built in 1878 by John Brass.^[2]

They were the first such studios in London, but further blocks were built nearby, attempting to emulate their success.

Studios

Among the artists to work at the numbered studios were:

2

• James Havard Thomas^[3]

4

• c. 1933 – 1937 Clifford Hall

7

• 1886 – Henry Jamyn Brooks^[4]

8

• c. 1937 – 1952 Clifford Hall^[5]

11

• Edward Onslow Ford^[6]
• c. 1888 – 1892 John Wilson
• c. 1891 – 1892 George William Iliffe Wilson
• c. 1885 – 1901 Albert Arthur Toft (occupied studios with his brother Alfonso; also 12)^[7]

12

• 1900 – Albert Toft (see above)
• Circa 1927 – Arnrid Banniza Johnston^[8]
• 1944 – Harry Thomas
• c. 1950 – 1951 Richard Alfred Thomas

13

• Herbert Granville Fell (also no 14)^{[9] [10]}
• Edward Gordon Craig (also no 14)^[11]

14

• 1881–1898 – Rudolph Onslow Ford^[12]
• 1911 – Aroldo du-Chêne de Vére
• Circa 1939 Frank Owen Dobson
• Frank Brangwyn^[13]
• Edward Gordon Craig (also no 13)

15

• 1881 – James Havard Thomas^[14]
• 1927 Alfred Priest
• c. 1933 – 1936 – Frank Owen Dobson

16

• Circa 1890 – George Wilson^[15]

Unspecified

• Mervyn Peake^[16]
• Evelyn De Morgan, 1880s ^[17]

External links

• "278 Kings Road Chelsea, Manresa Road (painting, 1882) by Edward Lingwood, showing the building in the distance
• Photograph of a studio interior

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Notes and References

1. Book: Settlement and building: Artists and Chelsea. 23 January 2014. A History of the County of Middlesex. 12. 2004. 102–106.
2. Web site: 278 Kings Road Chelsea, Manresa Road: 1882 by Edward Lingwood. Museum of London. 23 January 2014.
3. Web site: 2 Trafalgar Studios, Manresa Road, Chelsea F.C., London SW3, England, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 . Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851–1951 . University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII. 23 January 2014.
4. Web site: S&SWM PR papers L201 – L400. 2013. Pitt Rivers Museum. 22 January 2014.
5. Book: Quentin and Philip: A Double Portrait. Barrow, A.. 2011. Pan Macmillan. 9781447210238. 13 August 2015.
6. Web site: 11 Trafalgar Studios, Manresa Road, Chelsea F.C., London SW3, England, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 . Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851–1951 . University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII. 23 January 2014.
7. Web site: 11–12 Trafalgar Studios, Manresa Road, Chelsea F.C., London SW3, England, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 . Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851–1951 . University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII. 23 January 2014.
8. Web site: 12 Trafalgar Studios, Manresa Road, Chelsea F.C., London SW3, England, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 . Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851–1951 . University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII. 23 January 2014.
9. Address given on 15 May 1902 at marriage to Mary Linton
10. Web site: London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1931 . Ancestry . Ancestry Information Operations Unlimited Company . 4 December 2017.
11. Book: The Correspondence of Edward Gordon Craig and Count Harry Kessler, 1903–1937. Craig, E.G.. Kessler, H.. Newman, L.M.. Modern Humanities Research Association. 1995. W.S. Maney for the Modern Humanities Research Association and the Institute of Germanic Studies, University of London. 9780901286598. 24. 13 August 2015.
12. Web site: 14 Trafalgar Studios, Manresa Road, Chelsea F.C., London SW3, England, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 . Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851–1951 . University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII. 23 January 2014.
13. Book: Frank Brangwyn 1867–1956. Horner, L.. Naylor, G.. 2007. Leeds Museums and Galleries. 9780901981738. 34. 13 August 2015.
14. Web site: 15 Trafalgar Studios, Manresa Road, Chelsea F.C., London SW3, England, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 . Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851–1951 . University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII. 23 January 2014.
15. Web site: 16 Trafalgar Studios, Manresa Road, Chelsea F.C., London SW3, England, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 . Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851–1951 . University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII. 23 January 2014.
16. Book: Under a Canvas Sky: Living Outside Gormenghast. Peake, C.. 2011. Little, Brown Book Group. 9781849017473. 13 August 2015.
17. Book: De Morgan, Evelyn. Evelyn de Morgan : oil paintings. 1996. De Morgan Foundation. Catherine Gordon, Andrew Michael, Judy Oberhausen, Patricia Yates, Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum. 0-9528141-0-2. London. 11. 36021039.