Background
His father was Charles Blundstone, an India rubber merchant who was born in Manchester, England.
His father was Charles Blundstone, an India rubber merchant who was born in Manchester, England.
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.
Blundstone"s works include portraits and sculptures. After the Great War he executed several war memorials including that at Folkestone. 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.
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 Saint John"s Wood.
1926 - 1951 - Fellow of Royal Society of British Sculptors Blundstone exhibitions entries include portraits, statues, trophies and war memorials: 1903 - "Tiger at Bay" shown at the Corporation of Manchester Art, Twenty-First Autumn Exhibition 1907 - Jacob Wrestling with the Angel was shown at Corporation of Manchester Art, 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, The Spring Exhibition 1916 - Design for a Garden Figure shown at Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Eleventh Exhibition 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: 1931-1932 - Memorial for Animals, for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Royal Society of British Sculptors) (Participant, awarded £20).
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
1935 - 1936 - Member of council Royal Society of British Sculptors.