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| Notes for Charles Auty | ||||||||
| Until obtaining the death certificates for his parents no one in the family even knew that Charles had been born. Our first thought that he may be the Charles Auty who was the artist who displayed his paintings in the Isle Of Man cannot possibly be correct, as this would mean he displayed them before he was born (his parents being only 18 at the time) so that must have been his grandfather. In the 1881 census returns there is a Charles Auty from Batley lodging with Edward and Mary Roberts at 13 Paternoster Row in Sheffield. He is listed as a Musician. I think this is him as another son of Frank and Hannah, John, was also born in Batley. Also lodging there is a James Francis, also a musician. In the Blackpool Gazette for 01/11/1904 the following article appears... "The Art Gallery. Mr C Auty's Exhibition. Water colours of a high degree of excellence were universely admired in The Art Gallery at the Blackpool Free Library on Monday evening. Their existence is due to the genius of Mr Chas. Auty, now residing in the Isle of Man but formerly an appreciated resident of Blackpool. His works were grouped together as a composite series of little pictures of the sea and shore. The formal opening of the exhibition took place on Monday evening when Councillor J E Lucas, BA, chairman of the Free Library Committee, acted as spokesman. He said they were met together to welcome an old friend back in their midst. Those who have lived long in the town had known Mr Auty for many years. They knew him as one who had worked and struggled hard at his profession and had stuck to it.They were all pleased to hear that he was now reaping the reward of his devotion to his profession and that things were showing themselves much more favourably to him with regard to his future. The exhibition originated with the idea of making Blackpool follow and love art and all things beautiful. Blackpool was given over almost entirely to material services and material enterprises but they wanted to lead them to love higher things. Mr Auty spoke and proposed a vote of thanks to Mr Lucas. Mr S J Farrar, in seconding, said they could not stand still at Blackpool: they were always going forward and that (the) exhibition was a step in the right direction. Mr T M S Dobson supported, and the motion having been unanimously and heartily carried, Mr Lucas responded and asked them not to give him all the praise but to give him a small share and the major portion to their librarian, whose work had been splendid (applause). He also eulogised the work of the Messrs Grundy who had done their utmost to make the gallery a success. | ||||||||
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