Cyril Shiner

Cyril James Shiner (30 April 1908 – 24 May 1989) was a British painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1]

Cyril Shiner
Born(1908-04-30)30 April 1908
Birmingham, England
Died24 May 1989(1989-05-24) (aged 81)
Preston, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationPainter

Life

Shiner was born in Birmingham, and attended Mossley Road Junior Art School.[2] He became a silversmith by profession, a pupil of Bernard Cuzner at Birmingham Central School of Art.[3] He was also an industrial designer, an art teacher, retiring in 1970, and a member of the Birmingham Art Circle during the 1930s.[2][4][5] He married the artist and illustrator Eleanor Joyce Bliss.[6]

One of Shiner's works was the trophy for the winner of the King's Vase race at Royal Ascot 1940. The race was cancelled because of wartime conditions, and the trophy was repurposed as the Dunkirk Cup, winning a competition, and commemorating the naval action of the Dunkirk evacuation of late May and early June of that year. It was auctioned in July for the benefit of the Red Cross, being purchased by Almeric Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough.[7]

References
  1. "Cyril Shiner". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  2. Andrew, John; Styles, Derek (2015). Designer British Silver: From Studios Established 1930-1985. Antique Collectors' Club. p. 528. ISBN 978-1-85149-780-5.
  3. Byars, Mel (12 August 1994). The Design Encyclopedia. Wiley. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-471-02455-2.
  4. "Easi-Nest, Shiner, Cyril ABRSA, MSIA | V&A Search the Collections". V and A Collections. 28 August 2020.
  5. "Cyril J. Shiner - Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951". sculpture.gla.ac.uk.
  6. "Lot 511 - Bliss, Joyce, 1914-1990". www.dominicwinter.co.uk.
  7. "The Dunkirk Cup". collections.rmg.co.uk.


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