Frederic Stuttig

Louis Frederic Auguste Stuttig^[3] was born in Paris^[4] on 29 August 1861.^[1] By 1891, he was working in London, the business partner of an antique furniture dealer in Wardour Street.^[4] He studied art at the Regent Street Polytechnic Art School.^[1]

Sometime before 1903, Stuttig became a wood carving teacher at The Central School of Arts and Crafts, founded in 1896 by the London County Council.^[4] His connection may have been initiated by W.R. Lethaby, the School's first principal.^[4][6] With George Jack, Stuttig ran the School of Architecture and Building Crafts.^[7] They were also responsible for the School of Cabinet work and Furniture.^[7] Stuttig was a professor at the School for 30 years.^[1]

Stuttig began exhibiting work in various Arts & Crafts Exhibitions in London from around 1899, as a carver and wood worker, and in association with his pupils and contacts from the Central School of Arts and Crafts.^[4] Over the course of seven exhibitions between 1899 and 1916, he was recorded as part of more than 50 exhibits.^[4]

Stuttig worked closely with a number of well known female carvers and gilders of the period, including Jessie Bayes, Emmeline Bayes, Kathleen Figgis, and Gwendoline Cox.^[4]

Stuttig married Mione Violet Cooke.^[1] He died on 12 December 1947.^[3]