Cary, Francis Stephen (1808–1880), painter and art teacher, was born at Kingsbury, Warwickshire, on 10 May 1808, the son of the Revd Henry Francis Cary (1772–1844), translator of Dante, and his wife, Jane (1777–1832), daughter of James Ormsby of Sandymount, near Dublin. In 1810 he moved with his family to ...
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Cary, Francis Stephen (1808–1880), painter and art teacher
Lucy Oakley
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Cole, Reginald George Vicat [Rex] (1870–1940), landscape painter and art teacher
Tim Barringer
Cole, Reginald George Vicat [Rex] (1870–1940), landscape painter and art teacher, was born on 22 February 1870 in Kensington, London, the only son and youngest of the four children of George Vicat Cole (1833–1893) and Mary Ann Chignell (d. 1915), daughter of a ...
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Cope, Sir Arthur Stockdale (1857–1940), art educator and portrait painter
Ruth Brimacombe
Cope, Sir Arthur Stockdale (1857–1940), art educator and portrait painter, was born at 19 Hyde Park Gate, South Kensington, London, on 2 November 1857, the third son of the successful genre artist Charles West Cope, famed for his historical frescoes in the House of Lords...
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Flight, (Walter) Claude (1881–1955), linocut artist and art teacher artist
Stephen Coppel
Flight, (Walter) Claude (1881–1955), linocut artist and art teacher, was born on 16 February 1881 at 12 Clairville Grove in South Kensington, London, son of Dr Walter Flight FRS (1841–1885), mineralogist and authority on meteorites at the British Museum, and his wife, Katherine Fell (1847–1942)...
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Garland [née McHarg], Madge (1898–1990), fashion journalist and teacher
Rebecca Arnold
Garland [née McHarg], Madge (1898–1990), fashion journalist and teacher, was born on 12 June 1898 in Melbourne, Australia, third child of Andrew McHarg, international shipper, and his wife, Henrietta Maria Aitkin. Brought up in St John's Wood in London, she was sent to the ...
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Harbutt, William (1844–1921), inventor of Plasticine and art teacher
Christopher F. Lindsey
Harbutt, William (1844–1921), inventor of Plasticine and art teacher, was born on 13 February 1844 in North Shields, Northumberland, the seventh of the eight children of Thomas Harbutt (b. 1803), a galvanizer, and his wife, Elizabeth Whitehouse Jefcoate (b. 1804). Details of his early education are unknown, but later he studied at the ...
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Lauder, Robert Scott (1803–1869), painter and art teacher
Duncan Macmillan
Lauder, Robert Scott (1803–1869), painter and art teacher, was born on 25 June 1803 at Silvermills in Edinburgh, the son of John Lauder, a tannery owner, and his wife, Ellen (or Helen) Tait. Lauder was educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh. Encouragement from the artist ...
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Leitch, William Leighton (1804–1883), landscape painter and drawing-master
Delia Millar
Leitch, William Leighton (1804–1883), landscape painter and drawing-master, was born in Glasgow on 2 November 1804, the son of Richard Leitch, who had been in the navy and army and retired in 1815, and Elisabeth Hardie. Educated in Glasgow, Leitch worked in a lawyer's office and a weaver's shop, and then as a house painter, but spent his evenings drawing with ...
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Murray, William Staite (1881–1962), potter and teacher of pottery
Emmanuel Cooper
Murray, William Staite (1881–1962), potter and teacher of pottery, was born on 9 September 1881 at 103 High Street, Deptford, London, the third son of the six children of James Murray, merchant, and his wife, Arabella, daughter of Abel Staite, cheesemonger, of London...
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Osborne, Malcolm (1880–1963), printmaker and teacher of printmaking
Hal Bishop
Osborne, Malcolm (1880–1963), printmaker and teacher of printmaking, was born on 1 August 1880 at 2 Waterloo, Frome, Somerset, one of three sons of Alfred Arthur Osborne, a schoolmaster, and his wife, Sarah Elizabeth, née Biggs. Osborne was educated in Bristol at the ...
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Richardson, Marion Elaine (1892–1946), art teacher
Sian Everitt
Richardson, Marion Elaine (1892–1946), art teacher, was born on 9 October 1892 at 10 Wellesley Villas, Ashford, Kent, the second daughter of six children of Walter Marshall Richardson (1859–c.1907), a master brewer, and his wife, Ellen, née Dyer (b. 1860)...
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Russell, Sir Walter Westley (1867–1949), painter and art teacher
W. T. Monnington
revised by Ben Whitworth
Russell, Sir Walter Westley (1867–1949), painter and art teacher, was born on 31 May 1867 at Forest Gate, Essex, the son of William Henry Russell, a bookbinder, and his wife, Charlotte Emily Bradley. In his early twenties he studied painting at the Westminster School of Art, London...
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Short, Sir Francis Job [Frank] (1857–1945), printmaker and teacher of printmaking
Judy Crosby Ivy
Short, Sir Francis Job [Frank] (1857–1945), printmaker and teacher of printmaking, was born at High Park, Wollaston, Worcestershire, on 19 June 1857, the second of the four children of Job Till Short (b. 1832), an engineer, and his wife, Emma (b...
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Skeaping, John Rattenbury (1901–1980), sculptor and teacher of sculpture
Judith Collins
Skeaping, John Rattenbury (1901–1980), sculptor and teacher of sculpture, was born on 9 June 1901 at South Woodford, Essex, the second son of Kenneth Mathieson Skeaping (1856–1946), a painter and book illustrator, and his wife, Sarah Ann, née Rattenbury (b. 1867). When he was thirteen he studied sculpture for a year at ...
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Spear, (Augustus John) Ruskin (1911–1990), artist and teacher of art
Marina Vaizey
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Spear, (Augustus John) Ruskin (1911–1990), artist and teacher of art, was born on 30 June 1911 in Hammersmith, London, the only son and youngest of five children of Augustus Spear, coach builder and coach painter, and his wife, (Matilda) Jane Lemon, cook. He acquired his unusual and appropriate forenames by being named ...
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Tonks, Henry (1862–1937), artist and art teacher
Lynda Morris
Tonks, Henry (1862–1937), artist and art teacher, was born in Solihull, Warwickshire, on 9 April 1862, the fifth among the eleven children of Edmund Tonks and his wife, Julia, née Johnson. The family, of Dutch descent, owned a brass foundry in Birmingham. Tonks...
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Underwood, (George Claude) Leon (1890–1975), artist and art teacher
Ben Whitworth
Underwood, (George Claude) Leon (1890–1975), artist and art teacher, was born on 25 December 1890 at 145 Percy Road, Shepherd's Bush, London, the eldest of three children (all sons) of (Theodore) George Black Underwood (1852-1941), fine art dealer, and his wife, Rose Ellen Cornelius (1863-1941)...
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Varley, John (1778–1842), watercolour painter and art teacher
C. M. Kauffmann
Varley, John (1778–1842), watercolour painter and art teacher, was born on 17 August 1778 in a converted inn, the Blue Post, Mare Street, Hackney, Middlesex. He was the eldest of five children of Richard Varley (d. 1791) of Epworth, Lincolnshire, and his second wife, ...
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Weight, Carel Victor Morlais (1908–1997), painter and art teacher
Frances Spalding
Weight, Carel Victor Morlais (1908–1997), painter and art teacher, was born on 10 September 1908 in Paddington, London, the only son of Sidney L. Weight, a bank cashier, and Blanche Harriet Caroline (b. 1882), daughter of Julius William Süssenbach, a first generation immigrant from the ...
