Harold Williamson
Born1898
Manchester, England
Died1972 (aged 73–74)
NationalityBritish
Alma materManchester School of Art
Known forPainting

Harold Williamson (1898–1972) was a British artist, known as a painter, designer, etcher and teacher.[1]

Biography

Williamson was born in Manchester in 1892 and took evening classes at the Manchester School of Art between 1913 and 1916.[2][3] From 1916 to 1919, during World War I, he served in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve and then returned for further studies at the Manchester School of Art until 1922.[2] For a time he worked in London as a designer for Arthur Sanderson & Sons, the fabric and wallpaper firm.[4][1] In 1926 he obtained a post as Painting Master at Bournemouth College of Art where he remained until 1947.[1] In 1947 he returned to the Manchester College of Art and Design as the head of the department of Fine Art, where he remained until 1962.[1][4] He lived in Sale, Cheshire.[4]

Williamson exhibited at the Royal Academy in London, with the New English Art Club, the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, the Manchester City Art Gallery and in the United States.[2][4] Williamson's work is included in the permanent collections of the Southampton City Art Gallery,[5] the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum,[6] the Manchester Art Gallery[7] and the Southport Art Galleries. A retrospective exhibition of his work was held at the Belgrave Gallery during 1979.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Collections Online | British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-106-6.
  3. ↑ Southampton Art Gallery Collection: Illustrated Inventory of Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture. The Gallery. 1980.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 2, M to Z. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-953260-95-X.
  5. ↑ "Picnic | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "Russel Cotes Gallery" (PDF). Russel Cotes.
  7. ↑ "Patsy -Manchester Art Gallery".
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