Joseph Simpson (artist)
Your Motherland Will Never Forget by Simpson from Canada in Khaki
Joseph Simpson (1879–1939) British painter and etcher of portraits and sporting subjects.
Chronology
- 1879 born in Carlisle, Cumbria
- 1905 Simpson came to London, England working for the press doing poster designs and doing oils in his spare time.[1]
- 1909 Frank Brangwyn encouraged Simpson to do his first etching.[2]
- 1918 Simpson became an official artist with the R.A.F. [3]
- 1926 Simpson’s first exhibition of etchings took place in Glasgow at Wishart Brown in March[4]
- 1939 died London, England
Bibliography
- Granville Fell, H. "The Etched Work of Joseph Simpson." The Print Collector’s Quarterly Vol 19 (1932): 212-233 a catalogue of 74 etchings (up to 1931).
Notes
External links
- cybermuse to search the National Gallery of Canada collection
- www.artistarchive.com Fell’s catalogue listing of over 70 prints.
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