Discover painter, watercolorist, illustrator William Ratcliffe

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: Ratcliffe, William Whitehead

Qualifications: painter, watercolorist, illustrator, engraver (printmaker), designer

Nationality/school: English

Born: King's Lynn 1870-10-06

Deceased: London (England) 1955-01-06

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Gilman, Harold John Wilde

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Education: Manchester School of Art (Manchester Metropolitan University)

study at the Manchester School of Art (AKLONLINE May 2018)

Active in

1911 - 1955
when Crane moved to London in 1898 to become a member of the Royal College of Art, Rattcliffe also moved to London where he continued to work as a wallcovering designer and he was a member of the Camden Town Group in 1911-13, a London artist group of post-impressionism, who, in addition to founder Walter Sickert and others. also Lucien Pissarro, Wyndham Lewis and James Bolívar Manson belonged (AKLONLINE May 2018)

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Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Crane, Walter
from 1893 under the leadership of Walter Crane, who was strongly associated with the Arts and Crafts movement of William Morris and the Gest. specialized in wallpaper, fabrics and patterns

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Member of

Camden Town Group in 1911-13, a London artist group of post-impressionism, who, in addition to founder Walter Sickert and others. also Lucien Pissarro, Wyndham Lewis and James Bolívar Manson belonged.Geographical

Literature

Vollmer 1953-1962 , vol. 4 (1958), p. 21
Vollmer 1953-1962 , vol. 6 (1962), p. 370
Witt Checklist 1978 , p. 255
Witt Library 1991
Buckman 1998
Bénézit 1999
Saur 1992- , vol. 97 (2018), p. 518

T. Craven, Harold Gilman + William Ratcliffe: "A Clean and Solid Mosaic", tent.cat., London 2004

AKLONLINE (May 2018), as: Ratcliffe, William Whitehead; Ratcliffe, William

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