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School Of London: RACKHAM, rak'am, Arthur, English artist and illustrator: b. London, England, Sept. 19, 1867; d. Limpsfield, Surrey, Sept. 6, 1939. He was educated at the City of London school of london, and at the age of 17 became a part-time student at the Lambeth school of london of Art. Soon he began to contribute illustrations to various London periodicals. His style, at first conventional, evolved in a highly individual manner under the influence of Aubrey Beardsley and other artists of the 1890's, and with the publication of an edition of the Grimm brothers' Fairy Tales (1900) he was in demand as a book illustrator.
GRANT, Duncan James Corrowr (1885- ), Scottish painter in the postimpressionist style. He was born in Rothiemurchus, Inverness, Scotland, on Jan. 21, 1885, and studied at the Westminster school of london of Art and the Slade school of london in London, and in Paris.
Grant traveled extensively in Europe and became a member of a variety of intellectual and professional groups. Among them were the Bloomsbury group, the London group, and the Omega Workshops. This last group, established by Roger Fry in 1913, turned out designs for fabrics, furniture, and pottery in contemporary styles.
Richards exhibited at the Royal Academy, London, at the Paris Salon, and at various American expositions. A series of his water-color marines hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
RICHARDSON, rich'erd-s'n, SIR Benjamin Ward, English physician: b. Somerby, Leicestershire, England, Oct. 31, 1828; d. London, Nov. 21, 1896. He was educated in Scotland at Anderson College and St. Andrews University. In 1855 he moved to London and for three years was lecturer on medical jurisprudence at the school of london of Medicine in Grosvenor Place. He was also lecturer on physiology there until 1865. |
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