- Bookcover of Percy Shakespeare
- Booktitle:
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Percy Shakespeare
Dudley, Portrait, Dudley Museum And Art Gallery
Part Press (2012-01-18 )
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- ISBN-13:
978-613-8-80661-5
- ISBN-10:
- 6138806611
- EAN:
- 9786138806615
- Book language:
- Blurb/Shorttext:
- Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Percy Shakespeare (1906–1943) was an English painter, born in the slums of Dudley, West Midlands, England, he rose from his humble beginnings to be a celebrated artist.In 1920, after a chance meeting at the Dudley Museum and Art Gallery with Ivo Shaw, the principal of Dudley Art School, the young Percy Shakespeare was offered a place at the school where his fees were waived. Here he showed a talent for figure drawing and portraits. Eventually he attended Birmingham School of Art, where he qualified as a teacher. In 1933, he had his first exhibit at the Royal Academy, ‘A Mulatto’, a portrait of a lady, which was later bought by the Dudley Art Gallery.
- Publishing house:
- Part Press
- Website:
- http://www.betascript-publishing.com
- Edited by:
- Ben Stacy Jerrik
- Number of pages:
- 84
- Published at:
- 2012-01-18
- Stock:
- Available
- Category:
- General Social sciences
- Price:
- 34.00 €
- Keywords:
- Shakespeare, Art, Museum, portrait, Percy, Gallery, Dudley
