1907

John Sparkes

Categories: Art, Education, Politics & Administration

Principal of the Lambeth School of Arts 1858 - 1900. Born as John Charles Lewis Sparkes in Brixton. Began teaching at Lambeth in 1857. Cultivated a special relationship between the school and Doulton's neighbouring pottery works. Mutually beneficial to each organisation this resulted in a line of ‘art-pottery’, known as Doulton ware. Sparkes designed many of these items.

Headmaster and then Principal of the National Art Training School in South Kensington (later the Royal College of Art) 1875-98. Died Surrey. Mapping Sculpture and JSTOR are useful sources.

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John Sparkes

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Tinworth pillar

On a nearby information board: "Tinworth Fountain - This was once a large orn...

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Isaac Rosenberg

Poet and painter. Born Bristol of Lithuanian parents. A poet of WW1. Critical of the war but enlisted because he needed employment. Killed in the trenches of France.

Person, Art, Poetry, France, Lithuania

2 memorials

Lionel Stanhope

South London artist who has created work similar to the Charlton Athletic mural all over south-east London and Kent, e.g. Brockley, Hither Green, Lee, Forest Hill and Plumstead. He has completed ov...

Person, Art

1 memorial

Sir William Orpen

Painter. Born William Newenham Montague Orpen at Oriel, Blackrock, County Dublin. He was an official artist in World War I and attended the Versailles Peace Conference. Deeply affected by the suffe...

Person, Art, Ireland

1 memorial

Simon Barber

Mural painter. See Mick Jones.

Person, Art

1 memorial

Artful Dodger

Street artist. Hailed as the new 'Banksy'. Likewise he/she preserves their anonymity, so our picture shows another of their works.

Person, Art

1 memorial

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Surrey Docks fire - first bomb of the Blitz

SE16, Surrey Quays Road, Dock Offices

EU Today writes: "The first bomb of the London blitz landed on the Dockyard Offices on the periphery of what is now the car park for Surr...

4 subjects commemorated, 1 creator

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Ronald Falk

Born Australia. Actor. We are really only guessing that this is the Ronald Falk on the list of donors for the Olivier statue. We published this item in October 2010. Our colleague, Andrew Behan, h...

Person, Benefactor, Cinema, Theatre, TV & Radio, Australia

1 memorial