Person    | Male  Born 29/1/1872  Died 14/2/1945

Sir William Rothenstein

Categories: Art

Countries: France

Artist. Born at 4 Spring Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire. He studied at the Slade School of Art in London, and at the Académie Julian in Paris, where he met and was encouraged by James McNeill Whistler and Henri Toulouse-Lautrec. Principal of The Royal College of Art from 1920 to 1935. He was an official artist in both world wars. Died at Iles Farm, Far Oakridge, near Bisley, Gloucestershire.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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