Geoffrey Rhoades
Geoffrey Rhoades (1898–1980) was a British painter and art teacher.[1][2]
Life
[edit]Rhoades was born in London, and was a student at Clapham Art School from 1915 to 1917. After a period in the merchant navy he attended the Slade School from 1919 to 1923 where he was taught by Henry Tonks.[2] He worked on decorative painting for Christopher Hatton Turnor at Stoke Rochford Hall who was opening up the family home to summer schools, in particular for the Workers' Educational Association.[2][3][4]
Rhoades then went into teaching, at the Working Men's College in Camden Town, at the request of Percy Horton.[3] From 1953 he taught at the Ruskin School of Art in Oxford, until 1972.[2]
Awards
[edit]- Giles Bequest Prize 1950 for his linocut "Anacreon's Tomb"[1]
Art
[edit]- Winter Afternoon, Chalk Farm (1935)[5]
- Anacreon's Tomb (Lino cut) (1950)[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Benezit Dictionary of British Graphic Artists and Illustrators, Volume 1
- 1 2 3 4 David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain since 1945: M to Z. Art Dictionaries Limited. p. 1336. ISBN 978-0-9532609-5-9.
- 1 2 The Artist. Artist Publishing Company, Limited. 1987. p. 46.
- ↑ Martin, John. "Turnor, Christopher Hatton (1873–1940)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36592. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ "Geoffrey Rhoades - Tate". Tate. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ "Your Search Results - Search the Collections - Victoria and Albert Museum". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
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