Job Nixon | |
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Born | 1891
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Died | 1938
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Alma mater | |
Occupation |
Painter,
engraver
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Job Nixon (1891–1938) was an English painter and engraver.
He was born in 1891 [1] [2] in The Potteries, in Staffordshire. [2]
When he was eighteen, he won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art. [2] He later studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, [2] and then another scholarship enabled him to attend the British School of Engraving in Rome. [2]
He as known for his etchings and drypoints, producing over 75. [2] Many of these depicted places in France or Italy. [2]
He became an associate of the Royal Watercolour Society in 1928 and a member in 1934. [3]
His paintings are in a number of public collections, including those of Manchester Art Gallery, [4] the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery [1] the Royal Watercolour Society, [1] the Art Institute of Chicago, [5] the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, [6] the Auckland Art Gallery, [7] and the National Gallery of Victoria. [8]
In a review of a 1972 exhibition by fellow Staffordshire-born engraver Geoffrey Heath Wedgwood, Edward Morris wrote: [9]
Wedgwood was one of the first pupils to be able to study engraving alone for his diploma [at the RCA] and he profited from the vigorous manner of Job Nixon [1891–1938] rather than from the more refined, delicate approach of the Professor, Sir Frank Short.
Job Nixon | |
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Born | 1891
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Died | 1938
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Alma mater | |
Occupation |
Painter,
engraver
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Job Nixon (1891–1938) was an English painter and engraver.
He was born in 1891 [1] [2] in The Potteries, in Staffordshire. [2]
When he was eighteen, he won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art. [2] He later studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, [2] and then another scholarship enabled him to attend the British School of Engraving in Rome. [2]
He as known for his etchings and drypoints, producing over 75. [2] Many of these depicted places in France or Italy. [2]
He became an associate of the Royal Watercolour Society in 1928 and a member in 1934. [3]
His paintings are in a number of public collections, including those of Manchester Art Gallery, [4] the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery [1] the Royal Watercolour Society, [1] the Art Institute of Chicago, [5] the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, [6] the Auckland Art Gallery, [7] and the National Gallery of Victoria. [8]
In a review of a 1972 exhibition by fellow Staffordshire-born engraver Geoffrey Heath Wedgwood, Edward Morris wrote: [9]
Wedgwood was one of the first pupils to be able to study engraving alone for his diploma [at the RCA] and he profited from the vigorous manner of Job Nixon [1891–1938] rather than from the more refined, delicate approach of the Professor, Sir Frank Short.