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Sir William Rothenstein (29 January 1872 – 14 February 1945) was an English painter, printmaker, draughtsman, lecturer, and writer on art. Emerging during the early 1890s, Rothenstein continued to make art right up until his death in the mid-1940s. Though he covered many subjects – ranging from landscapes in France to representations of Jewish synagogues in London – he is perhaps best known for his work as a war artist in both world wars, his portraits, and his popular memoirs, written in the 1930s. More than two hundred of Rothenstein's portraits of famous people can be found in the National Portrait Gallery collection. The Tate Gallery also holds a large collection of his paintings, prints and drawings. Rothenstein served as Principal at the Royal College of Art from 1920 to 1935. He was knighted in 1931 for his services to art. In March 2015 'From Bradford to Benares: the Art of Sir William Rothenstein', the first major exhibition of Rothenstein's work for over forty years, opened at Bradford's Cartwright Hall Gallery, touring to the Ben Uri in London later that year.
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Sir William Rothenstein The Doll’s House
1899–1900
Artist as subject
Paul Nash, recipient: Margaret Nash Letter from Paul Nash to Margaret Odeh written from 19 Royal Parade, Cheltenham
29 September 1913
Henry Moore OM, CH, recipient: Lady Cecilia Sempill Letter from Henry Moore to Cecilia Sempill
26 August 1927
Paul Nash, recipient: Margaret Nash Letter from Paul Nash to Margaret Odeh written from 19 Royal Parade, Cheltenham
30 September 1913
Paul Nash, recipient: Margaret Nash Letter and note from Paul Nash to Margaret Odeh
8 May 1913
Paul Nash, recipient: Margaret Nash Letter from Paul Nash to Margaret Odeh written from 19 Royal Parade, Cheltenham
22 September 1913
Hampstead Artists Council (London, UK) Hampstead Artists’ Council souvenir exhibition catalogue titled ‘Hampstead Artists Past and Present’
1946
Prunella Clough Diary
18 November 1944–27 February 1947
Walter Richard Sickert, recipient: Anna Hope Hudson Letter from Walter Sickert to Nan Hudson, addressed 6 Mornington Crescent, London
[1907]
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In Focus
In Focus Interview with Samuel Shaw
Researching William Rothenstein’s The Doll’s House 1899–1900
In Focus
The Doll’s House 1899–1900 by William Rothenstein
An early sketchbook owned by Tate, analysed here for the first time, informs this thorough investigation of Rothenstein’s early ...
Tate Etc
Tate Etc. issue 29: Autumn 2013
Tate Etc. issue 29, Autumn 2013; online edition of Tate's magazine
Tate Etc
A drink among friends: Degas, Sickert and Toulouse-Lautrec II
The British-born fin-de-siècle bohemian Charles Conder arrived in Paris in 1890, where he soon discovered a fondness for Absinthe. The ...
Tate Etc
The drink that fuelled a nation's art: Degas, Sickert and Toulouse-Lautrec
The Green Goddess haunted a nation and fuelled its art, including that of Degas, Sickert and Toulouse-Lautrec.
Sketches, letters, etc.
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