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Percy Shakespeare (born 28 February 1906 in Dudley, England; died 25 May 1943 in Brighton, England〔() CWGC Casualty Record, Brighton County Borough, civilian war dead.〕) was an English painter. He was a celebrated artist, but died in an air raid during the Second World War.〔(Dudley Museum and Art Gallery )〕 ==Life and work== Shakespeare was born in 1906 in the slums of the Kates Hill area of Dudley, the fourth of eight children〔 of John Thomas Shakespeare and his wife Ada.〔 His family subsequently moved to council housing in the nearby Wren's Nest Estate area.〔 In 1920, after a chance meeting at the Dudley Museum and Art Gallery with Ivo Shaw, the principal of Dudley Art School,〔 the young Percy Shakespeare was offered a place at the school where his fees were waived for his eight years attendance.〔 Here he showed a talent for figure drawing and portraits. Eventually he attended Birmingham School of Art, where he studied anatomical drawing under Harold Holden〔 from 1923 to 1927〔 and obtained an Art Masters Certificate in Anatomical Drawing,〔 and qualified as a teacher. He taught at Birmingham and Kidderminster.〔 Barbara Wilkinson, daughter of the curator of Dudley Art Gallery, sat as a child for several of his paintings, including ''Caravanners'' and ''Tropical Bird House, Dudley Zoo''. In 1933, he had his first exhibit at the Royal Academy, "A Mulatto", a portrait of a lady, which was later bought by Dudley Art Gallery. Throughout the 1930s, he continued to paint and produced a number of paintings each year (mainly in oil) that were submitted to the Royal Academy, and often accepted for exhibition. He also exhibited at the Paris Salon and at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, of which he was elected an associate in 1936.〔〔 During this period, he was living at 12, Maple Road Dudley ().〔Correspondence in Percy Shakespeare file, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists〕 When World War II broke out in 1939, he enlisted〔 in the Royal Navy, and trained at HMS Vernon.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Percy Shakespeare」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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