Randolph Schwabe

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Randolph Schwabe
Born(1885-05-09)9 May 1885
Slade School of Art
  • Académie Julian
    • Known forPainting, drawing

    Randolph Schwabe (9 May 1885 – 19 September 1948) was a British draughtsman, painter and etcher who was the Slade Professor of Fine Art at University College London from 1930 until his death.[1] He served as a war artist in both World Wars, created designs for theatrical productions and illustrated a number of books.[2]

    Early life

    V2 Damage at the Chelsea Pensioners' Hospital London, SW3 (Art.IWM ART LD 4807)

    Schwabe was born in

    London Group in 1915.[4] In April 1913 Schwabe married Gwendolen Jones and they were to have one daughter.[5]

    Career

    Coventry Cathedral, November 1940 (Art.IWM ART LD 709)

    During the

    Camberwell School of Art and the Westminster School of Art.[6] In 1930 he succeeded Henry Tonks as Slade Professor of Fine Art at University College and as Principal of the Slade School of Fine Art.[6]

    Schwabe's work was widely exhibited and he also created designs for theatrical productions and illustrated a number of books, including Historic Costume (1925) and A Short History of Costume and Armour (1931), both with F. M. Kelly.

    H E Bates and several books by the dance historian Cyril W. Beaumont.[8] As well as illustrating several books for the Beaumont Press, Schwabe also designed a set of wooden figures based on dancers from the Sergei Diaghilev company, the Ballets Russes for Beaumont.[9]

    In 1941 Schwabe joined the committee of the

    Chicago Daily Tribune nominated Schwabe for a Pulitzer Prize in 1943 for his cover illustration to The Old Churches of London by Gerald Cobb but had to write to the book's publishers to explain that he had been humorous as no such prize existed.[13]

    Although he remained Principal of the Slade, he moved to Helensburgh in Dunbartonshire for health reasons and he died there in September 1948.[5]

    Legacy

    Schwabe's grave at St John-at-Hampstead in October 2016

    Works by Schwabe are held in several major collections; the Imperial War Museum has examples of his war-time commissions from both the First and Second World Wars. The Arts Council toured a major retrospective of his work in 1951. Schwabe's ashes are interred in the churchyard of St John-at-Hampstead in Hampstead, over which stands a small statue of an angel by the sculptor Alan Durst. The angel wears a sash with the legend, Randolph Schwabe in whose life we have seen excellence in beauty.[5]

    Books illustrated

    Books illustrated by Schwabe included[9][14]

    • Crossings by Walter de la Mare, Beaufort Press, 1921
    • A Manual of the Theory and Practice of Classical Theatrical Dancing by C. W. Beaumont, Beaumont Press, 1922
    • After Berneval Letters of Oscar Wilde and Robert Ross by Oscar Wilde, Beaumont Press, 1922
    • To Nature by Edmund Blunden, Beaumont Press, 1923
    • The Café Royal by A. Symons, Beaumont Press, 1923
    • Madrigals and Chronicles by J. Claire, Beaumont Press, 1924
    • Masks of Time, Edmund Blunden, Beaumont Press, 1925
    • Historic Costume 1490–1790 by F. M. Kelly, Batsford, 1925[7]
    • The Carwen Press Almanack, 1926
    • The Actor by R.Lloyd, Beaumont Press, 1926
    • The First Score by C. W. Beaumont, Beaumont Press, 1927
    • The Wet Flanders Plain by H. Williamson, Beaumont Press, 1929
    • The Theory and Practice of Allegro in Classical Ballet by C. W. Beaumont, Beaumont Press, 1930
    • A Summer Fancy, Edmund Blunden, Beaumont Press, 1930
    • A Short History of Costume and Armour 1066-1800 by F. M. Kelly,
      Batsford, 1931[7]
    • To Themis by Edmund Blunden, Beaumont Press, 1931
    • Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham, Heinemann, 1936
    • The Tinkers of Elstow by H. E. Bates, privately published, 1946
    • English Church Monuments by Katharine Esdaile, Batsford, 1946

    References

    1. ISBN 978-0-300-10890-3
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    2. ^ Ingnet (2010). "Randolph Schwabe RWS NEAC LG Tower Bridge". Ingnet. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
    3. ISBN 978-1-906593-80-3
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    4. ISBN 1-85149-106-6
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    5. ^ a b c Heroes Centre (2012). "The Arts-Randolph Schwabe". The Heroes Centre. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
    6. ^
      ISBN 2-7000-3082-6
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    7. ^
      ISBN 0-95326-095-X
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    8. ^ Liss Fine Art. "Randolph Schwabe (1885-1948)". Liss Fine Art. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
    9. ^
      ISBN 1-85149-1082
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    10. ISBN 978-0-300-10890-3
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    11. ^ Imperial War Museum. "War artists archive, Randolph Schwabe". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
    12. ^ Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
    13. ISBN 978-1-904537-87-8
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    14. ISBN 1-85149-1937
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