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William Rothenstein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sir William Rothenstein, (January 29, 1872 – February 14, 1945), was an English painter, draughtsman and writer on art. Rothenstein was Principal of the Royal College of Art from 1920 to 1935, where he encouraged figures including Jacob Epstein, Henry Moore and Paul Nash. William Rothenstein was the father of art historian and director of the Tate Gallery from 1938 to 1964, John Rothenstein, and the highly respected British printmaker Michael Rothenstein, whose divorce from Duffy Ayers caused a major controversy in British society. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Rothenstein   (210 words)

William Rothenstein Art Collection William Rothenstein was the son of Moritz Rothenstein, who came to England from Hanover in 1859, and the brother of Charles Lambert Rutherston, the collector, and Albert Daniel Rutherston, the artist. William Rothenstein studied for one year at the Slade School in London under Alphonse Legros, after which he spent four years in Paris, where he attended the Académie Julian. Rothenstein was a professor of civic art at the University of Sheffield, a principal of the Royal College of Art, a trustee of the Tate Gallery, and a member of the Royal Fine Art Commission. www.hrc.utexas.edu /research/fa/rothenstein.html   (467 words)

Biography for: William Rothenstein Sir William Rothenstein was an English painter, printmaker, teacher and writer. Rothenstein studied at the Slade School of Art in London under Alphonse Legros and at the Academie Julian in Paris. However, Rothenstein's artistic sympathy for Whistler was apparent when he was called as a witness by Sickert in the libel action which Pennell, supported by Whistler, had called against him in 1897. www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk /biog/Roth_W.htm   (310 words)

William Rothenstein - LoveToKnow 1911 "WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (1872-), English artist, was born at Bradford, Yorks, Jan. 29 1872, and was educated at the Bradford grammar school. 1881), who took the name of Rutherston in place of that of Rothenstein in 1916, was born at Bradford Dec. 5 1881. He studied at the Slade school in 1898, and after 190t exhibited regularly at the New English Art Club. www.1911encyclopedia.org /William_Rothenstein   (316 words)

Sotheby's - Services & Information - Press Releases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) Sir William Rothenstein (1872-1945) was the son of a German-born Bradford wool-merchant. By Sir Max Beerbohm (1872-1956) is a portrait of William Rothenstein in Faubourg and in Quartier, estimated at £5,000-7,000 (illustrated). William Rothenstein’s son John, Director of the Tate Gallery from 1938-64 was no less gregarious than his father, and his influence is felt in a further group of works by later artists. www.shareholder.com /bid/news/20030116-99625.cfm   (1003 words)

Rothenstein, Sir William - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) ROTHENSTEIN, SIR WILLIAM [Rothenstein, Sir William], 1872-1945, English painter and writer. Rothenstein wrote biographical sketches that appear in English Portraits (1898) and Twenty-four Portraits (1920-23). Love letters; In the world of publishing, Julian Rothenstein is a cult figure. www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-rothenst.html   (289 words)

More info about the poet: William Henry Davies - references bibliography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) William Henry Davies was born in lowly circumstances in Portland Street in... William Henry Davies It was the rainbow gave thee birth, and left thee all her lovely hues. William Henry Davies was born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, the son of a publican. www.poemhunter.com /william-henry-davies/resources/poet-6662/page-1   (725 words)

SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (1872-1945) RP NEAC - HOMAGE TO THOMAS HARDY After Hardy’s death Rothenstein decided to undertake the project of recording the Westminster Abbey funeral service in the form of a group portrait of the pallbearers. Rothenstein wrote that ‘Hardy, for whom country churches and churchyards had such a strong attraction, left directions that he was to lie beside his first wife in the churchyard at Stinsford. Because of this, many of the pallbearers disapproved of Rothenstein’s portrait and so it was abandoned before its completion, however Rothenstein’s gesture was a final testament to the respect he felt for Hardy. www.chrisbeetles.com /pictures/artists/Rothenstein_William/Q4207.htm   (308 words)

University of Delaware: Sir William Rothenstein and Sir John Rothenstein Collection John Knewstub Maurice Rothenstein, the oldest of the four children of William and Alice Rothenstein, was born in 1901. John Rothenstein retired from the Tate in 1964 and devoted the rest of his life to writing and lecturing. The Rothenstein library is a unique assemblage of books in a wide variety of subjects and by an impressive range of authors. www.lib.udel.edu /ud/spec/findaids/rothen.htm   (1664 words)

Personality of the Week - Rothenstein From 1920 to 1935 Rothenstein was principal of London's Royal College of Art. His son, Sir John Rothenstein (1901-1992), was director of the Tate Gallery in London (1938-1964). Sir William Rothenstein, 1872-1945; a memorial exhibition: paintings, drawings, etchings and lithographs. www.bh.org.il /Names/POW/Rothenstein.asp   (118 words)

Rothenstein, William, Sir, 1872-1945. Papers: Guide. Rothenstein was an English painter and president of the Royal College of Art (1920-1935). Also includes letters to Rothenstein, family correspondence, papers relating to the Royal College of Art, and photographs, a scrapbook, clippings, and printed material. Includes: letter from Albert Rothenstein to John Rothenstein; a fragment from Alice Rothenstein; letter from Robert Speaight to Elizabeth Rothenstein; and possibly a letter from Kenneth DeB Codrington possible to Lady Rothenstein. oasis.harvard.edu:10080 /oasis/deliver/~hou00683   (1074 words)

Sir William Rothenstein (1872 - 1945) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews Sir William Rothenstein studied at the Slade School for one year beginning in 1888. William Rothenstein, First Steps,tenth plate from the portfolio Sketches Made on the Lithography Night 14 April 1905 by Member s of the Art Workers Guild, Clifford Inn Hall and Published for the Benefit of the Chest, 1905 William Faithorne, At the upper end of the plate you have the woman"s arm..., plate 8 opposite page 22 in the book The Art of Graveing and Etching by William Faithorne (London: William Faithorne, 1662), 1662 wwar.com /masters/r/rothenstein-sir_william.html   (901 words)

William Rothenstein William Rothenstein, the son a German-born Bradford wool-merchant, was born in 1872. Rothenstein visited the Somme front in December, 1917. In 1920 Rothenstein became principal of the Royal College of Art. www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /ARTrothenstein.htm   (234 words)

Rothenstein Sir William - Search Results - MSN Encarta Rothenstein was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, and trained at the Slade... Jones, Sir William (1746-1794), English jurist and linguist, considered the father of Asian studies in Britain. Herschel, Sir William (1738-1822), German-born British astronomer, who made many important contributions to astronomy. encarta.msn.com /Rothenstein_Sir_William.html   (94 words)

Rothenstein, William, Sir, 1872-1945, recipient. Letters from various correspondents: Guide. Abstract: Letters to English painter William Rothenstein concerning his personal and professional life. Letters to Rothenstein concerning both his professional and personal life. Includes Eric H. Kennington to William Rothenstein in France during WWI. oasis.harvard.edu:10080 /oasis/deliver/~hou00681   (325 words)

The Hindu : Translating Tagore Tagore has been a favourite with translators and William Radice's translation of his lesser known occasional verse is a distinguished addition to the corpus, says SABYASACHI BHATTACHARYA. William Radice's translation of Tagore's brief poems is a distinguished addition to that category of literature. To the readers of Tagore, what the author meant to say is in his text, whatever may be the quality of the English. www.hindu.com /thehindu/2001/09/02/stories/1302017r.htm   (911 words)

Amazon.com: "William Rothenstein": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) translations was on the whole inadequate - and yet some of them played a role in arousing the interest of William Rothenstein and others in Tagore's work, prior to his visit to Britain in June 1912 and the rapturous reception of his... While in London he showed his acquaintance the painter William Rothenstein a few English translations he had made of his poems; through Rothenstein's good offices, the India Society of London published... William Rothenstein gave a vivid account of the intellectual journey that had led him to Rodin in his Men and Memories written... www.amazon.com /phrase/William-Rothenstein   (602 words)

Amazon.com: "Sir William Rothenstein": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) was a change from his mood in 1916; then, as now, he had disliked revolution, but it had seemed to Sir William Rothenstein, with whom he was staying when the 1916 Rising broke out, that he fretted somewhat that he had not been... William Stott of Oldham's Portrait of MN Father and Mother, 1884, Oldham Art Gallery. Sir William Rothenstein (1872-I94S) studied at the Slade and, between 1889 and 1893, in Paris, where he formed friendships with Degas, Pissarro and... www.amazon.com /phrase/Sir-William-Rothenstein   (536 words)

TIME.com: More Rothenstein -- May 30, 1932 -- Page 1 With William Butler Yeats he gave a dinner in honor of Tagore at which Tagore was asked to sing Bande Mataram, the nationalist song. Artist Rothenstein has much to tell of Wells, André Gide, Augustus John, many other lions, as well as of his own ruminations on life and art. From the number of complimentary friendly letters he prints it would seem that half the world's intelligentsiacs were half in love with Sir William Rothenstein. www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,769624,00.html   (549 words)

AllRefer.com - Sir William Rothenstein (European Art, 1600 To The Present, Biography) - Encyclopedia AllRefer.com - Sir William Rothenstein (European Art, 1600 To The Present, Biography) - Encyclopedia Sir William Rothenstein, European Art, 1600 To The Present, Biographies Sir William Rothenstein[rO´thunstIn] Pronunciation Key, 1872–1945, English painter and writer. reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/R/Rothenst.html   (223 words)

Sir William Rothenstein biographical information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) Rothenstein was noted principally for his portrait drawings and lithographs. He was commissioned by John Lane to make a series of portrait lithographs of eminent literary figures and the series eventually consisted of 750 drawings and 135 lithographs. He was an official war artist in World War I. He was the principal of the royal college of Arts, and a Trustee of the Tate Gallery www.wolman-prints.com /pages/artistbiog/all/r/812.html   (75 words)

William Rothenstein: An Inventory of His Art Collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center William Rothenstein: An Inventory of His Art Collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center The drawings, lithographs, and one oil painting are portraits of various important figures who were contemporaries of Rothenstein. In L. Legg and E. Williams (Eds.), The Dictionary of National Biography: 1940-1950 (pp. www.lib.utexas.edu /taro/uthrc/00231/00231-P.html   (569 words)

British Printmakers of the 1890s   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) Moving on to William Rothenstein's prints, we come to his splendid 1897 lithograph portraying his two fellow printmakers, "Charles Ricketts and Charles H. Shannon," which appears on our front cover. An ardent socialist and follower of William Morris, he is reported to have been the first member of the House of Commons to be suspended for using the word 'damn' in that august chamber. This proof is a later pull of Strang's etching by his son, David, an accomplished etcher in his own right, and printer for a number of important etchers of his day, including John Taylor Arms. www.library.georgetown.edu /dept/speccoll/britprint.htm   (1618 words)

William Rothenstein's John Singer Sargent According to the 1890's Society, William Rothenstein, and a few other artists, were commissioned to do a number of drawings of famous London celebrities by Grant Richards who pulled them all together for an independently published booked called It was kind of a Who's Who meets People magazine type concept and Sargent was just one of a number of celebrities that William drew. It's funny, at the 1890's website, they describe Sargent like this: "Rothenstein's Sargent appears almost to have been caught unawares and captured against his will by his fellow 'lion hunter' [fellow portrait artist], with a cigarette still dangling from his lips and an expression of wariness and defensiveness in his eyes." www.jssgallery.org /Other_Artists/William_Rothenstein/Sargent.html   (159 words)

Rothenstein Coat of Arms Spelling variations of this family name include: Rothstein, Rothenstein, Rothmaler, Rothenmaler, Roddenstein, Rodenmaler, Rodstein, Rotstein, Rochstein, Roytenstein, Roitenstein, Roitstein, Rojtenstein, Reitenstein, Ruttenstein, Ruthstein, Routenstein and many more. First found in Brunswick, where the name was anciently associated with the tribal conflicts of the area. Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: G. Rothstein, who arrived at the port of Baltimore in 1834; William Rothstein, who arrived in New York from Bremen in 1853; Axel Victor Rothstein, who arrived in California in 1851. www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.c/qx/rothenstein-coat-arms.htm   (1980 words)

NCAW Spring 04 | Petra Chu reviews Charles Conder   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) The exhibition opened with several painted and drawn portraits of Conder by Toulouse-Lautrec (a sketch for Aux Ambassadeurs), Jacques-Emile Blanche, William Rothenstein, and William Orpen. Collectively, these portraits seemed to suggest that Conder was a familiar figure on the Franco-British art scene of the 1890s with a broad and interesting circle of artist friends. The monograph was written by John Rothenstein, the son of Conder's friend, the painter William Rothenstein (The Life and Death of Conder. www.19thc-artworldwide.org /spring_04/reviews/chu.html   (2315 words)

Rothenstein, Sir William - MSN Encarta Rothenstein, Sir William (1872–1945), English painter and writer on art. Rothenstein was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, and trained at the Slade School... Become a subscriber today and gain access to: encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_762506939/Sir_William_Rothenstein.html   (40 words)

William Rothenstein (1495 - 1540) Biography, Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews Click the artwork titles below to see actual examples of artwork by William Rothenstein. Click on any of the links below to read about exhibitions related to William Rothenstein. Even in 1962, in his British Art since 1900, Sir John Rothenstein wrote of the London Group ; "...i... www.wwar.com /masters/r/rothenstein-william.html   (203 words)

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