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Joseph William Simpson (1879–1939) was a British painter and etcher of portraits and sporting subjects, and a magazine illustrator.

Biography

Simpson was born in

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, in 1879. He attended the Glasgow School of Art and initially worked in Edinburgh as an illustrator and cartoonist. He was the editor of ''The Book of Bookplates'' (1900-1903), ''Books and Bookplates'' (1903-04) and the later publication '' The Book-Lovers' Magazine''. In 1901 he was the co-author with Wilbur Macey Stone of ''The Purple Book of Book-plates'', which was published in New York. He was employed by the publishers

T. N. Foulis T. N. Foulis was a British publisher founded in Edinburgh in 1903. During its first ten years, the firm became well known for producing "highly original, beautifully illustrated books",

as a typeface designer and also designed some covers and bookplates in

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style. In 1905, Simpson came to London, working for the press doing poster designs and doing oil paintings in his spare time. His studio was next door to that of Frank Brangwyn who in 1909 encouraged Simpson to do his first etching. He taught for a while at the

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and in 1918, became an official war artist with the Royal Air Force, spending time stationed in France. His first exhibition of etchings took place in Glasgow at Wishart Brown in March 1926, and this was followed in November by a very successful London exhibition, staged by Alex, Reid & Lefevre. He also exhibited in Munich, Venice, Florence and Stockholm. He died in London in 1939.

Bibliography

* Granville Fell, H. "The Etched Work of Joseph Simpson." ''

The Print Collector’s Quarterly ''The Print Collector's Quarterly'' (initially hyphenated as ''The Print-Collector's Quarterly''), was a quarterly periodical that was begun in 1911 and continued under various publishers until 1950. The original founders were art dealer Frederick ...

'' Vol 19 (1932): 212-233 a catalogue of 74 etchings (up to 1931).

Notes

External links

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Fell’s catalogue listing of over 70 prints. {{DEFAULTSORT:Simpson, Joseph 1879 births 1939 deaths Sports artists People from Carlisle, Cumbria English etchers English portrait painters 20th-century English painters English male painters 20th-century British printmakers 20th-century English male artists