Philip Naviasky (14 January 1894 – 19 June 1983) was an English artist based in
Leeds. He specialised in watercolour and oil painting.
Born in Leeds to Polish-Jewish immigrant parents Barnet Naviasky (born Berel Neviazhsky) and Fanny (''née'' Levinson), he won a scholarship to the Leeds School of Fine Arts in 1907. In 1912, he was the youngest ever student accepted into the
Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its pur ...
school. He went on to win a Royal Exhibition award and to study at the
Royal College of Art, after which he spent his career in Leeds as an artist and art teacher at
Leeds College of Art.
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1894 births
1983 deaths
British male painters
20th-century British painters
Artists from Leeds
20th-century British male artists
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