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Nixon, Job, 1891-1938 (British printmaker)

 Person

Biography/Historical Note

Etcher, printmaker and painter. Born in Stoke-on-Trent, Nixon studied at the Royal College of Art and the Slade School in Fine Art before taking on the Rome Scholarship in Engraving at the BSR in 1920. Known especially for landscape and topograhpical scenes of Italy, France, and other areas in Europe. After return from Rome, Nixon taught at the Engraving School of the Royal College of Fine Art, as assistant to Malcom Osbourne. He began to exhbit his works with the Royal Soceity of Painters in Watercolours, becoming an associate member in 1934. He later taught at the Slade from 1935, before passing away at the age of 47 in 1938.

Nationality:

English.

Education:

Royal College of Art and Slade School of Fine Art, 1915-?.

Role within the BSR:

Rome Scholar in Engraving, 1920-1923.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Artworks by Job Nixon, 1920 - 1923

 Series/Portfolio

Artworks by Job Nixon, 1920 - 1923

Reference number: SCH-PRI/001-010/440/451
Scope and Contents

Prints executed by Job Nixon, Rome Scholar in Engraving, 1920-1923.

Dates: Date Range Of Artworks: 1920 - 1923
Found in: British School at Rome Archive & Special Collections / SCH-PRI, British School at Rome Print Collection

Nixon, Job, 1920 - 1923

 File

Nixon, Job, 1920 - 1923

Reference number: AR-01.02.03/058.01
Scope and Contents Documents from this file include: correspondence between Shaw and Nixon; correspondence between Shaw and Constance Potts; third year scholarship renewal letter; correspondence between Campbell Dogson (Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum) and Shaw (1923); final report (1923); correspondence between the Board of Education and Evelyn Shaw concerning Nixon's application for the post of Art Master in the Government Schools in Singapore (1923); financial arrangements; correspondence...
Dates: Academic Year: 1920 - 1923
Found in: British School at Rome Archive & Special Collections / AR, British School at Rome Administrative Archive / Awards and Funding Bodies records / Scholarships and Awards. Fine Arts / Rome Scholarship in Engraving

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