Lyon, Robert, 1894-1978 (English painter and sculptor)
Person
Biography/Historical Note
Artist, mural painter and teacher. After his studies at the Royal College fo Art, in 1932 he became lecturer in fine art and master of painting at King’s College, Newcastle upon Tyne, where from 1934 he tutored the Ashington Group, a group of spare-time Northumberland miner artists and amateur painters. He left Newcastle in 1942, when he became principal of Edinburgh College of Art.
Nationality:
English.
Education:
Royal College of Art.
Role within the BSR:
Rome Scholar in Painting, 1924-1927.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Lyon, Robert, 1923 - 1978, Academic year 1924-1927
File
Lyon, Robert, 1923 - 1978, Academic year 1924-1927
Reference number: AR-01.02.01/042.06
Scope and Contents
Documents from this file include: application letter for the scholarship; correspondence between Lyon and Evelyn Shaw; stipend account; correspondence between Evelyn Shaw and the Director of Education (Education Commettee, Liverpool); reports of session works; application for the renewal of the scholarship for the second year (with opinions of the Painting Faculty members attached); correspondence between Evelyn Shaw and Bernard Ashmole; application for the renewal of the scholarship for the...
Dates:
Record Keeping: 1923 - 1978; Academic year 1924-1927