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Brill, Reginald, 1902-1974 (British painter)

 Person

Biography/Historical Note

Painter, draughtsman, writer and teacher. His art studies begun during WWI with evening classes at St Martin’s School of Art, followed by a Slade School of Art scholarship in 1921. After winning the Rome Scholarship (Prix de Rome in Decorative Painting) in 1927, he held a teaching post at the Blackheath School of Art, also spending some months painting in Cairo. Appointed principal of Kingston College of Art in 1934 until his retirement in 1962.

Nationality:

English.

Education:

St Martin’s School of Art, 1917-1919. Slade School of Art, 1921-1924.

Role within the BSR:

Rome Scholar in Painting, 1927-1929.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Brill, Reginald Charles, 1926 - 1968, Academic year 1927-1929

 File

Brill, Reginald Charles, 1926 - 1968, Academic year 1927-1929

Reference number: AR-01.02.01/043.09
Scope and Contents

Documents from this file include: Brill resume; application for the Open Competition; letter of communication of the award of the Rome Scholarship; correspondence between Brill and Evelyn Shaw; financial arrangements; application for the renewal of the scholarship for the second year; application for the renewal of the scholarship for the third year; third year scholarship rejection letter; newspaper cutting (1968).

Dates: Record Keeping: 1926 - 1968; Academic year 1927-1929