Joseph Simpson (artist)

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Name Joseph Simpson Role Artist		Education Glasgow School of Art

Died 1939, London, United Kingdom

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Joseph Simpson (1879–1939) British painter and etcher of portraits and sporting subjects.

1879 born in Carlisle, Cumbria

1905 Simpson came to London, England working for the press doing poster designs and doing oils in his spare time.

1909 Frank Brangwyn encouraged Simpson to do his first etching.

1918 Simpson became an official artist with the R.A.F.

1926 Simpson’s first exhibition of etchings took place in Glasgow at Wishart Brown in March

1939 died London, England

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