School of Art

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School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

Tel: +44 (0)1970 622460

Fax: +44 (0)1970 622461

Email: artschool@aber.ac.uk


Display artist/maker:

Thomas Baxter

Born: 1782   Died: 1821, Worcester?

Painter and ceramicist. Son of a porcelain painter. Studied at the Royal Academy Schools under Henry Fuseli (1741-1825). Worked for the potters Flight, Barr & Barr, 1814-16, and Chamberlain, 1819-21, both in Worcester. He also worked in Swansea, 1816-19? He established his own drawing school in Worcester teaching porcelain painting with pupils including Solomon Cole and Samuel Astles. His ceramic work included still lifes, landscapes and portraits in a neo-classical style

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

Hawk's Feathers WD478 WaterColourOrDrawings




 
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