11 Facts About Randolph Schwabe

Randolph Schwabe was a British draughtsman, painter and etcher.

Randolph Schwabe was the Slade Professor of Fine Art at University College London from 1930 until 1948.

Randolph Schwabe served as a war artist in both World Wars, created designs for theatrical productions and illustrated a number of books.

The family moved several times before settling in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, where Lawrence Randolph Schwabe opened a printing and stationery business.

Randolph Schwabe was educated at a private school in Hemel Hempstead and from an early age showed a talent for drawing.

In 1904 Randolph Schwabe won a Slade Scholarship and in 1905 won the college Summer Competition Prize.

Work by Randolph Schwabe was shown at the New English Art Club in 1909 and he became a member in 1917, having become a member of the London Group in 1915.

In 1941 Randolph Schwabe joined the committee of the War Artists' Advisory Committee and was given a short commission to produce pieces for their collection.

In 1942 Randolph Schwabe was elected a member of the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours, having been elected an associate of the Society in 1938.

Works by Randolph Schwabe are held in several major collections; the Imperial War Museum has examples of his war-time commissions from both the First and Second World Wars.

Randolph Schwabe's ashes are interred in the churchyard of St John-at-Hampstead in Hampstead, over which stands a small statue of an angel by the sculptor Alan Durst.