Sir William Rothenstein was an English painter, printmaker, draughtsman, lecturer, and writer on art.
16 Facts About William Rothenstein
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William Rothenstein served as Principal at the Royal College of Art from 1920 to 1935.
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William Rothenstein was knighted in 1931 for his services to art.
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William Rothenstein married Alice Knewstub in 1899 with whom he had four children: John, Betty, Rachel and Michael.
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John William Rothenstein later gained fame as an art historian and art administrator.
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In 1893 William Rothenstein returned to Britain to work on "Oxford Characters" a series of lithographic portraits, eventually published in 1896 Other portrait collections by the artist include English Portraits, Twelve Portraits and Contemporaries.
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In 1900 William Rothenstein won a silver medal for his painting The Doll's House at the Exposition Universelle.
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Between 1902 and 1912 Rothenstein lived in Hampstead, London, where his social circle included H G Wells, Joseph Conrad and the artist Augustus John.
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William Rothenstein maintained a lifelong fascination for Indian sculpture and painting, and in 1910 set out on a seminal tour of the subcontinent's major artistic and religious sites.
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William Rothenstein subsequently contributed a chapter on their importance to the published edition.
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William Rothenstein was a member of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers.
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William Rothenstein was principal of the Royal College of Art from 1920 to 1935, where he encouraged figures including Edward Burra, Evelyn Dunbar, U Ba Nyan and Henry Moore.
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Moore was later to write that William Rothenstein "gave me the feeling that there was no barrier, no limit to what a young provincial student could get to be and do".
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William Rothenstein was a master of lobbying and advocacy for his students, notably when, thanks to his efforts, Edward Bawden and Eric Ravilious were commissioned to paint a mural in the dining room of Morley College.
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Men and Memories Volume I includes anecdotes about Oscar Wilde and many other friends of William Rothenstein's, including Max Beerbohm, James Whistler, Paul Verlaine, Edgar Degas, and John Singer Sargent.
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William Rothenstein was knighted in the New Year Honours in 1931.