Harold Shelton - Three Generations
Harold Shelton - Three Generations
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HAROLD SHELTON
(1913-1994)
Three Generations
Watercolour and pen and ink
Framed
37 by 54 cm., 14 ½ by 21 ¼ in.
(frame size 54 by 70.5 cm., 21 ¼ by 27 ¾ in.)
Harold Herbert Shelton was born in St Helens, Lancashire. William Green, the principal of Wallasey School of Art, discovered Shelton when he was working as a railway station ticket collector and encouraged him to study at Wallasey, 1934-6. He then went on to study at the Royal College of Art. After World War II he worked for a time as a designer for the Grafton Furnishing Fabrics Company. He became principal of Carlisle School of Art and at Hornsey College of Art where he experienced the 1968 students’ sit-in. He retired from Hornsey in 1977. He lived for many years in Enfield.
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Three GenerationsWatercolour and pen and inkFramed37 by 54 cm., 14 ½ by 21 ¼ in.(frame size 54 by 70.5 cm., 21 ¼ by 27 ¾ in.)Harold Herbert Shelton was born in St Helens, Lancashire. William Green, the principal of Wallasey School of Art, discovered Shelton when he was working as a railway station ticket collector and encouraged him to study at Wallasey, 1934-6. He then went on to study at the Royal College of Art. After World War II he worked for a time as a designer for the Grafton Furnishing Fabrics Company. He became principal of Carlisle School of Art and at Hornsey College of Art where he experienced the 1968 students’ sit-in. He retired from Hornsey in 1977. He lived for many years in Enfield.){kind=link}