This collection includes a quantity of personal papers and artwork of the artist Algernon Newton.
Personal papers and artwork of Algernon Newton
This material is held atTate Archive
- Reference
- GB 70 TGA 749
- Dates of Creation
- 1925-1967
- Physical Description
- 1 box and 2 solander boxes
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Algernon Newton (1880-1968) was born in London and studied at Clare College, Cambridge, then at Frank Calderon's School of Animal Painting, at the Slade and at the London School of Art. He exhibited at the RA from 1903 (becoming an ARA in 1936 and an RA in 1943). He was invalided out of the army in 1916. Newton's first solo show was at the Leicester Galleries in 1931. He worked in Cornwall and Yorkshire, however, he was best known for his topographical city scenes of London (often at twilight) in oils.
Arrangement
The material has been arranged into the following series:
TGA 749/1 Writings, poetry, correspondence, printed material and photographs;
TGA 749/2 Sketches, drawings and etchings.
Access Information
OPEN
Some items are held in offsite storage and require a 6 week notice period for access
Custodial History
Presented by Mrs Douglas Chanter, 1974