Charles Randle Jackson
Other names: He styled himself 'Randle Jackson', and his middle name is sometimes spelt 'Rundle'.
Born 21 February 1891
Died 1973
Active: 1910 - 1964
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, painter
Born in Croydon. He was the son of Charles Jackson (born c.1855 in Southwark), a manufacturer of varnish and colour in 1891. Charles the younger studied at the Royal Academy Schools from 1910. During the First World War he served as a 2nd Lieutentant in the 7th East Surrey Regiment. Jackson exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1912 until 1964. Between 1924 and 1943 he stopped exhibiting sculpture and started showing paintings. There are two oil paintings by Jackson in the Government Art Collection, which are visible online at ArtUK (reference below).
This record includes information submitted by Andrew Potter, Librarian, Royal Academy of Arts. There is a record for Jackson on ArtUK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/jackson-charles-randle-active-19111962 (accessed 15 October 2017).
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
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The Bomber
1917 (Presumed)
£12 12s.
Song
1918 (Presumed)
£20
Locations
Address Seaford Stafford Place Croydon | View on map
1910 (Circa) - 1912 (Circa)
He was living at this address when he registered as a student at the Royal Academy Schools.
Address Suffolk House Duppas Hill Croydon | View on map
1917 (Circa) - 1918
c/o
Address 27 Warrington Road Croydon | View on map
1924 (Circa) - 1944 (Circa)
Address Chester Cottage Bushey | View on map
1945 (Circa) - 1962 (Circa)
From 1963 he was living at Flat 7, 65 Courtfield Gardens, London SW5.
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1912 - 1964
Exhibited 23 times, twenty-three works in all (exhibited 11 times, and ten works up to 1951). He showed no works between 1924 and 1943, this also seems to mark a division in his practice - in the first period he showed four statuettes and in the second he exhibited paintings.
Exhibited at The Seventy-Second Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1917
1917
Exhibited at The Seventy-Third Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1918
1918
Institutional and Business Connections
Studied at Royal Academy Schools
1912 (Presumed)
Enrolled as a student on 26th July 1910 (information from the Schools Register submitted by Andrew Potter). Jackson was awarded a second prize bronze medal for a design for a medal in 1912. See Royal Academy, 'Annual Report, 1911', (1912), p. 40.
Sources
Catalogue for the Seventy-Second Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1917
1917
Catalogue for the Seventy-Third Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1918
1918
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 587; Folio: 98; Page: 27; GSU roll: 6095697
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: Charles Randle Jackson
Death Age: 82
Birth Date: 21 Feb 1891
Registration Date: Dec 1973
Registration district: Eastbourne
Inferred County: Sussex
Volume: 5h
Page: 858
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Charles Randle Jackson
Registration Year: 1891
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration district: Croydon
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Surrey
Volume: 2a
Page: 223
Citing this record
'Charles Randle Jackson', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib1_1219243346, accessed 01 Oct 2023]
