James Bateman RA
Born 22 March 1893
Died 2 August 1959
Active: 1935 - 1942
Country of birth and death: England
Painter
Born in Kendall, Cumbria
Institutional and Business Connections
Elected ARA Royal Academy of Arts
26 April 1935 - 23 April 1942
Elected RA in 1942.
Elected RA Royal Academy of Arts
23 April 1942 - 27 August 1959
Died in 1959.
Studied at Royal College of Art (including National Art Training School)
1914 (Circa) - 18 December 1920
Listed as a student at the College for one and a half terms. Left the College on the 16 April, 1915 and served in the army: see 'Register of R. C. A. Students' (1907-1924), p. 88. Presumably rejoined the College (no date is given) as James Bateman is listed again as a College leaver on the 18 December, 1920. His subsequent appointment is listed as 'studying at Slade School of Art' and as an assistant at Cheltenham School of Art: see p. 130.
Visitor at Royal College of Art (including National Art Training School)
1947 - 1948
Listed as a 'visitor' to the College in the 1947-1948 prospectus.
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominator of Siegfried Joseph Charoux
April 1943
For Associate of the Royal Academy [ARA].
Sources
Prospectus of the Royal College of Art, 1947-1948 Royal College of Art
1947
Unpaged staff list.
Register of Royal College of Art Students, 1907-1924 Royal College of Art
1907
p. 88 and p. 130.
Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, c.1939-c.1961
1961 (Circa)
p.157.
Citing this record
'James Bateman RA', 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=msib2_1217499768, accessed 28 May 2020]
