Reginald Robert Tomlinson
Active: 1935 - 1947
Teacher, principal, ceramic artist, painter
Educated in Farnham. Moved to the potteries in 1909 and apprenticed as designer. Won a scholarship to the art school at Hanley also worked for the poetter, Bernard Moore. Studied at the Royal College of Art from 1912-15. Then worked in the Hague on the Palace of Peace (painting murals). After another spell working in the potteries as Art Director for Crown Staffordshire Porcelain Company, took a job teaching in Cheltenham. In 1925 became Chief Inspector for schools in London. He was acting principal of Central School of Arts and Crafts, London 1939 to 1947. [see Elliott (2004), pp. 103-10 and Haggar (1953), p. 50]
Institutional and Business Connections
Principal of Central School of Arts and Crafts
September 1935 - June 1947
Listed as the acting Principal of the school in 1935-1936. H. G. Murphy is listed as Principal between September 1936 and June 1939. Tomlinson took up the position again in September 1939. Last listed in the 1947-1948 prospectus.
Student at Hanley School of Art
1900 (Circa) - 1920 (Circa)
See Haggar (1953), p. 32.
Sources
A Century of Art Education in the Potteries. With notes on the Artists, 1953 Local Studies
1953 (Circa)
p. 32 and p. 50.
London County Council Central School of Arts and Crafts. Prospectus and Time-Table for the Session 1947-1948
September 1947 (Presumed)
Title page.
London County Council Central School of Arts and Crafts. Prospectus and Time-Table of the Session 1935-1936
September 1935 (Presumed)
Title page.
Potters
2004
pp. 103-10
Citing this record
'Reginald Robert Tomlinson', 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=msib4_1219315267, accessed 22 Jan 2021]
