Roy Austin
Active: 1934 - 1967
Modeller, teacher
Institutional and Business Connections
Employed at Wedgwood (Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd.)
1934
Apprentice modeller at Wedgwood under his father Arnold Austin from 1934. Became chief modeller in July 1967: see an article in Wedgwood Review, vol. 4, no. 4, Sept. 1967, p. 9 (Wedgwood Museum Digital Archive).
Student at Newcastle School of Art
1939
'He attended Newcastle and Stoke-on-Trent College of Art until 1939 when joined the forces and served until 1946 in the Air Sea Rescue': see an article in Wedgwood Review, vol. 4, no. 4, Sept. 1967, p. 9 (Wedgwood Museum Digital Archive).
Student at Stoke School of Art
1939
'He attended Newcastle and Stoke-on-Trent College of Art until 1939 when joined the forces and served until 1946 in the Air Sea Rescue': see an article in Wedgwood Review, vol. 4, no. 4, Sept. 1967, p. 9 (Wedgwood Museum Digital Archive).
Teacher at Royal College of Art (including National Art Training School)
7 October 1965
See the article 'Modeller's Appointment at Royal College of Art', in 'Wedgwood Review', vol. 3, no. 8, Sept 1965, p. 11, in the Wedgwood Museum Digital Archives. Austin was to spend two days a fortnight teaching at the College.
Sources
The Wedgwood Museum Digital Archive
See an article in 'Wedgwood Review', vol. 4, no. 4, Sept. 1967, p. 9, and another article in 'Wedgwood Review', vol. 3, no. 8, Sept 1965 (Wedgwood Museum Digital Archive, reference no. WWREV4 4/9 and WWREV3 8/11).
Citing this record
'Roy Austin', 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_1237977492, accessed 03 Oct 2023]
