James T.A. Osborne
Born 1907
Died 1979
Active: 1932 - 1979
Country of birth and death: England
Painter, engraver, sculptor, teacher
Born in Sussex into a farming family. He studied first at Hastings College of Art and then at the Royal College of Art. In his final year of studying sculpture Osborne switched to engraving and went on to win the Rome Scholarship. From 1932 he taught at Regent Street Polytechnic.
Locations
Address Upper Wilting Farm St. Leonard's-on-Sea | View on map
1936 - 1937
Address 2A Melbury Road Kensington London W | View on map
1940 - 1958
Address 6 Avenue Court Mount Avenue London W5 | View on map
1959 - 1962
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1936 - 1970
Exhibited 24 times (10 times up to1951), 31 works in all (a variety of media)
Institutional and Business Connections
Teacher of modeling at Polytechnic School of Art, Regent Street
1932 - 1952 (Circa)
Listed as a teacher of sculpture and wood engraving, landscape and still life painting. Osborne is still listed in the 1951-1952 prospectus, the final year sampled for this database.
Sources
The Polytechnic School of Art. Session, 1943-1944 Regent Street Polytechnic
1943
p. 49.
The Polytechnic School of Art. Session, 1951-1952 Regent Street Polytechnic
1951
p. 85.
Citing this record
'James T.A. Osborne', 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_1252402519, accessed 10 Jun 2023]
