John Skeaping
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Name
John Skeaping
Culture
English
Gender
Male
Birth date
1901
Birth place
England View on map Close map
Death date
5 March 1980.
Death Place
England View on map Close map
Occupations
Ceramic artist | Decorative / design artist
Summary
Worked: England
NGA IRN
18445
Context
Australia
Biography
John Skeaping
John Rattenbury Skeaping, born in 1901, was educated at Royal Academy Schools and in 1924 was a Rome Scholar. He designed fourteen animal figures for Wedgwood in 1927, at least twelve of which were produced. From 1948 to 1949 he worked with Zapotec potters in Mexico and from 1953 to 1959 was Professor of Sculpture at the Royal College of Art, London.
He died on 5 March 1980.