Geoffrey Wedgwood
British artist
Intro | British artist | |
Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | |
is | Artist | |
Work field | Arts | |
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Birth | 6 April 1900 | |
Star sign | Aries |
Geoffrey Heath Wedgwood, RE (6 April 1900 – June 1977) was a British artist.
Born in Leek, Staffordshire. After service with the British Army, he studied at the Liverpool School of Art from 1919 to 1921. He also attended the British School in Rome winning the Prix de Rome for engraving in 1925. He was known mostly for architectural etchings. He later taught at the Liverpool Institute from 1932 to 1935 and at the Liverpool School of Art from 1935 until his retirement in 1960. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers in 1934.