Malcolm Osborne

Malcolm Osborne CBE RA (1 August 1880 – 22 September 1963) was a British artist known for his prints of landscapes, urban views and portraits.

• 1 August 1880 born at Frome, Somerset, the fourth son of Alfred Arthur Osborne (1847-1910), Schoolmaster,-and his wife Sarah Elizabeth née Biggs,(1843-1907). He grew up in Frome and moved to Streatham, London with his elder brother Harold in the early 1900s.
• educated at the Merchant Venturers' Technical College, Bristol,
• 1901-1906 studied etching and engraving under Sir Frank Short at Royal College of Art, South Kensington
• 1904 published his first etching
• World War I served in Artists' Rifles and 60th Division in France, Salonika and Palestine
• 11 June 1918 elected Associate Engraver of Royal Academy
• 1924 succeeded Short as the Head of the etching and engraving school when Short retired.
• 13 Apr 1926 elected full member of the Royal Academy
• 1927 Kensington, London married Amy Margaret Stableford (1884-1964).
• 1938-1962 held the position of President Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers (now the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers)
• 1948 awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
• 1 Jan 1956 elected Senior member of the Royal Academy
• 22 September 1963 died Kensington, London, England

• Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
• Member of the Royal Academy (R.A.)
• President of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (P.R.E.)

• Edward Bouverie Hoyton was born at Lewisham in south London in 1900. He studied etching under Malcolm Osborne and Stanley Anderson at Goldsmiths' College, New Cross, south London.
• Geoffrey Wedgewood
• James Henry Govier