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Royal Designer for Industry
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q766166 · wikidata
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Duncan Grant
1885-01-21 – 1978-05-08
Life & Legacy
Duncan James Corrowr Grant (21 January 1885 – 8 May 1978) was a Scottish painter and designer of textiles, pottery, theatre sets, and costumes. He was a member of the Bloomsbury Group. His father was Bartle Grant, a "poverty-stricken" major in the army, and much of his early childhood was spent in India and Burma. He was a grandson of Sir John Peter Grant GCMG KCB, 12th Laird of Rothiemurchus and sometime Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal.
Occupation & Career
painter, designer, artist, watercolorist
Education
Slade School of Fine Art; St Paul's School; Académie de La Palette; Hillbrow School; Westminster School of Art
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Royal Designer for Industry; Famous Women Dinner Service
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Royal Designer for Industry
Notable Work
Famous Women Dinner Service
Education & Institutions
Académie de La Palette · Hillbrow School · Slade School of Fine Art · St Paul's School · Westminster School of Art
Verified Legacy Record
Family Child
Angelica Garnett
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q766166 · wikidata
Family Father
Bartle Grant
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q766166 · wikidata
Family Mother
Ethel Isabel McNeil
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q766166 · wikidata
Notable Work
Famous Women Dinner Service
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q766166 · wikidata
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q766166 — wikidata View source
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