John Mansbridge

John Mansbridge (1901–1981) was a British artist. He was an official war artist during World War II and Head of Fine Art at Goldsmiths College in London.

Biography Mansbridge was the son of Albert Mansbridge, the founder of the Workers Educational Association and was educated at Manchester Grammar School. He attended the Slade School of Fine Art in London, where he was taught by Henry Tonks. Later in the war, Mansbridge was involved in developing camouflage patterns and worked in India and Burma.

Mansbridge was a founder member of the Blackheath Art Society in 1947, with Graham Sutherland as the first President, along with college principals Leonard Daniels, Clive Gardiner and Heber Matthews. In 1969 Mansbridge issued his Graphic History of Architecture (New York: Viking Press, 1967) which was well received. the National Portrait Gallery (London), The London Transport Museum holds some of his posters. He painted portraits of: Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1864–1958), 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood; Charles Edward Curzon (1878–1954), Bishop of Exeter (1936–1948); The Right Reverend Charles Gore (1853–1932); Ian Gulland, Albert Mansbridge (1876–1952); and Sir John Collings Squire (1932–1933).