About Percy Hague Jowett
Lived 1882 – 1955 (aged 72–73). Percy Hague Jowett was a British painter.
Percy Hague Jowett (1882–1955) was a British artist and arts administrator, principal of the Royal College of Art from 1934 to 1948.
Jowett was born in Halifax, Yorkshire in 1882. He studied art at Leeds College of Art and London's Royal College of Art. During World War II, Jowett served as a committee member with the War Artists' Advisory Committee. He retired from the RCA in 1948.
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British painter (1882-1955)
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Percy Hague Jowett was born in 1882 in Halifax.
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Percy Hague Jowett died in 1955.
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Percy Hague Jowett was a painter.
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