RANDOLPH SCHWABE, R.W.S., N.E.A.C. British, 1885-1948 A man of diverse abilities, Schwabe was a watercolorist, etcher, lithographer, theatrical designer, and book illustrator, as well as teacher. He drew landscapes and architectural and figure subjects. Schwabe was born 9 May 1885, one of two sons of a Manchester cotton merchant. His grandfather had emigrated from Germany in 1820. Although not coming from a notably artistic family, Schwabe showed from an early age a prodigious talent for drawing. He left school at fourteen and studied art for a short time at the Royal College of Art, transferring to Slade School, University of London, 1900-1905. A Slade scholarship allowed him to study at the Academie Julien, Paris, 1906. He exhibited with he New English Art Club from 1909, becoming a member in 1917. He was also a member of the London Group. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Watercolor Society in 1838 and a full member in 1942. He was an official war artist, 1914-1918; Drawing Master at the Royal College of Art; and Slade Professor of Fine Arts, University of London, from 1930, taking over from Henry Tonks. On that occasion The Times noted that the "inevitable sadness of the farewell must be lessened for Professor Tonks by the knowledge that in Mr. Randolph Schwabe he leaves his beloved Slade in charge of a successor who can be trusted to carry on a great tradition worthily..." He exhibited widely, at the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, the Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool), the New English Art Club, the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Watercolor Society, the International Society, Barbizon House, and an number of important London galleries, including the Cooling & Sons Gallery, the Beaux Arts Gallery, the Fine Arts Society, Carfax and Company, Chenil Galleries, the Grosvenor Gallery, the Leicester Gallery and Goupil Gallery. Schwabe was a prolific illustrator, contributing numerous book covers and illustrating books an manuals. In 1943, he was nominated for the Pulitzer prize for his cover to The Old Churches of London, by Gerald Cobb. Schwabe's work is represented in numerous public and private collections, including the Tate Gallery, London.