# Arthur Gaskin > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Arthur_Gaskin > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Arthur_Gaskin.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Gaskin > Source revision: 1297897515 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{for|the Irish squash player|Arthur Gaskin (squash player)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Use British English|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Arthur J. Gaskin | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1862|03|16|df=y}} | birth_place = [Lee Bank](/source/Lee_Bank), [Birmingham](/source/Birmingham), England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1928|06|04|1862|03|16|df=y}} | death_place = [Edgbaston](/source/Edgbaston), Birmingham, England | alma_mater = [Birmingham School of Art](/source/Birmingham_School_of_Art) | occupation = Artist | spouse = {{Marriage|[Georgie Gaskin](/source/Georgie_Gaskin)|1894-03-21}} | children = 2 }} '''Arthur Joseph Gaskin''' [RBSA](/source/Royal_Birmingham_Society_of_Artists) (16 March 1862 – 4 June 1928) was an [English](/source/England) [illustrator](/source/illustrator), [painter](/source/Painting), [teacher](/source/teacher) and [designer](/source/designer) of [jewellery](/source/jewellery) and [enamelwork](/source/enamelwork). Gaskin and his wife [Georgie Gaskin](/source/Georgie_Gaskin) were members of the [Birmingham Group](/source/Birmingham_Group_(artists)) of Artist-Craftsmen, which sought to apply the principles of the [Arts and Crafts movement](/source/Arts_and_Crafts_movement) across the decorative arts. Like many of the group, Gaskin studied at the [Birmingham School of Art](/source/Birmingham_School_of_Art) under [Edward R. Taylor](/source/Edward_R._Taylor) and later taught there. ==Life== [[File:A J Gaskin - Chat Botté.jpg|thumb|"Puss in boots" from ''A Book of Fairy Tales'' retold by [S. Baring-Gould](/source/S.%26nbsp%3BBaring-Gould) (Methuen, 1894)]] Gaskin was born in the [Lee Bank](/source/Lee_Bank) area of [Birmingham](/source/Birmingham) in 1862, the son of a decorator.{{cite encyclopedia|last=Crawford|first=Alan|encyclopedia=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|title=Gaskin (née France), Georgie Evelyn Cave (1866–1934), Also including Arthur Joseph Gaskin (1862–1928) |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/66046|accessdate=2008-09-07 |edition=Online|year=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/66046 |url-access=subscription}} He was brought up in [Wolverhampton](/source/Wolverhampton) where he attended [Wolverhampton Grammar School](/source/Wolverhampton_Grammar_School) before returning to Birmingham in 1879.{{cite web |url=http://www.fineart.ac.uk/artists.php?idartlist=27|title=Arthur J Gaskin (1862–1928) |accessdate=2008-09-08|work=fineart.ac.uk |publisher=The National Fine Art Education Digital Collection}} In 1883 Gaskin entered the [Birmingham School of Art](/source/Birmingham_School_of_Art), being appointed to the teaching staff two years later despite not completing his course. It was here that he met [Georgie Gaskin](/source/Georgie_Gaskin) in 1888, one of his students, whom he married in 1894.{{cite web |url=http://www.bmagic.org.uk/people/Arthur+Joseph+Gaskin|title=Biography for Arthur Joseph Gaskin|accessdate=2008-09-07|publisher=Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery (bmagic.org.uk) }} Gaskin worked as a decorative artist from 1890, producing [woodcut](/source/woodcut) illustrations for [William Morris](/source/William_Morris)'s [Kelmscott Press](/source/Kelmscott_Press), and painted in [tempera](/source/tempera) after receiving instruction from his friend [Joseph Southall](/source/Joseph_Southall) at Southall's studio in [Edgbaston](/source/Edgbaston). The Gaskins started producing jewellery from 1899 under the name "Mr & Mrs Arthur Gaskin", and in 1903 Arthur was appointed headmaster of the [Vittoria Street School for Jewellers and Silversmiths](/source/Birmingham_School_of_Jewellery), where he was to remain until 1924, when the couple retired to [Chipping Campden](/source/Chipping_Campden) in [Gloucestershire](/source/Gloucestershire), near the [Guild and School of Handicraft](/source/Guild_and_School_of_Handicraft) established in that town as a community of artists and craftspeople by the [arts and crafts](/source/arts_and_crafts) architect [Charles Robert Ashbee](/source/Charles_Robert_Ashbee).{{cite web |url=http://www.artsandcraftsmuseum.org.uk/Arts_and_Crafts_Movement/The_Arts_and_Crafts_Movement/Arts_and_Crafts_Designers/C_R_Ashbee.aspx |title=C R Ashbee |work=[Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum](/source/Cheltenham_Art_Gallery_and_Museum) |accessdate=19 October 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026030545/http://www.artsandcraftsmuseum.org.uk/Arts_and_Crafts_Movement/The_Arts_and_Crafts_Movement/Arts_and_Crafts_Designers/C_R_Ashbee.aspx |archivedate=26 October 2015 |url-status=dead}} As a Member of the [Royal Birmingham Society of Artists](/source/Royal_Birmingham_Society_of_Artists) (RBSA), Gaskin was instrumental in organising the exhibition "The New Movement in Art" at the Society in 1917. This was a revised version of [Roger Fry](/source/Roger_Fry)'s [Post-Impressionist](/source/Post-Impressionist) exhibition held in 1910.{{cite book |title=Minutes of RBSA Meetings, unpublished, 29 August 1917, Minute 472: 'New Art Movement', RBSA Archive}} ==References== {{Reflist|25em}} ==External links== {{Portal|Children's literature}} {{Commons category}} * {{LCAuth|n84223285|Arthur Gaskin|7|ue}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaskin, Arthur Joseph}} Category:1862 births Category:1928 deaths Category:Illustrators of fairy tales Category:19th-century English illustrators Category:English children's book illustrators Category:British fantasy artists Category:Arts and Crafts movement artists Category:Members and Associates of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Category:Artists from Birmingham, West Midlands Category:People from Ladywood Category:Artists from Wolverhampton Category:British jewellery designers Category:Alumni of the Birmingham School of Art Category:Academics of the Birmingham School of Art --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Arthur Gaskin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Gaskin) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Gaskin?action=history)). 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