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Biography
Harold Williamson ( not to be confused with Harold Sandys Williamson, also an artist from the same period) was a British Painter, draughtsman, etcher and teacher. Williamson began his art education by attending evening classes, while working during the day at Tootal, Broadhurst, Lee & Co., calico printers, as a designer. After war service from 1916 to 1919 with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve he won a Senior Scholarship to the Manchester School of Art. He studied there for three years, where he was a pupil of Adolphe Valette and continued there after as Assistant Teacher of Drawing and Painting. For a time he worked in London as a fabric designer for Arthur Sanderson & Sons. In 1926 he obtained a post as Painting Master at Bournemouth College of Art where he remained until 1947. He returned to Manchester School of Art as Head of Department of Fine Art in 1962. He lived in Sale, Cheshire.

Williamson exhibited numerous paintings, drawings and etchings at the Royal Academy, Royal West of England Academy and New English Art Club. His work was reproduced in 'The Sketch', 'Studio', 'Colour' and national newspapers. Several of his etchings and paintings were chosen for touring exhibitions in the USA and Canada in the 1930s. The Belgrave Gallery, London and the Tib Lane Gallery, Manchester have had retrospective exhibitions of his work. The permanent collections at Southampton City Art Gallery, Bournemouth (Russell-Cotes), Manchester and Southport Art Galleries hold examples of his work.

Selected Works

 * Spray (1940) Oil on Canvas. Currently on exhibition at the Russel Cotes gallery in Bournemouth