Wadsworth, John W., 1879-1955

found: Secessionist ware, 2018:title page (J.W. Wadsworth) page 3, etc. (John W. Wadsworth; the designer of Secessionist ware; author of the 1901 publication Designing from plant forms)

found: Chelsea Space WWW site, viewed October 25, 2018exhibition archive page (John W. Wadsworth (1879-1955); apprenticed as a silk designer, he attended classes at Macclesfield School of Art; in 1898 he won a National Scholarship to the Royal College of Art; named Senior Scholar and awarded a travelling scholarship, he spent several months in Paris in 1899; in 1901 he was appointed assistant art director at Mintons, and was appointed Art Director when Leon V. Solon left Mintons in 1905; in 1915 he went to work for the Royal Worcester Porcelain Company as Art Director where he stayed until 1931; he was at Mintons again from 1935 until his death in 1955)