Joseph Simpson (artist)

Chronology

• 1879 born in Carlisle, Cumbria
• 1905 Simpson came to London, working for the press doing poster designs and doing oils in his spare time.
• 1909 Frank Brangwyn encouraged Simpson to do his first etching.
• 1918 Simpson became an official artist with the R.A.F.
• 1926 Simpson’s first exhibition of etchings took place in Glasgow at Wishart Brown in March
• 1939 died London, England