Sidney Tushingham
Sidney Tushingham was a painter and etcher who specialised in rustic scenes of villages and small town life.
He was born in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, where he started his artistic career as a china painter. He attended Burslem School of Art and progressed to the Royal College of Art. Tushingham married Ella Maria Westlake at St John, Walham Green on 22 December 1913. He worked as a vase painter at Royal Doulton in 1922 as he established his career as a society painter. He also became known for his etchings of pre-war Britain, Italy and Spain, and was a member of the Society of Graphic Art, where he exhibited in 1921.
He died in Haywards Heath, West Sussex in 1968.
