|
Obituary: Blocksidge's Dudley Almanac 1944, pages 65 & 67
One of Dudley's most gifted artists, Mr. Percy Shakespeare, was killed on May 27th by a bomb during an enemy air raid on a South East Coast Town. It was considered in art circles that Mr. Shakespeare, who was 36 years of age, had a great career before him. He studied painting at the Dudley School of Art for about ten years, and then became master in life drawing and anatomy at Margaret Street School of Arts, Birmingham. In 1941 he joined the Navy, but was later employed as a naval draughtsman in the civilian department of the Admiralty. Mr. Shakespeare specialised in portrait and figure painting. During the last ten years he was a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy, and some of his works were also exhibited at the Paris Salon.
Percy is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission,
which tells us that he was: Son of John Thomas Shakespeare, of 12 Maple Road, Priory, Dudley, Worcestershire, and of the late Ada Shakespeare.
His paintings include:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|