Gordon Forsyth

1879 - 1952

Gordon Mitchell Forsyth was a Scottish ceramicist, designer, painter, tutor and poster artist, later Forsyth would take on the medium of stained glass, creating windows for churches and civic buildings across England. Born at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, he studied at Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen, and at the Royal College of Art. Moving in 1903 to Stoke-on-Trent, he became art director of the tileworks Minton Hollins & Co, three years later he moved to take the same position at Pilkington's Tile & Pottery Company near Manchester. In 1920 he became Superintendent of Art Instruction in Stoke-on-Trent, a role which involved responsibility for several art schools. At the Burslem School of Art Forsyth was the tutor of a number of notable students, amongst them, Clarice Cliff. Signing his work G M F, he exhibited mainly landscapes and townscapes at RA, RI, Fine Art Society and the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts. Eton College as well as galleries in Leeds, Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle upon Tyne hold his work. He wrote several books on the art and craft of pottery and is also known for his British rail and travel poster designs.

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