Omar RAMSDEN

Omar RAMSDEN RMS
1873
1939

The artist was born in Sheffield, and studied at the Royal College of Art. He exhibited silver works from the first craft show at NAG in December 1924 to 1937, and was elected to membership of the Newlyn Society of Artists (NSA) in 1935.

At NAG in 1926 he exhibited hand-wrought silver, and in the summer show of 1929 he showed a replica of a claret jug and a beaten silver 'Pilgrimage Girdle'.

media

Silver and goldsmith

works and access

Access: Cheltenham; Goldsmith's Hall (London); V&A

exhibitions

NAG  December 1926 (silver works), July 1924 (hand wrought silver), December 1926 (Craft section), Summer 1927, Summer 1928, July-September 1928 (handwrought silver), Christmas 1928, Summer 1929, Christmas 1929, Summer 1930, Christmas 1930, Summer 1931, July 1932 (Craft section)

memberships

RMS; NSA 1935-37

references

The Cornishman 7 Jul 1926, 8 Dec 1926, 10 Jul 1929,  6 Jul 1932

Cornish Telegraph 10 Jul 1929

Hardie (1995) 100 Years in Newlyn/Diary; (2009) Artists in Newlyn & West Cornwall

Johnson & Gruetzner

NAG Exhibition Programme of Pictures & Crafts (July-September 1928) & exhibition records (WCAA)