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J. Franklin Kershaw (English, 1884–1917)
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The Artist died in 1917 so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries where the copyright term is the Artist's life plus 70 years or fewer.

Joseph Franklin Kershaw was an English artist, who studied at the Royal College of Art and painted in watercolours and oils. His career was cut short by his death in action in World War 1.

J Franklin Kershaw was born in Oldham in 1884, the son of an ironmonger. He was educated at Oldham Technical School, and went on to study for four years at the Royal College of Art in Kensington, London. In 1907, he married Effie Gregory, the daughter of sculptor Thomas Gregory and herself an art teacher. They lived in Fulham while Kershaw studied, and then moved to Milnthorpe in Cumbria.

He was a member of the Lake Artists' Society, an organisation which exhibited the work of local Lakeland artists.

In June 1916, Kershaw enlisted into the Border Regiment of the British Army, and in August was transferred to 126th Company, Machine Gun Corps. He was posted to France, and following a short period of convalescence from a shell wound to his shoulder, returned to his company but was killed in action during the First Battle of Passchendaele. He is buried in Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Following his death, Oldham's Municipal Art Gallery held an exhibition of around 70 of Kershaw's paintings. The majority were watercolours, but also included were oil paintings from his days at the Royal College of Art.

Kershaw's watercolours were mainly of local scenes in area surrounding his Lakeland home. But his oil paintings were characterised by mythical and stylised scenes depicting female nudes in natural settings.

An oil painting by Kershaw was included in three Royal College of Art exhibitions: 'The Renaissance of Spring' (1911), 'The Meeting of Spring and Winter' (1912) and 'The Passing of Spring' (1914).

His painting style owes something to the British Impressionists of the late 19th century. Contemporary journalists remarked on the similarity between some of Kershaw's works and those of fellow Oldham artist William Stott.

Four of his oil paintings can be seen online at Art UK, including the RCA exhibits 'The Renaissance of Spring' and 'The Meeting of Spring and Winter'. Three of these paintings are in the collection in Kershaw's home town at Gallery Oldham.

JF Kershaw was granted a British Institution award in painting in 1908, which had an annual value of £50 for two years. He was awarded a diploma from the Royal College of Art in 1912.

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