John William Allison (1865-1934) was a painter, born in Hull, the son of lithographic artist Henry Gilbank Allison (1839-1896) and grandson of painter William Allison (1812-1890).
John William studied at Hull School of Art and later at the RCA and in France and Italy.
Allison was one of the first masters of the Putney School of Art, founded in 1883.
From 1901 he served as Headmaster of the Penzance School of Art until 1907, when he departed to take up another educational post (as Principal at the Portsmouth Municipal School of Art); he also became President of the Portsmouth and Hampshire Art Society.
In June 1913 he returned to the Penzance area, acting as HM School Inspector, to render a report on the falling numbers of day students at the School. (The primary reason for the decline was the independent offering by artists of lessons from their own studios and 'schools' in the area.)
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Allison, John William (1865-1934) - Waiting for Breakfast 1921
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