ARTIST ALFRED REGINALD THOMSON, BORN INDIA

[helachau]

Elected to the Royal Academy 1945 - would they have any records?

[CourtenayL]

articles say he attended the School for the Deaf at Margate. I don't know if their records would exist anywhere?

https://historyof.place/location/the...deaf-children/
Thank you, have contacted project with story so far, will help towards their project also

[CourtenayL]

Elected to the Royal Academy 1945 - would they have any records?

Good idea, but still no mention of parents.


Must have remarried, painting of his daughter Mary
https://www.artuk.org/discover/artwo...1/view_as/grid

Why no paintings of his father and mother and any siblings

Why no reports of his proud British civil servant parents supporting him in his artistic work, painting the cocktail bar of the Queen Mary ship

[CourtenayL]

Sorry but the above has me confused. Was he illegitimate?

Sorry, don't know, just strange his parents are never mentioned, no paintings of them

[CourtenayL]

Some newspaper articles about him

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive....70420/107/0007

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive....70420/163/0010

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive....70419/055/0004


Some art works

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-...red-thomson-ra

Mary
https://www.artuk.org/discover/artwo...1/view_as/grid

https://www.artuk.org/discover/artwo...work-undefined

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/...r-thomson-2036

https://www.modernbritishartgallery....ld-Thomson.htm

https://collection.sciencemuseum.org....ginald-thomson

https://www.invaluable.com/artist/th...uction-prices/

https://www.southwarkcollections.org....E05607B56B67F6

https://www.babbingtonfineart.com/col...-ra-1869-1956/


1948 OLYMPIC GAMES GOLD MEDALIST
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Summer_Olympics
In the 1948 Olympic Games in London, Thomson became the last person to win a Gold Medal for painting as medals for art were abandoned in subsequent Olympic games.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Thomson


Thanks for your help, what a fascinating person

[CourtenayL]

Sorry, don't know, just strange his parents are never mentioned, no paintings of them

Were his parents ashamed of him being 'deaf and dumb' appalling term

[shippo]

Were his parents ashamed of him being 'deaf and dumb' appalling term

His parents may have died etc. Until their names are found its anyones guess what happened.

I posted this earlier and wonder if he would have had to name his parents on the record.

HO 334 - Home Office: Immigration and Nationality Department: Duplicate Certificates of Naturalisation, Declarations of British Nationality.
Hope the link works.

https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...ls/r/C14944270

[CourtenayL]

His parents may have died etc. Until their names are found its anyones guess what happened.

I posted this earlier and wonder if he would have had to name his parents on the record.

HO 334 - Home Office: Immigration and Nationality Department: Duplicate Certificates of Naturalisation, Declarations of British Nationality.
Hope the link works.

https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...ls/r/C14944270

Thank you

[shippo]

In 1927, he married, but this marriage proved unsuccessful. His second marriage to Gertrude Parker in 1940 was a happy one, and they ultimately raised two children.
Im not sure how reliable the info is on the link but may give some clues to trace him with.

https://books.google.com.au/books?id...homson&f=false

A maybe for daughter Mary ??, born before the 1940 marriage.

Births Jun 1939
Thomson Mary A G MMN Parker District Kensington 1a 158

Obviously she was known by both surnames, hers and his before the marriage.

Thomson Alfred R Thomson District Wycombe 3a 5491
Thomson Alfred R Parker District Wycombe 3a 5491

[shippo]

Im not finding anything else on him.

The marriage certificate to his first marriage as suggested earlier might be the only chance of getting a name for his father, if he knew it.