Philip Naviasky

Philip Naviasky (1894^[1]-1983^[2]) was a Leeds-based artist. Born to Polish-Jewish immigrant parents in 1894, he won a scholarship to the Leeds School of Fine Arts in 1907. In 1912, he was the youngest ever student accepted into the Royal Academy school. He went on to win a Royal Exhibition award and to study at the Royal College of Art, after which he spent his career in Leeds as an artist and art teacher at Leeds College of Art.^[3]

References

1. "BBC - Your Paintings - Philip Naviasky". Retrieved 28 October 2014.
2. Grant Waters. "Philip Naviasky (1894-1983) - Oil and Watercolour Painter - Angmering - West Sussex - UK". Retrieved 28 October 2014.
3. "Naviasky Historical Art Work Adorns Donisthorpe's Walls - Donisthorpe". Donisthorpe. Retrieved 28 October 2014.