Fred Jackson
1859-1918
Jackson was born at Middleton Junction, Oldham and studied at the Oldham School of Art under John Houghton Hague, at the Manchester Academy, and in Paris under Lefebvre and Boulanger. In 1886 he was a founder member of the New English Art Club with Wilson Steer and Sickert amongst others. It was during the 1890s that Jackson became actively involved with the Arts and Crafts movment most likely as a result of his friendship with Edgar Wood. This area of interest is evident in his mural paintings and in his work as an illustrator. In 1895 he took part in the Arts and Crafts Exhibition held in Manchester. He travelled widely in Europe, but finally settled at Ivy Cottage, Hinderwell near Whitby and married Carrie Hodgeson, the daughter of a Yorkshire farmer. He exhibited regularly with the Manchester Academy, the Yorkshire Union of Artists and in London. Jackson was closely involved with the Staithes Group of Artists who colonised the fishing village of Staithes and the area around Runswick Bay. It was widely believed that Jackson would have been made a Royal Academician had he not died prematurely in 1918 at the age of 59.
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The hand that rocks the cradle also baits the line