Thomas Matthew Rooke R.W.S
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Biography
Thomas Matthew Rooke RWS (1842 – 1942) was born in London and studied at the National School of Design and the Royal Academy Schools. In 1871, he joined Morris & Co, working under Burne – Jones, whose studio assistant he remained until his death in 1898.
From 1878 to 1893, he worked for John Ruskin, on Burne – Jones’s recommendation, to record threatened landscapes and buildings, largely in Italy. Patrons such as Sydney Cockerell and the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings employed him to undertake similar work until around 1908. Rooke also continued to paint, and he exhibited his work at institutions including the Royal Academy, the Old Watercolour Society, the Grosvenor Gallery, and the New Gallery. He continued working almost until the end of his life.
Rooke’s work can be seen at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, The Millenium Gallery, Shefield, the City Art Gallery, Manchester and the Delaware Art Museum, DE.
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Delaware Art Museum
