title: Malcolm Osborne
text: # Malcolm Osborne
  
  Malcolm Osborne CBE RA PPRE (1 August 1880 – 22 September 1963) was a British original printmaker known for his intaglio prints of landscapes, urban views and portraits.
  
  ## Chronology
  
  * 1 August 1880 born at Frome, Somerset, the fourth son of Alfred Arthur Osborne (1847–1910), Schoolmaster, and his wife Sarah Elizabeth née Biggs,(1843-1907). He grew up in Frome and moved to Streatham, London with his elder brother Harold in the early 1900s.
  * educated at the Merchant Venturers' Technical College, Bristol
  * 1901 to 1906, he studied etching and engraving under Frank Short at the Royal College of Art, in South Kensington, London.
  * 1904 published his first etching
  * World War I served in Artists' Rifles and 60th Division in France, Salonika and Palestine
  * 11 June 1918, he was elected Associate Engraver of Royal Academy.
  * 1924 succeeded Short as the Head of the etching and engraving school when Short retired.
  * 13 Apr 1926 elected full member of the Royal Academy
  * 1927 Kensington, London married Amy Margaret Stableford (1884–1964).
  * 1938-1962 held the position of President Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers (now the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers)
  * 1948 awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
  * 1 January 1956 elected Senior member of the Royal Academy
  * 22 September 1963 died Kensington, London, England
  