Robert Baker (1909-1992)

​Painter, ceramicist and sculptor. He studied painting and sculpture at the Royal College of Art 1929-32, under Sir William Rothenstein. One of his early murals is to be found in the village hall at Wood Green in Hampshire, which he executed in conjunction with Edward Payne. He was for some years Director of the Stoke-on-Trent College of Art and in 1948 he joined the staff as Chief Designer and Art Director at the Royal Worcester Porcelain Company, where he remained until the early 1980’s​.