John Eyre | |
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Born | |
Died | 13 September 1928 | (aged 80)
Nationality | British |
Style | Genre painting |
John Eyre (1847-1927) was a British artist who decorated and designed British pottery. [1] [2] He also illustrated books and painted genre paintings. [1] He is known for his paintings of Royal Hospital Chelsea and its veteran residents, as well as for paintings of working people in the pottery industry. [2] He was a member of the Royal Society of British Artists (c. 1877), the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours (1917) and Honorary Associate of the Royal College of Art (late in life). [1] [2]
Baptized in 1850 at Stoke-on-Trent, Eyre grew up in an artist's family. [1] [2] His father was a decorative artist in Staffordshire Potteries. [1] [2] Eyre got his education, studying art at South Kensington. [1] [2] Initially, he followed his father into the pottery trade, designing and decorating pottery. [1] [2] He worked for Mintons, and progressed to become an art director at Doulton of Lambeth. [1] [2]
He exhibited artwork at the Royal Academy in 1877, Burlington House, Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, Paris Salon, and the Ipswich Art Society. [1] [2]
In addition to his ceramic artwork and paintings, John Eyre illustrated classic books, including the Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, [3] In Memoriam A.H.H. by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, [4] The seaside and fireside and Voices of the night by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, [5] [6] the Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, [7] Rip Van Winkle and Christmas Eve by Washington Irving. [8]
He also illustrated Old Ballads, a book of folk music published about 1907, [9] and Carol Adair by M. B Manwell. [10]
The Sunday Sale - Property from the Collection of the Late J.S.Goddard, removed from Camp Hill, Baldwin Estate, Staffordshire
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John Eyre | |
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Born | |
Died | 13 September 1928 | (aged 80)
Nationality | British |
Style | Genre painting |
John Eyre (1847-1927) was a British artist who decorated and designed British pottery. [1] [2] He also illustrated books and painted genre paintings. [1] He is known for his paintings of Royal Hospital Chelsea and its veteran residents, as well as for paintings of working people in the pottery industry. [2] He was a member of the Royal Society of British Artists (c. 1877), the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours (1917) and Honorary Associate of the Royal College of Art (late in life). [1] [2]
Baptized in 1850 at Stoke-on-Trent, Eyre grew up in an artist's family. [1] [2] His father was a decorative artist in Staffordshire Potteries. [1] [2] Eyre got his education, studying art at South Kensington. [1] [2] Initially, he followed his father into the pottery trade, designing and decorating pottery. [1] [2] He worked for Mintons, and progressed to become an art director at Doulton of Lambeth. [1] [2]
He exhibited artwork at the Royal Academy in 1877, Burlington House, Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, Paris Salon, and the Ipswich Art Society. [1] [2]
In addition to his ceramic artwork and paintings, John Eyre illustrated classic books, including the Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, [3] In Memoriam A.H.H. by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, [4] The seaside and fireside and Voices of the night by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, [5] [6] the Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, [7] Rip Van Winkle and Christmas Eve by Washington Irving. [8]
He also illustrated Old Ballads, a book of folk music published about 1907, [9] and Carol Adair by M. B Manwell. [10]
The Sunday Sale - Property from the Collection of the Late J.S.Goddard, removed from Camp Hill, Baldwin Estate, Staffordshire
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