Artist Biographies
Next task is to collate and build information about these 'Artists of London' whose work is portrayed here. Naturally, all contributions/additions are welcome ... here are some that I have started, but need more info for some please (copyright: https://londonart.collectionpub.com/):
Martin Anderson 1854-1932 Scott, b. Leuchas Fife.
Anderson began his career by illustrating satirical books during the 1880s. In 1898 he began working for Blum & Degan where he designed court sized postcards. By 1902 Anderson decided to form his own company in Tayport and began placing some of his satirical cartoons on lithographic postcards under the pseudonym Cynicus. While these cards were primarily designed for local seaside tourists he also published Christmas cards and view-cards, some of which were generics. In 1911 his firm began to fail and he tried to restart it in Leeds with only minor success. He moved again in 1914 to Edinburgh but only managed to publish a handful of postcards there before closing for good in 1916. He lived in poverty in his latter years and was buried in an unmarked grave.
Marjorie Christine Bates R.A. (1882–1962) - born in Kings Newton, near Melbourne, Derbyshire.
Watercolour painter who exhibited at the Royal Academy in London and Paris and achieved a moderate living from her paintings. Daughter of George and Emily Bates who had made money from the sale of mosquito netting. Her family moved to Wilford in Nottinghamshire where she attended the Nottingham School of Art. She quickly displayed an award-winning talent that prompted her parents to send her to Paris to study under Professor Jean Paul Laurens at the National High School for Fine Arts.
Marjorie prospered and in 1912 a pastel of a French kitchen earned another gold medal, displays at the Salon des Artistes and the Royal Academy in London. From Paris, Marjorie embarked on a journey down Africa, with a commission from the Sultan of Zanzibar helping to pay her way. But war came in 1914 to interrupt Marjorie's travels. She joined the British Red Cross and was posted to Malta where she treated the wounded from the Gallipoli campaign, opening her eyes to suffering on an unimaginable scale. Marjorie suffered personal tragedy when her unnamed fiancé was killed in action. She never found another man to take his place, although she did raise her sister's children following her marriage break-up.
After the war, she returned to Nottingham and the world of art. She was a member of the Royal Society and Nottingham Society of Artists, based in a studio in the Lace Market where she produced a prodigious quantity of paintings and drawing, which later appeared as postcards and in book and magazine illustrations. Her paintings are mainly in watercolour or in pastel with subjects including garden scenes, landscapes, architecture, street scenes, figure studies and portraits. Between the wars, her work was used extensively by the British Art Company to illustrate books.
In 1953, she was approached to produce a series of "period" drawings to be turned into postcards, to mark the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. An original of Barrogill Castle in Scotland was accepted by the Queen Mother. A number of the artist's illustrations are on display in County Hall. Marjorie Bates died in 1962 at the age of 76, her ashes being buried in the family plot in Wilford Churchyard.
Hendrick Cassiers 1858-1944 - Belgian, b. Antwerp.
While born in Antwerp Hendrick, better known as Henri, moved to Brussels as a young child. After leaving the Antwerp Academy, Cassiers began his career in architecture where he spent years creating structural renditions, but after seven years he turned to painting and etching. After perfecting his brushy watercolour technique he travelled through Europe spending most of his time in Holland. It was there that he picked up most of the themes he used in his work. He produced a wide variety of graphic art including posters, calendars, and illustrations for popular magazines. Many of these pictures were on the spot coverage of newsworthy events. Cassiers is well noted for his posters made for the Red Star Line after 1898, which were later reproduced as postcards.
Most of his chromolithographic postcards were issued through two publishers; painterly landscapes and city scenes in watercolour by Dietrich & Cie, and a more graphic Art Nouveau influenced series by De Rycker & Mendel. While his paintings are somewhat impressionist, Cassiers’ graphic work did not adhere to a specific style. Some of it however shows a strong Art Nouveau influence and all of it is very distinct. He served as president of the Royal Belgian Society of Watercolourists. In 1994 a major retrospective of his work was held, which was seen in Museum Vleeshuis in Antwerp and the Katwijk Museum in Katwijk.
Frank Dean - British visual artist b.1865 d.1907
When work on Letchworth Garden City started in 1903 the Garden City Association commissioned Frank Dean R.B.A. to paint a series of attractive pictures showing the rural beauty of the new town. These were published as postcards, and some of the cards were used for advertising. Letchworth was the world's first Garden City, based on the ideas Ebenezer Howard described in the book "Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform". Letchworth was a sleepy village of about 100 people throughout the 19th century - with not even a pub, school or a village shop listed in the trade directories. All this changed at the beginning of the 20th century with the creation of Letchworth Garden City.
Frank L. EMANUEL 1865–1948
Painter, etcher, illustrator and writer; opponent of modern art. Born 15 September 1865 in London. Studied at the Slade School under Legros and at the Académie Julian in Paris under Bouguereau and Robert-Fleury.
Travelled in Europe, South Africa and Ceylon. Exhibited watercolours in the Méryon Galleries 1912. Author of The Illustrators of Montmartre 1903, Etching and Etchings 1930, etc. Taught etching at the Central School 1918–30. Died in London 7 May 1948.
Travelled in Europe, South Africa and Ceylon. Exhibited watercolours in the Méryon Galleries 1912. Author of The Illustrators of Montmartre 1903, Etching and Etchings 1930, etc. Taught etching at the Central School 1918–30. Died in London 7 May 1948.
Hermann Conrad Fleury Jnr, was born in 1865, and as a child emigrated to England, with his family, from his native Germany. His father, also Hermann, was an artist and photographer so Hermann Conrad signed his work H Fleury Junior. He was a prolific artist and painted many scenes for post cards, including two series of six cards in each for Misch & Stock, called “Noted Trains” (series nos. 331 and 332), depicting busy scenes in London’s main line railway stations.
John Fulleylove (18 Aug 1845 – 22 May 1908) - an English landscape artist and illustrator. Born in Leicester, he originally trained as an architect with local firm "Shenton and Baker", before becoming an artist in watercolours and oils. He exhibited widely in England from 1871 at venues in London such as the Royal Academy, Royal Society of British Artists, Fine Art Society, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, and in many other regional towns and cities.
In 1878, Fulleylove married fellow artist Elizabeth Elgood. Their daughter Joan Fulleylove (1886–1947) became a noted stained glass designer, producing windows for the Anglican cathedral in Khartoum.
They also had a son, John Christopher Fulleylove, who married Margery Dudeney, daughter of puzzle designer Henry Dudeney. He became a member of the RI in 1879 and the ROI in 1883. Abroad, he painted in France, Italy, Greece and the Middle East. His watercolour illustrations appeared in several travel books, such as those by A & C Black (see below). On 22 May 1908, he died at Hampstead. He was buried in Highgate cemetery
Sir Ernest George RA (13 Jun 1839–1922) English architect, landscape and architectural watercolour painter, and etcher. His London office was once called "The Eton of architects' offices".[1] His pupils included Herbert Baker, Guy Dawber, John Bradshaw Gass, Edwin Lutyens and Ethel Charles.
Born in Southwark, London and educated at Clapham, Brighton and Reading, Sir Ernest George RA, RE, PRIBA (1839-1922) entered the Royal Academy School in 1858 and was awarded the Gold Medal in 1859.
In 1861 he opened his own architectural practice, winning the Royal Gold Medal for Architecture in 1896, becoming President of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1908. He was knighted in 1911, elected Associate of the Royal Academy in 1910 and Royal Academician in 1917.
In 1861 he opened his own architectural practice, winning the Royal Gold Medal for Architecture in 1896, becoming President of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1908. He was knighted in 1911, elected Associate of the Royal Academy in 1910 and Royal Academician in 1917.
He exhibited 760 works at the Fine Art Society, 43 at the Royal Academy, 19 at the Royal Society of British Artists, 14 at the Royal Hibernian Academy, and 3 at the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours.
He was also responsible for the current Southwark Bridge (1921), and the Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice in London's Postman's Park. In the late 19th century, George trained Ethel Charles, the first woman to be elected a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
George's residence at 17 Bartholomew St, London Borough of Southwark is commemorated with a Southwark Council blue plaque
Mary Hill - lived and worked in Hampstead. She exhibited between 1912 and 1928
Ernest Ibbetson, 1877-1959
Ernest Ibbetson is an (almost) forgotten artist. His name is not listed in any of the major biographies of British painters. Even with the renewed interest in Victorian and Edwardian watercolourists, his works have gone unrecognized. Yet the fact is he left an artistic legacy which in some respects is unparalleled.
He captured the essence of the British Army in both ceremonial and active service. and capture the very spirit of the old British Army when it was the guardian of the Empire. Some of his non-military work includes early illustrations of Baden Powell’s Boy Scouts from 1910, and as a long time post card and Boy’s Life illustrator.
M Johnson ??
A H Kirk ??
I Lovering - Miss Ida Rose Lovering was born in Greenwich late in 1853; based just outside the Chelsea border, she is noted for her sets of artist drawn cards. Of special interest is the set of twelve front doors of houses of famous people in London.
A R Laird ??
Helen Madeleine McKie (1889–1957), artist and illustrator. After leaving Lambeth School of Art, Helen McKie became a member of staff to 'Bystander' magazine from 1915-1929. She was also a contributing artist to The Graphic, Sphere, Autocar, and Queen publications.
She illustrated books, created mural designs, and painted the artwork for posters. Her most famous works are the pair posters "Waterloo Station – War" and "Waterloo Station – Peace" which were published by Southern Railway in 1948 to celebrate the centenary of Waterloo Station.
W B Northrop ??
E Hicks Oliver ??
Albert George Pirkis ??
Alfred Robert Quinton (1853–1934) English watercolour artist, known for his paintings of British villages and landscapes, many of which were published as postcards, which are popular with today's collectors. His paintings have also been published in many calendars. Well over 2,000 of his paintings were published between 1904 and the time of his death. He also illustrated a number of books including "The Historic Thames" by Hilaire Belloc.
W E Riley ??
Robt Smith ?? Son of an optician from Greenwich
Marchioness of Townsend
Gwladys Ethel Gwendolen Eugénie (née Sutherst), Marchioness Townshend (later le Stange) (1882-1959),
Writer and Mayor of King's Lynn; former wife of 6th Marquess Townshend and wife of Bernard le Stange; daughter of Thomas Sutherst
UDEN, Ernest [Boye] 1911 - 1986
Born Ernest Uden, at 116 Queens Road, Peckham, London on 8 July 1911, son of Ernest Uden (1879-1940), an undertaker's shop manager, and his wife Edith Mary née Jezzard, who married at Faversham, Kent in 1903. During his lifetime he seems to have added Boye as a middle name, probably to avoid confusion with his father, who was also took up as an artist. He studied at Camberwell and Goldsmiths' Schools of Art and married at Greenwich, London in 1939, Mildred Frances Hilder (1912-1985) and had two daughters, Hilary (born 1942) and Josephine (born 1946). During 1941-1945 was official artist with the National Fire Service his reulting work being illustrated in 'War Pictures by British Artists' (1943). He went on to teach at Reigate School of Art and etablished himself as a successful artist, illustrator and watercolour painter.
He was commissioned to produce work for a number of well-known companies, including British Gas, Daimler, Bass, Dunlop, Ferguson Tractors, ICI and the Radio Times and as a painter and commercial artist he exhibited from the early 1930's, at the Royal Academy, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colour, New English Art Club and abroad. He and his wife lived at Sudbury, Suffolk where Mildred died in 1985 and Ernest the following year in 1986.
Van Hier - Gioacchino Hierschel de Minerbi was born 18th March 1834 in Trieste, then the port of the Austrian Empire, the son of Leone Hierschel, a member of one of Trieste's leading Jewish families, and Clementina Minerbi. He trained as an artist, and spent his twenties and thirties painting in Holland, Dordrecht and Rotterdam and studying at the Academy in The Hague.
It was whilst living here that he adopted the name Joachim Van Hier, signing all his works 'Van Hier'.
He seems to have spent the latter years of his life in London, producing large numbers of picture postcards for Raphael Tuck and Sons painting under the name of Professor Van Hier, and working in the style of the Impressionists, helping to popularise their style to a wider audience. He specialised in sunsets, river scenes, often the Thames, views of Venice, dramatic stormy sea scenes and rural landscapes, with distinctive impasto techniques in his skies, and a typical use of yellow, and an individualistic representation of the human figure foreshadowing Lowry. He was living in St James, London, according to the 1881 census, and married Lydia Selina Curtis in September 1893 in Brighton. She was born in Brighton in 1873, and in 1891 was a domestic servant with the Pitt family. She would have been aged 20 when she married him, when he was aged 59. He died in London on 23rd February 1905.
William Lionel Wyllie (often simply W L Wyllie) (London 5 July 1851 – 6 April 1931 London)
A prolific English painter of maritime themes in both oils and watercolours. He has been described as "the most distinguished marine artist of his day." His work is in the Tate, the Royal Academy, the Imperial War Museum, the National Maritime Museum and many other institutions around the world.
Walter Hayward Young - aka 'Jotter' - (1868 -1920)
Educated at Warwick School, Hayward-Young's work, particularly his postcard designs (of which there are over 800), became renowned worldwide. He wrote a series of articles on sketching for 'The Girls Own Paper and Woman's Magazine' which were later published as a book under the title 'Short Cuts to Sketching'. Hayward-Young signed many of his pieces under the pseudonym 'Jotter'.
In 1912, Hayward-Young designed posters for the London Underground, including one promoting visits to Hampton Court. Musician Justin Hayward-Young is the great grandson of the artist.
Michael Zeno Diemer 1867-1939 Bavarian, b. Munich. Diemer began his career in Munich as a painter who eventually became well known for his marine scenes. By 1894 he began to concentrate on producing large panoramic pieces. The cyclorama in Innsbruck, Austria depicting the Tyrollean battle of Bergisel is a surviving example of his extraordinary efforts. He also produced many watercolours that were used for chromolithographic posters and an extensive number of fine postcards by the publisher Ottmar Zieher.
Though his paintings were executed in a realistic academic style, a Romantic influence still shows through. He typically painted historic subjects but he was not shy of tackling the modern world for new inventions such as Zeppelins were included in some of his pieces. This comes through in a set of monochrome cards he illustrated depicting areal combat in World War One. Diemer also worked as a musician and composer.