Charles Edward Wilson (painter)

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Charles Edward Wilson: Apple Blossom , around 1900

Charles Edward Wilson (* 1853 in Whitwell , Derbyshire ; † 1941 ) was a British watercolorist and genre painter .

Wilson was the son of a village headmaster at Whitwell Old Hall . He had studied painting at the Sheffield School of Art and dealt almost exclusively with subjects of the rural genre in watercolor technique. He lived u. a. in Addiscombe , Surrey .

From 1891 he exhibited his pictures at the exhibitions of the Royal Academy of Arts (guest), the New Watercolor Society and the Walker Art Gallery . You can find them in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum .

The work of Charles Edward Wilson is described by the art dealer Haynes Fine Art as “ very personal with a high feeling for the beauty of the color and graceful lines. His pictures capture the picturesque and romantic aspect of his subject and at the same time show an inspiring force ”. Comparable to Carlton Alfred Smith (1853–1946) of the same age , he belongs to the great movement of late romantic kitsch painting of the Edwardian era . His pictures of young girls and children playing appeared on postcards or are reprinted as posters today. The National Portrait Gallery records a woodcut portrait of George du Maurier based on one of his models. Jane Pettigrew uses two of his pictures to illustrate the moral history of childhood at the time of Edward VII in her book An Edwardian childhood .

literature

  • Wilson, Charles Edward . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 5 : V-Z. Supplements: A-G . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1961, p. 141 .
  • Melissa Hardie (Ed.): Artists in Newlyn and West Cornwall 1880-1940. Dictionary and source-book . Art Dictionaries Ltd, Bristol 2009, ISBN 978-0-953260-96-6 , p. 300.
  • Katherine Coombs: British watercolors 1750–1950 . V&A Publications, London 2012, ISBN 978-1-85177-707-5 , p. 114 and Figure 105.

Web links

Commons : Charles Edward Wilson  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to some network sources, more general information than "Whithall, Nottinghamshire" and wrong year of birth 1854
  2. ^ Charles Edward WILSON | Cornwall Artists Index. In: cornwallartists.org. Retrieved May 13, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Towns and Villages Around Worksop | Whitwell. In: visitoruk.com. Retrieved May 13, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Blowing Bubbles | Wilson, Charles Edward | V&A Search the Collections. In: ac.uk. collections.vam.ac.uk, accessed on May 13, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Haynes Fine Art , quote: “ The work of Charles Edward Wilson is always intensely personal with a rare feeling for the beauty of color and rendered with a charming grace of line. His paintings capture the picturesque and romantic aspect of his subject and at the same time display an inspirational power. "
  6. ^ Charles Edward Wilson - Person - National Portrait Gallery. In: org.uk. www.npg.org.uk, accessed on May 13, 2018 (English).
  7. ↑ Jane Pettigrew: An Edwardian childhood . Little, Brown, Boston, etc. a. 1992, ISBN 0-8212-1915-4 . (Also in the Internet Archive [accessed on May 13, 2018, English]).
personal data
SURNAME Wilson, Charles Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Whitwell , Derbyshire
DATE OF DEATH 1941