George Bouverie Goddard
George Bouverie Goddard (born December 25, 1832 in Salisbury , Wiltshire , England , United Kingdom - † March 6, 1886 in Hammersmith , London , England, United Kingdom) was a British painter and illustrator who specialized in sports , hunting and Had specialized in animal motifs and often made them both as paintings and as engravings .
Life
George Bouverie Goddard was what can justifiably be called a natural talent, because at the age of ten he was already drawing pictures that were in great demand, although he had never had any artistic training. Although he experienced opposition and opposition from his environment when making this decision, Goddard decided to pursue a career as an artist. In 1849 Goddard moved to London, where he spent about two years studying and drawing animals in zoological gardens . At the time, Goddard was making a living drawing sports illustrations for magazines like Punch . For a short time he returned to his hometown Salisbury, but moved to London in 1857 because the order situation in Salisbury was insufficient for him.
As early as 1856 Goddard had his first exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts : Hunters ( Jäger ). Another exhibition, Casuals ( temporary workers ), followed ten years later, ie in 1866. From then on, presented Goddard every two years from: Home to the: an afternoon fox with the Cotswolds ( home to die: an afternoon fox hunting with the Cotswolds , 1868 ) The Tournament ( The Tournament ; 1870), sale of New Forest ponies at Lyndhurst ( sale of New Forest ponies on Lyndhurst ; 1872). After that, Goddards increasingly worked on large-format pictures such as Lord Wolverton's Bloodhounds ( Lord Wolverton's Bloodhounds ). Despite the great praise he received for his drawings and engravings, these pictures are considered Goddard's best works.
Goddard was close friends with his artist colleague Charles Keene , with whom he shared a studio on Baker Street for some time .
In 1886 Goddard visited his terminally ill father and contracted a flu-like infection during the trip , because of which he was only to survive his father by a few days. George Bouverie Goddard died at his Brook Green residence, Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom. He was 53 years old.
Work and its reception
Goddard's early work consists mostly of animal studies and illustrations for weekly magazines such as Punch . These primarily include sports illustrations that show Goddard's passion for hunting . Countless engravings of Goddard have survived, including hunting scenes and the anthology The Months as well as images of animals that are not native to the United Kingdom - for example the engraving At Bay ( In Chess ), which shows a tiger in a defensive position.
But Goddard felt, although his animal studies and sports illustrations were praised as the best since John Leech , called to higher things, because although Goddard began with drawings, which were then published as engravings, oil paint is the medium in which his whole is Can reveal. After his exhibitions at the Royal Academy of Arts, Goddard increasingly worked on large paintings. So he put 1875 with a length of over four meters particularly overgrown painting Lord Wolverton's Bloodhounds ( Lord Wolvertons bloodhounds off), the George J. Whyte-Melville in his book Riding Recollections praised to the skies. This image was followed in 1876 Colt-hunting in the New Forest ( foal hunting in the New Forest ). 1877 Goddard denied new ways and settled instead of hunting or nature motifs of John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost ( Paradise Lost ) for his picture The Fall of Man ( The waste of human inspiration). Goddard's work received particular praise. So the Royal Academy picked out this work and wrote: "the savagery of the brute nature ensuing upon the disobedience of Adam and Eve" ("the cruelty and brutal nature follows the disobedience of Adam and Eve"). 1879 also published as an engraving paintings followed The Struggle for Existence ( The struggle for existence ), which in the Walker Fine Art Gallery in Liverpool was issued. Every two years, followed Rescued ( Saved , 1881), Love and War ( Love and War , 1883) and Cowed ( Intimidated ; 1885).
Today, Goddard paintings are sold at auctions with prices ranging from $ 1,252 to $ 25,000. The top price of 25000 USD 2005 achieved the painting The Meet ( The meeting ), a 71.2 x 91.5 cm oil painting on canvas showing a preparatory to hunt.
Web links
- George Bouverie Goddard on artnet.de
- George Bouverie Goddard aur artuk.org
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goddard, George Bouverie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British painter and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1832 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salisbury , Wiltshire , England , UK |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 6, 1886 |
| Place of death | Hammersmith , London , England, United Kingdom |