George Clarkson Stanfield
George Clarkson Stanfield (born May 1, 1828 in London , † March 22, 1878 in Hampstead ) was an English painter .
Stanfield was the second son of the painter Clarkson Frederick Stanfield from his second marriage to Rebecca Adcock. Stanfield received instruction at the Royal Academy of Arts and from his father. Like this he devoted himself to landscape and marine painting . His work focused on lakes and rivers in Italy, Switzerland, France and Germany; especially from the Rhine , Moselle , Lahn and Maas . In addition, he created coastal views of France and Great Britain. Between 1844 and 1876 he exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts and the British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom .
In 1854 Stanfield married Maria Blackburn, the daughter of a half-sister of his father. Five sons from the marriage reached adulthood. After the death of his father in 1867, Stanfield ran into economic difficulties and his health was increasingly ailing. He died in 1878 at his sister's house in Hampstead, London.
His work Limburg seen from the west from 1862, which is in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn , was used for a postage stamp of the Deutsche Post in 2010 .
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- ↑ a b c Short biography after: EHH Archibald: Dictionary of Sea Painters of Europe & America on the website of the Cider House Galleries . Retrieved April 19, 2012.
- ^ A b Entry Stanfield, Clarkson in the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900 . Available on Wikisource .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stanfield, George Clarkson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British landscape and marine painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 1878 |
| Place of death | Hampstead (London) |