George Price Boyce

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti : George Price Boyce with Fanny Cornforth in Rossetti's London studio, 1858

George Price Boyce (* 24. September 1826 in Bloomsbury , † 11. February 1897 in Chelsea ) was a British architect and watercolor - painter .

Life

George was the eldest child of George Boyce and his wife Anne Price. He attended school in Chipping Ongar , Epping Forest , and later studied at the Sorbonne in Paris . After his return to England (1846) he worked in the renowned London architects "Wyatt & Brandon" . After meeting the artist David Cox , he decided that his real interest was painting. In 1849 he resigned and started with financial support from his father, just as he had already promoted his artistically gifted sister Joanne. Boyce studied at the Royal Academy of Arts and Cox was his mentor. Through his fellow students Thomas Seddon and Dante Gabriel Rossetti , he came into contact with the Pre-Raphaelite artist movement . The influence of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood soon showed in his works. Through John Ruskin , who found interest in his work, Boyce went on a study trip to France , Italy and Egypt . He met Fanny Cornforth through Rossetti and later had a love affair with her. In 1862 he moved to Chelsea, near Rossetti, where he lived until his death.

George Price Boyce's diaries were published in the 1940s and are an invaluable source of information on Rossetti and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

literature

  • Virginia Surtees: The Diaries of George Price Boyce , Real World (1980).
  • Christopher Newall and Judy Egerton: George Price Boyce , Tate Gallery Pubn (1987) ISBN 0-2959-6734-X

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personal data
SURNAME Boyce, George Price
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British architect and watercolor painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH Bloomsbury
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 1897
Place of death Chelsea