Grosvenor Thomas
George Grosvenor Thomas (* 1856 in Sydney , New South Wales , † February 5, 1923 in London ) was an Australian painter of late Impressionism and member of the Glasgow Boys , an artist group from the 19th and early 20th centuries. He mainly operated landscape painting .
life and work
Grosvenor Thomas was born in Sydney, Australia in 1856 . As a young man he left his homeland, embarked for England and settled in Glasgow in 1885/6 . There he joined the Glasgow Boys, an artist group that was significantly influenced by the realism of the French Barbizon School and thereby made Impressionism and Post-Impressionism known in Scotland. The subject of her genre painting was , in addition to motifs from the greater Glasgow area, primarily rural scenes. Thomas mainly painted landscapes and still lifes with flowers in watercolors and oils . His work was significantly influenced by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot and Charles-François Daubigny . Thomas has repeatedly exhibited his work at the Royal Academy of Arts , Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolor . In Munich and Dresden he won a gold medal each. In 1892 he was elected a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolor. Thomas eventually moved to London and traveled extensively. In 1923 Thomas died in London.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas, Grosvenor . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 33 : Theodotos vacation . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1939, p. 63 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thomas, Grosvenor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thomas, George Grosvenor (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian Late Impressionist painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sydney |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 5, 1923 |
| Place of death | London |