Henry Meynell Rheam
Henry Meynell Rheam (born January 13, 1859 in Birkenhead , Merseyside , † November 1920 in Penzance , Cornwall ) was an English Pre-Raphaelite . He was also close to the Newlyn School , a late Impressionist artist colony from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
life and work
Henry Meynell Rheam studied at Heatherley's School of Art in London , at the Académie Julian in Paris and in Germany . In the 1880s, Rheam moved to Polperro in the south-west of England, to which his cousin, the painter Henry Scott Tuke , had contributed significantly. In 1887 his works were exhibited for the first time in London. In 1890 he settled in Newlyn . The reason for the move was the annual cricket match between the artists of St Ives and Newlyn, one of the most important sporting events of the time. St Ives had acquired two notable batsmen , and Newlyn appeared to be heading for certain defeat. But in Newlyn they had learned that Henry Meynell Rheam was an outstanding cricketer, and tried with great effort to poach him from Polperro, which finally succeeded. Rheam then moved to Newlyn and soon came into contact with the artists of the Newlyn School outside of the cricket field .
During these years Rheam painted numerous genre pictures and portraits in the late Impressionist style. Later he chose mostly fairytale scenes and presented them in the style of the Pre-Raphaelites. Rheam mostly used water colors for his paintings and only rarely oil colors . After several exhibitions he was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colors because of his skill . In 1900 Rheam married Alice Elliott and lived with her at Boase Castle Lodge in Newlyn. They later moved into the West Lodge in Penzance , where they lived until his death in 1920.
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| SURNAME | Rheam, Henry Meynell |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English painter of Late Impressionism and Pre-Raphaelism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Birkenhead , Merseyside |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1920 |
| Place of death | Penzance , Cornwall |