James Tannock

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James Tannock (born July 13, 1783 in Kilmarnock ; † May 6, 1863 there ) was a Scottish portrait painter .

Life

James Tannock was born in 1783 in the town of Kilmarnock in the Scottish Lowlands, the second child of Adam Tannock and Agnes Rankine. He grew up in his hometown and first learned the shoemaking trade from his father . From 1803 he studied art in Edinburgh with Alexander Nasmyth , the founder of traditional Scottish landscape painting. He later gained experience as a portrait and miniature painter in Paisley , Greenock , Irvine and Stirling . In 1810 he came to the Royal Academy in London, where he made a name for himself through regular exhibitions. In 1817 he painted James Shaw, then Lord Mayor of London . Shaw, like Tannock, was from Kilmarnock. As a friend and supporter, he brought the artist into contact with distinguished personalities, some of whom made use of his services as portraitists, including the writers John Galt , Elizabeth Benger and George Chalmers .

James Tannock spent most of his active time in London, but remained in contact with his hometown throughout his life, especially with his younger brother William (1793–1877), who ran a well-known art gallery in Kilmarnock and was also known as a painter. James acquired several works of art by Old Dutch masters in London , which he made available to his brother's gallery.

James Tannock died on May 6, 1863 in Kilmarnock. He is buried with his brother William at Auld High Kirk Graveyard . A memorial plaque created in 1976 commemorates the two artists. The Tannock Brothers' home on Grange Street was listed as a Historic Monument in 1978 .

Works

Between 1813 and 1841 Tannock created more than 40 large-format portraits of prominent contemporary personalities. Some of these works are now in public collections in Edinburgh, Kilmarnock, London and Paisley. The following list is taken from the British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections index .

Scottish National Portrait Gallery , Edinburgh

  • Prof. George Joseph Bell , Catalog 1990, No. PG562
  • Henry Bell, marine engineer , Catalog 1990, No. PG911
  • George Chalmers 1824 , Catalog 1990, No. PG94
  • Anne MacVicar , Mrs. James Grant of Laggan , Catalog 1990, No. PG274

Dick Institute , Kilmarnock

  • The artist's father , List 1997, No.FA-A-0226
  • Robert Burns, poet , List 1997, no.FA-A-0227
  • Archibald Finnie , List 1997, No.FA-A-0225
  • Robert Cumming , List 1997, No. FA-A-0228 (kept under Tannock, William)
  • Sir James Shaw, Bt , List 1997, No.FA-A-0229
  • Rev. J. Mackinley , List 1997, No. FA-A-0230
  • Sir John Dunlop, Bt , List 1997, No.FA-A-0231

Science Museum , London

  • Henry Bell 1826 , List 2000, No. 1903-177

Paisley Museum , Paisley

  • Robert Burns, poet , List 2003, No.A0455
  • Robert Burns, poet , List 2003, No. A0132

Other works are abroad or in private hands. One of them is the portrait of Edgar Allan Poe's sister Mary Allan, acquired by the Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia in 1928 .

reception

The local historian Archibald McKay ascribed the Tannock Brothers in his History of Kilmarnock a prominent position among the painters the city produced in his day. He particularly emphasizes a portrait of the poet Robert Burns , which James Tannock made around 1806 based on a model by Alexander Nasmyth. The poet and songwriter Robert Tannahill dedicated a verse to the artist , referring to the Burns portrait.

James Caw, former director of Scotland's National Portrait Galleries , saw James Tannock in a row with other Scottish portrait painters, such as Thomas Fraser, John Moir and William Smellie Watson, all of whom he regarded as business people rather than artists.

gallery

literature

Web links

Commons : James Tannock  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ George Fairfull Smith: Tannock, James (1783-1863). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
  2. ^ A b Archibald McKay: The History of Kilmarnock . Kilmarnock 1858, Chapter XXIV, p. 228–232 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  3. ^ Tannock Portraits of Burns . In: The Glasgow Herald . Volume 201, No. 159 , July 30, 1983, pp. 6 (English, news.google.com [accessed June 14, 2020]).
  4. ^ 6 Grange Street, the Artist's House, Kilmarnock. In: BritishListedBuildings.co.uk. Retrieved December 21, 2014 .
  5. ↑ Christopher Wright (Ed.): British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections . An Index of British and Irish Oil Paintings by Artists Born Before 1870 in Public and Institutional Collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Yale University Press, New Haven CT 2006, ISBN 978-0-300-11730-1 , pp. 762 (English, 932 pp.).
  6. ↑ Mary Allan Portrait. (No longer available online.) In: poemuseum.org. Poe Foundation Inc., archived from the original on December 21, 2014 ; accessed on June 14, 2020 (English).
  7. ↑ Chris Semtner: Mary Allan's 1920s Debut. In: thepoeblog.org. August 20, 2014, accessed June 14, 2020 .
  8. ↑ James L. Caw: Scottish painting past and present, 1620-1908 . TC & EC Jack, Edinburgh 1908, p. 90 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Remarks

  1. ↑ according to DNB 1898: * 1784 in Kilmarnock ; † May 6, 1863 in London
personal data
SURNAME Tannock, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish portrait painter
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1783
PLACE OF BIRTH Kilmarnock
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 1863
Place of death Kilmarnock