John William Inchbold
John William Inchbold (born August 29, 1830 in Leeds , Yorkshire , † January 23, 1888 in Headingley , Leeds) was an English painter who was influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite style.
Inchbold received his first drawing lessons in his hometown. But then he went to London and worked as a draftsman in the lithographic institute of Day and Haghe . There the Belgian lithographer Louis Haghe introduced him to watercolor painting . In 1847 Inchbold finally began studying at the Royal Academy of Arts .
Inchbold's professional career began with a collection of watercolors with which he took part in the exhibition of the Society of British Artists in the winter of 1849/50 . The style of these early pictures , taken in London and on the Thames , was light and moody, like the Views of Venice published by William Turner in 1819. In addition, Inchbold was influenced by John Ruskin , through whom he got in touch with William Michael Rossetti and the Pre-Raphaelite Artists' Association. During this time he was also encouraged by Ruskin to paint mountain landscapes. A work exhibited by Inchbold in the Royal Academy in 1852 already praised Rossetti as a praiseworthy example of the emerging Pre-Raphaelite landscape painting.
From 1869 on, Inchold was in financial trouble and its existence became increasingly precarious. So he left London and from 1877 lived in Montreux on Lake Geneva . Almost all of his later works were Swiss views.
literature
- Marcus Halliwell: Highland Landscapes - Paintings of Scotland in the 19th Century. Garamond Publishers Ltd, London, 1990, ISBN 1-85583-001-9 , p. 10.
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| SURNAME | Inchbold, John William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 29, 1830 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leeds , Yorkshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 23, 1888 |
| Place of death | Headingley , Leeds |