Joseph Noel Paton

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Joseph Noel Paton, 1866, photograph by Thomas Annan .

Sir Joseph Noel Paton FRSA , LL. D. ( December 13, 1821 - December 26, 1901 ) was a Scottish artist .

life and work

Joseph Noel Paton came from a family of weavers who mainly made and traded damask . For a short time Joseph Noel Paton was also active in this business area. However, he had a strong artistic urge and studied for a short time in 1843 at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.

He painted in the style of the Pre-Raphaelites and mainly dealt with subjects from history and fairy tales, he also painted allegorical and religious subjects. His first painting, Ruth Gleaning , was exhibited by the Royal Scottish Academy in 1844. He has received a number of awards. Two of his most famous works - The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania (1846) and The Reconciliation of Oberon and Titania (1847) - are now in the Scottish National Gallery .

In 1850 Paton became a member of the Royal Scottish Academy . In 1858 he married Margaret Furrier. The marriage had seven children. He was raised to the nobility by Queen Victoria in 1867 as a Knight Bachelor . In 1878 he received an LL.D from the University of Edinburgh.

The eldest son, Diarmid Noel Paton (1859-1929), became professor of physiology at the University of Glagow. His second son, Drederick Noel Paton, went to India.

In memoriam

Under the impression of the news of the Indian uprising of 1857 , he exhibited his painting In memoriam at the summer exhibition of the Royal Academy . This shows a group of women who fearfully cling to each other in the face of approaching rebellious sepoys . The reaction of the public to this picture was so violent in view of the news about the siege of Kanpur and the massacre in Bibighar that Joseph Noel Paton withdrew the work and painted over it. The rebellious sepoy was replaced by an approaching Scottish regiment, which suggested a happy ending for the oppressed women to the viewer. The title was also changed by Joseph Noel Paton, renaming it In Memoriam, Henry Havelock , after the British officer who was instrumental in ending the siege of Kanpur.

Web links

Commons : Joseph Noel Paton  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lawrence James: Raj - The Making of British India. Abacus, London 1997, ISBN 978-0-349-11012-7 , p. 286.
personal data
SURNAME Paton, Joseph Noel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Paton, Sir Joseph Noel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish artist
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1821
DATE OF DEATH December 26, 1901