Richard Spiers
Richard Phené Spiers (born May 19, 1838 in Oxford , † October 3, 1916 in London ) was a British architect and watercolor painter.
Spiers studied first in London and from 1858 to 1861 in Paris with Jean-Louis Pascal . Since his studies he exhibited almost every year at the Royal Academy in London, where he directed the architecture school from 1870 to 1906.
Works
Spiers was the architect responsible for the expansion of Umberland Hall in Warwickshire and the renovation and expansion of Beckett Hospital in Barnsley. Two of his watercolors, one from 1884, are on display in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Writings (selection)
Spiers also published several specialist journals, including Architect. Drawing and Architecture, East and West .
- Richard Phené Spiers: Architecture East and West: A Collection of Essays Written at Various Times… For the committee of the Spiers testimonial by BT Batsford, 1905 ( archive.org ).
- James Fergusson, Richard Phené Spiers: A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day . 5 volumes. J. Murray, London 1902 ( archive.org and archive.org - Volumes 1 and 2).
literature
- Spiers, Richard Phené . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . tape 32 : Pacific Ocean Islands to Zuloaga , 1922, p. 562 ( babel.hathitrust.org or wikisource ).
- AT Bolton: Spiers, Richard Phené. In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Volume 51: Smillie Sprott. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861401-2 , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of: 2004 Unfortunately, this cryptic statement “Dict. of. Nat. Biogr., Suppl. 1912/21, 1927 “can no longer be found.
- Mr. R. Phené Spiers . In: The Art journal . George Virtue, London 1906, p. 62–63 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Spiers, Richard . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 31 : Siemering – Stephens . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1937, p. 375 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spiers, Richard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Spiers, Richard Phené (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British architect and watercolor painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1838 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oxford |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 3, 1916 |
| Place of death | London |