Wilfrid de Glehn

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John Singer Sargent : Jane and Wilfried de Glehn, oil on canvas, undated

Wilfrid Gabriel de Glehn RA , actually Wilfried Gabriel von Glehn (* 9. October 1870 in Sydenham in London ; † 11. May 1951 in Stratford Tony , Wiltshire ) was a British painter of Impressionism .

Life

Wilfrid de Glehn, son of Alexander Augustus von Glehns (* 1838) and nephew of the engineer Alfred de Glehn , studied at the School of Art in Kensington and then went to France . In Paris , he continued his studies at the renowned École des Beaux-Arts for fine arts . Between 1890 and 1893 he assisted the painters Edwin Austin Abbey and John Singer Sargent, together with other students, in their projects, including the wall frieze The Search for St. Grail , now in the Boston Public Library . He soon became close friends with John Singer Sargent.

In 1904 Wilfrid de Glehn married the American painter Jane Erin Emmet (1873–1961) in New Rochelle , New York . The marriage, which all reports said was a happy one, remained childless. Because Jane was unable to do so for medical reasons after a riding accident. Between 1905 and 1914 the couple accompanied their friend Sargent on his numerous trips through Europe. Her pictures, which were created during this time, she later exhibited in the exhibitions of the Royal Academy of Arts , New English Art Club and the Royal Hibernian Academy .

When the First World War broke out , he went to the Italian front as a war illustrator with the British armed forces . Between the war years, the couple spent the summers in Cornwall and the winters in Brittany . In 1932 he was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Arts. In the 1930s they bought The Manor House in Stratford Tony, where he died of a stroke in his studio in 1951 . Through his work he was referred to as the British Renoir .

Name change

In 1917, due to anti-German sentiments prevalent in Great Britain during World War I , the name of the British royal family was changed to Windsor . The king renounced all of his German titles, as well as members of the royal family and subjects. In response to this reaction, Wilfried von Glehn renounced his German title on July 14, 1917 and took the family name de Glehn .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wilfrid de Glehn, RA in the database of the Royal Academy of Arts , English, accessed on May 22, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Glehn, Wilfrid de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Glehn, Wilfrid Gabriel de (full name); Glehn, Wilfried Gabriel von (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British impressionism painter
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Sydenham near London
DATE OF DEATH May 11, 1951
Place of death Stratford Tony , Wiltshire