George henry boughton biography of christopher

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Whoa, you've got an older browser! Or, we've got a glitch For a better experience, we recommend a newer browser. Ok, hide this. George Boughton is known for Historical genre-figure, landscape and marine painting. Many of his subjects were rural, rustic figures. He spent only a small portion of his life in the United States, but it was a formative period.

The female novelist Violet Hunt — based her novels Their Lives and Their Hearts on her early love affair with Boughton. The novel Christina Chard by Mrs Rosa Campbell-Praed —an Australian novelist, was dedicated to Boughton, because he had suggested the idea of the book. In the ss, he was associated with several artistic colonies in countryside, namely with the village of Broadway in Worcestershire, the rustic beauty of which was recognised by many American artists.

Through Horsley and Shaw he also was associated with the Cranbrook Colony of artists, visiting them in the late ss. Boughton died of heart disease, on January 19,in his studio at Campden Hill, London.

George henry boughton biography of christopher

His obituary stated that "he was kindly, genial, humorous, a lover of a good story, the essence of hospitality, and wholly free from jealousy, malice, and incharitable judgments. The barque 'Gratitude' from London, arrival to NY on 8. Obituary The Times, 21 January Walter Armstrong, G. He concluded this period of his training with a sketching tour of the Lake DistrictScotlandand Ireland.

After returning to the U. InBoughton opened a studio in London. While living in England, he focused on subjects of early American colonial historyand an American critic noticed that "for early history of this country his talents seems to be peculiarly fitted. The Return of the Mayflower shown at the Goupil GalleryNew York in was praised as "a picture which will live as long as the memory of the Mayflower itself lasts.

Vincent van Goghwho lived London in —75, was much impressed by Boughton's painting Godspeed! Pilgrims Setting Out for Canterbury. Then working as a minister, he gave a sermon inspired by the painting, and wrote about it to his brother Theo. A London critic once declared that he "has learnt the secret of putting natural feelings into rustic figures, which has been almost entirely wanting to English painters.

Boughton exhibited extensively in both Britain and the U. Among his landscape paintings - views of England and Brittany in France. Inhe travelled to Holland. His illustrated account of that journey was published in the Harper's Magazine as 'Artist Strolls in Holland', and published next year in London as Sketching Rambles in Holland see bibliography.

Boughton obviously took pleasure in writing: later he would participate in the publication of the 'English Art in the Public Galleries of London' providing the overview of George Morland 's biography and work. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. In other projects. Wikidata item. Boucherett, Emilia Jessie. Bourinot, John George. Category : DNB biographies.