John Eyre (British artist)
John Eyre R.B.A., R.I. | |
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Born | |
Died | September 13, 1928 | (aged 80)
Nationality | British |
Style | Genre painting |
John Eyre (1847-1927) was a British artist who decorated and designed British pottery.[1][2] He also illustrated books and painted genre paintings.[1] He is known for his paintings of Royal Hospital Chelsea and its veteran residents, as well as for paintings of working people in the pottery industry.[2] He was a member of the Royal Society of British Artists (c. 1877), the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours (1917) and Honorary Associate of the Royal College of Art (late in life).[1][2]
Baptized in 1850 at Stoke-on-Trent, Eyre grew up in an artist's family.[1][2] His father was a decorative artist in Staffordshire Potteries.[1][2] Eyre got his education, studying art at South Kensington.[1][2] Initially, he followed his father into the pottery trade, designing and decorating pottery.[1][2] He worked for Mintons, and progressed to become an art director at Doulton of Lambeth.[1][2]
He exhibited artwork at the Royal Academy in 1877, Burlington House, Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, Paris Salon, and the Ipswich Art Society.[1][2]
Gallery[]
Portrait of Amy Louisa Eyre 1879-1949
Three Potters at their wheels
Potters with candlesticks on a table
Loading the kiln
Ely Cathedral, under the lantern
Chelsea Pensioners feeding birds
The Great Hall for the Royal Hospital at Chelsea
The Great Hall for the Royal Hospital at Chelsea
Wheatstacks
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Faience plaque with Female Figure
Faience commemorative plaque for Bernard Palissy
Autumn
Ceramic design for Mintons or Doulton of Lambeth, c. 1880s-1890s.
Illustrated[]
In addition to his ceramic artwork and paintings, John Eyre illustrated classic books, including the Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens,[3] In Memoriam A.H.H. by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson,[4] The seaside and fireside and Voices of the night by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,[5][6] the Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton,[7] Rip Van Winkle and Christmas Eve by Washington Irving.[8]
He also illustrated Old Ballads, a book of folk music published about 1907,[9] and Carol Adair by .[10]
See also[]
- John Eyre (painter) Australian painter
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i "EYRE, John". suffolkartists.co.uk.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i "JOHN EYRE, R.B.A., R.I., (BRITISH, 1850-1927) Three Potters at their wheels; and Inside the Potteries". Christies' auction house.
The Sunday Sale - Property from the Collection of the Late J.S.Goddard, removed from Camp Hill, Baldwin Estate, Staffordshire
- ^ Dickens, Charles. Pickwick Papers. Illustrations by John Eyre. London: Collins. OCLC 3323573.
- ^ Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson. In Memoriam A.H.H. Illustrations by John Eyre. London: E. Nister. OCLC 5519714.
- ^ Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The seaside and fireside. Illustrations by John Eyre. London: E. Nister. OCLC 19211799.
- ^ Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Voices of the night. Illustrations by John Eyre. London: E. Nister. OCLC 12638444.
- ^ Walton, Izaak; Cotton, Charles. The Compleat Angler. Illustrations by John Eyre. London: Collins' Clear-Type Press. OCLC 666967217.
- ^ Irving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle; and, Christmas Eve. Illustrations by John Eyre. London: E. Nister. OCLC 31210858.
- ^ Old Ballads. Illustrations by John Eyre. London: E. Nister. 1906.CS1 maint: others (link)
- ^ Manwell, M. B. Carol Adair. Illustrations by John Eyre. London: E. Nister. OCLC 300603325.
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- 1847 births
- 1927 deaths
- 19th-century English painters
- 20th-century English painters