William R. Symonds
William Robert Symonds (1851 – 7 November 1934) was an English painter. He specialised in genre scenes, often sentimental, or involving children and animals.[1]
Life
Born in Yoxford, Suffolk,[2] he studied in Antwerp and settled in London in 1881. He exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy from 1876. His son was the architect and furniture expert Robert Wemyss Symonds.[3]
Works
Symonds painted the originals for some famous prints,[citation needed] the most notable being Heather, painted c. 1909.[citation needed]
His paintings hang in the Wallace Collection in London and Christchurch Mansion in Suffolk. Twenty-two of his oil painting portraits are in UK public collections, in particular Colchester and Ipswich Museums.[4]
Paintings
- Heather[5]
- Girl with a Silver Fish[6]
- A painting of Sir Richard Wallace, 1885
- Babes in the Wood
- Family Group Portrait of Mr, Mrs and Master Hollond of Benhall Lodge, 1887
- His Lordship
- Portret kobiety, 1901
- An illustration for The Frog Prince
- Portrait of Clarice H. Edwards as young girl, 1904
- Portrait of Mr Arthur Ross and Companion portrait of his wife
- Indian Elephant, 1918
Notes
- ^ Caroline Dakers (1999). The Holland Park Circle: Artists and Victorian Society. Yale University Press. pp. 215–. ISBN 978-0-300-08164-0.
- ^ Robin Simon (1987). The portrait in Britain and America: with a biographical dictionary of portrait painters, 1680-1914. Phaidon. p. 234.
- ^ Symonds, R. W. (Robert Wemyss), 1889-1958 research papers. The Winterthur Library. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
- ^ "William Robert Symonds paintings" (Slide show). Art UK. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ^ http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/ASH/1616~Heather.jpg
- ^ Girl with a Silver Fish at www.ipswich.gov.uk
External links
- 22 artworks by or after William Robert Symonds at the Art UK site
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