William Clarke Wontner
William Clarke Wontner | |
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| Born | 17 January 1857 Stockwell, Surrey, England |
| Died | 23 September 1930 Worcester, England |
| Resting place | Ripple, Worcestershire |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | William Hoff Wontner (father) |
| Known for | Painter |
| Movement | Orientalist; Neoclassicism; Academic Classicism |
| Spouse | Jessie Marguerite Keene (1872–1950) |
William Clarke Wontner (17 January 1857 Stockwell, Surrey - 23 September 1930 Worcester),[1] was an English portrait painter steeped in Academic Classicism and Romantic.
Life and career
Wontner was born in Stockwell, Surrey, the son of noted architect, designer and renderer William Hoff Wontner (1814–1881) and Catherine Smith.[2]
William received his earliest art education from his father. Under his father's direction, Wontner worked with John William Godward (1861–1922), a noted exponent of what became known as Greco-Roman style, who was an acquaintance of the Wotner family. [3] Godward was five years older than Wotner, and the pair became great friends.[4]
Wonter began teaching at St Johns Wood Art School in around 1885 after he moved to Hamilton Garden Square. [5] Wontner was a relatively minor painter who was part of the neo-classical movement in England, led by Alma-Tadema. His style favoured seductively languorous women against classical or oriental marbled backdrops. [6]
His faithfully rendered fabrics draped over patently European models, somehow created an air of Orientalism. His work was exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1879, at the Society of British Artists and at the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. When the Grosvenor Gallery closed in 1890, Wontner exhibited at the New Gallery.
Wontner married Jessie Marguerite Keene (1872–1950), daughter of Charles Joseph Keene, on 7 June 1894 at St. Dominic's Priory Church, Naverstock Hill in Hampstead. The couple had no children. Wontner was buried on 26 September 1930 at Ripple in Worcestershire.
Work
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A Beauty in Eastern costume, 1916-1925 -
Lady of Baghdad, 1900 -
The Dancing Girl, 1903
See also
References
- ^ "William Clarke Wontner (1857–1930) | Art UK". www.artuk.org. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
- ^ "William Clarke Wontner". The Peerage. Lundy Consulting Ltd. 5 September 2005. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ Swanson, V.G., John William Godward: The Eclipse of Classicism, Antique Collector's Club, 1997, p. 23
- ^ "J W Godward Biography". Mezzo-mondo.com. 1922-12-13. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ Swanson, V.G., John William Godward: The Eclipse of Classicism, Antique Collector's Club, 1997, p. 26
- ^ Thornton, L., Women as Portrayed in Orientalist Painting, ACR edition, 1994. pp 120-121
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