LIONEL
TOWNSEND CRAWSHAW R.S.W., R.B.S.A. (1864-1949)
Lionel Townsend Crawshaw was in born in Warmsworth near Doncaster, Yorkshire
in 1864, where his father was a farmer, quarry owner, lime and stone merchant.
He was sent to The Royal School of St. Peter's in York (3rd oldest public
school in the UK in 1878) where he matriculated. At School he won prizes
for french, german, watercolour painting and chalk drawing. A gifted rower
he rowed for his school and played halfback at rugby. His end of school
report said he "should play less for himself and more for the team"
it also described him as a fairly quick runner. While a pupil he was the
school librarian. Lionel went up to Christ's Cambridge where as well as
rowing for his college he also played rugby. He gained a BA (1885) in
Law and took a postgraduate degree course qualifying LL.M in 1889. After
Cambridge he took up Art studying in Dusseldorf, Karlsruhe and at Colarossi's
in Paris. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, Royal Scottish Academy, New
English Art Club and elsewhere. His second wife was Frances Kettlewell
(nee Fisher ), a widow and a vicars daughter. She was a flower painter.
He was elected a member of the Staithes Group in 1903 although he did
not live there, he had a summer studio in Whitby. He and Frances lived
in Yorkshire until the early 1930s but exhibited from addresses in Scotland,
Worcestershire and Liverpool. They latterly lived in Tucketts Trusham
near Newton Abbot Devon. Lionel died on 15th March 1949 in Cran Hill Nursing
Home in Bath he was survived by a son Harold Godfrey Crawshaw who was
an accountant. His nephew Jack Townsend Crawshaw (an underwriter at Lloyds)
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LIONEL TOWNSEND CRAWSHAW
R.S.W., R.B.S.A. (1864-1949)
Street in Whitby oil 8 x 6 inches
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Eileen
Alice Soper RMS SWLA (1905 - 1990)
Eileen Soper is best known for her illustration of Enid Blyton "Famous
Five" books but she was also an outstanding artist in other fields. Her
etchings, drawings and watercolours of flowers, animals and people were
outstanding and she exhibited in this country and America.. She was entirely
taught by her father George Soper, a well known engraver. Eileen remains
the youngest exhibitor at the Royal Academy aged 15. She remained a spinster
all her life and the only known romantic attachment she formed was with
the Olympic sprinter Eric Liddell. She and her father were very keen on
wildlife and allowed their four acre garden to become a wilderness and
sanctuary for birds and animals. One of her squirrel pictures is in the
Queens collection. The studio that the had at the bottom of their Herefordshire
garden became so overgrown that after her death many of her works were
discovered after a friend hacked his way through to the building. The
works were sold at Bonhams in 1992. |
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Eileen
Alice Soper RMS SWLA (1905 - 1990)
Portrait of Alison Boardman watercolourl 16 x
12.5 inches |
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John
Terris RI RSW (1865-1914)
Watercolour
landscape painter who was made an RSW in 1891 and RI in 1912. He studied
art at Birmingham School of Art and first exhibited there at the age
of fifteen. He was born and died in Glasgow. He exhibited at 34 at Royal
Society of Artists Biringham, Doweswell Galleries 4, Glasgow Institute
of the Fine Arts 61, Walker Galleries Liverpool 46, Manchester City
Art Gallery 14, New Gallery 3, Royal Academy 4, Royal Institute of Painters
in Watercolour 13, Royal Scottish Academy 34 Royal Scottish Society
of Painters in Watercolours 68 and Walker's Gallery London 2.
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John Terris RI RSW (1865-1914)
Edinburgh
watercolour 21.5 x 14.5 inches
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Robert
A. Wade AWI, FVAS, FRSA (LON), AWS (USA), ISMP (USA), KA (USA), MHSMA
(Mexico)
Born in Melbourne, Australia, 1930, the distinguished
Australian artist, Robert A. Wade, has gained International acclaim. He
has exhibited with most of the major Watercolour Societies in the World
and won important awards in many countries. He conducts Workshops regularly
in Europe and the USA, inspiring his students with his infectious enthusiasm
and his consummate mastery of the Watercolour medium. His work has received
12 Major overseas awards, in England, France and USA, plus 91 awards in
Australia. He was elected "Artist of the Year", Victorian Artists' Society,
1985 and 1986; also in 1986 he received the "Advance Australia Medal"
for his outstanding contribution to Australian Watercolour, and in 1988
he received the "Windsor and Newton Australian Bi-Centenary Award for
Watercolour". He was elected Member of the Australian Watercolour Institute,
1983; Honorary Member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours,
London, 1983/1990; Elected Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, London, 1987;
Honorary Member Sociedad Mexicana de Acuarelistas, Mexico, 1982; Elected
Member International Society of Marine Painters, USA, 1980; Elected Member
Knickerbocker Artists New York, 1991;Honorary Member Pittsburgh Watercolor
Society, USA, 1985; Life Member of Watercolour Society of Victoria; Patron
and Life Member of the Hawthorn Artists' Society; Fellow of Victorian
Artists' Society and former Council Member. In January 2000, he was elected
to full membership of the American Watercolor Society, the first Australian
to be so honoured. He has exhibited with most of the world's major Watercolour
Societies including the American Watercolor Society, NYC, 1981 & 1993;
Royal Watercolour Society's Open, London, 1983; Royal Institute of Painters
in Watercolours, London, annually, 1983-1993. |
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Robert A. Wade AWI, FVAS, FRSA (LON), AWS (USA), ISMP (USA), KA (USA),
MHSMA (Mexico)
Morning Movement Suzhov China 1993 watercolour 14 x 21 inches
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