John Eyre (British artist)

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Lady with a guitar by John Eyre, from the book Old Ballads. John Eyre (1850-1927) painting, Lady with a guitar.jpg
Lady with a guitar by John Eyre, from the book Old Ballads.
John Eyre
R.B.A., R.I.
Born(1847-12-01)1 December 1847
St Pancras, London
Died13 September 1928(1928-09-13) (aged 80)
Stoke-on-Trent
NationalityBritish
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]

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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]

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 M. B Manwell. [10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "EYRE, John". suffolkartists.co.uk.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "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
  3. ↑ Dickens, Charles. Pickwick Papers. Illustrations by John Eyre. London: Collins. OCLC   3323573.
  4. ↑ Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson. In Memoriam A.H.H. Illustrations by John Eyre. London: E. Nister. OCLC   5519714.
  5. ↑ Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The seaside and fireside. Illustrations by John Eyre. London: E. Nister. OCLC   19211799.
  6. ↑ Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Voices of the night. Illustrations by John Eyre. London: E. Nister. OCLC   12638444.
  7. ↑ Walton, Izaak; Cotton, Charles. The Compleat Angler. Illustrations by John Eyre. London: Collins' Clear-Type Press. OCLC   666967217.
  8. ↑ Irving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle; and, Christmas Eve. Illustrations by John Eyre. London: E. Nister. OCLC   31210858.
  9. ↑ Old Ballads. Illustrations by John Eyre. London: E. Nister. 1906.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  10. ↑ Manwell, M. B. Carol Adair. Illustrations by John Eyre. London: E. Nister. OCLC   300603325.
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