Arnold Henry Mason

Last updated

Arnold Henry Mason RA (20 March 1885 - 17 November 1963) was a British portrait painter of the twentieth century.

Contents

Early life and education

Mason was born at Birkenhead, Cheshire, United Kingdom. He studied at the Macclesfield School of Art, the Royal College of Art, London and the Slade School, London in 1918–19.

Career

Mason worked in Paris and Rome. In 1906 he was Assistant to Sir William Richmond on the internal decorations of the Old Bailey Courtrooms, London. He served in the Artists' Rifles 1915–18, and exhibited at the Royal Academy, London, from 1919. In the 1930s he had a studio in Chelsea. [1] He befriended the artist Roy Beddington and assisted him in getting his career established in London. [2]

In 1940, Mason became an Associate of the Royal Academy; he was accepted as a Royal Academician in 1951 and a senior member of the R.A. in 1960.

Mason died aged 78 on 17 November 1963 in Kensington, London.

Works

Although sometimes described as a landscape and portrait painter, [3] [4] he is best known as a portrait painter in oils and pencil portraits on paper. His works can be seen in the Tate, the National Portrait Gallery and the Royal Academy Galleries in London, [5] and the National Library of Australia. [6] Most of his finished portraits are signed, often with "Arnold Mason" followed by the last two digits of the year date. Most of his works date from 1910 to 1962.

One of his most notable oil paintings on canvas is to be seen at the National Portrait Gallery in London. Titled Elinor Glyn [7] it was painted by 1942, and purchased in 1962. Other paintings are to be found in the collections of the Derby Museum [8] the Norfolk County Museums, [9] the University of Melbourne, Australia [10] and the Dudmaston Museum in Shropshire. [11]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">William Powell Frith</span> English painter (1819–1909)

William Powell Frith was an English painter specialising in genre subjects and panoramic narrative works of life in the Victorian era. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1853, presenting The Sleeping Model as his Diploma work. He has been described as the "greatest British painter of the social scene since Hogarth".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edwin Landseer</span> English painter and sculptor (1802–1873)

Sir Edwin Henry Landseer was an English painter and sculptor, well known for his paintings of animals – particularly horses, dogs, and stags. However, his best-known works are the lion sculptures at the base of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frank Cadogan Cowper</span> English painter (1877–1958)

Frank Cadogan Cowper was an English painter and illustrator of portraits, historical and literary scenes, also described as "The Last Pre-Raphaelite".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James Jebusa Shannon</span> American-British painter (1862–1923)

Sir James Jebusa Shannon was an Anglo-American artist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">George Henry Boughton</span> British-American painter (1833–1905)

George Henry Boughton was an Anglo-American landscape and genre painter, illustrator and writer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">George Henry (painter)</span> Scottish painter (1858–1943)

George Henry (1858–1943) was a Scottish painter, one of the most prominent of the Glasgow School.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marshall Claxton</span> English painter

Marshall Claxton was an English subject, genre, landscape and portrait painter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Shackleton</span> British painter (died 1767)

John Shackleton was a British painter and draughtsman who produced history paintings and portraits. His parents and origins are unknown.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Henry Tresham</span>

Henry Tresham was an Irish-born British historical painter active in London in the late 18th century. He spent some time in Rome early in his career, and was professor of painting at the Royal Academy of Arts in London from 1807 to 1809.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Glyn Philpot</span> British artist (1884–1937)

Glyn Warren Philpot was a British painter and sculptor, best known for his portraits of contemporary figures such as Siegfried Sassoon and Vladimir Rosing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robert Walker Macbeth</span> Scottish painter, etcher and watercolourist

Robert Walker Macbeth was a Scottish painter, etcher and watercolourist, specialising in pastoral landscape and the rustic genre. His father was the portrait painter Norman Macbeth and his niece Ann Macbeth. Two of his five brothers, James Macbeth (1847–1891) and Henry Macbeth, later Macbeth-Raeburn (1860–1947), were also artists.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Henry Herbert La Thangue</span> English painter

Henry Herbert La Thangue was an English realist rural landscape painter associated with the Newlyn School.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Walter William Ouless</span> British painter

Walter William Ouless was a British portrait painter from Jersey. He became an Associate of the Royal Academy (ARA) in 1877 and a full member (RA) in 1881.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rodrigo Moynihan</span> British artist (1910–1990)

(Herbert George) Rodrigo Moynihan was an English painter, credited with being a pioneer of abstract painting in England.

Maria Spilsbury (1776–1820) was a British artist known for her religious paintings and portraiture.

Mary Martha Pearson was an English portrait painter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Henry Tanworth Wells</span> English painter

Henry Tanworth Wells was an English miniature and portrait painter. He was a member of the Pre-Raphaelite circle though he painted in the academic style.

Sir Herbert James Gunn RA RP was a Scottish landscape and portrait painter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Algernon Newton</span> English landscape artist (1880–1968)

Algernon Cecil Newton was an English landscape artist known as the "Canaletto of the canals".

May Bridges Lee (1884-1977), later Lady Stott, was an English portrait painter.

References

  1. The London Studio. W.E. Rudge. 1938. p. 166.
  2. James Fergusson (5 June 1995). OBITUARY:Roy Beddington.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. Adrian Bury (1938). Oil Painting of To-Day. Studio, Limited. p. 124.
  4. Kenneth M. Guichard (1977). British etchers, 1850-1940. George Pryor. p. 50. ISBN   978-0-906030-00-4.
  5. Artworks by or after Arnold Henry Mason at the Art UK site
  6. "Portrait of Basil Burdett". National Library of Australia
  7. "Elinor Glyn" Archived March 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine . National Trust Collections.
  8. "It's the £1 million question: should Derby sell its Lowry painting?". [ permanent dead link ]Derby Telegraph.
  9. Head of Museums and Archaeology Update" [ permanent dead link ]. Norfolk.gov.uk.
  10. "Facing Percy Grainger - National Library of Australia".
  11. "Olive Mary Wolryche-Whitmore, Mrs Eustace Scott Hamilton-Russell (1879-1951)" Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine . National Trust Collections.