约翰·梅尔休什·斯特鲁德威克

1849-1937 English

严谨的前拉斐尔派画家

约翰·梅尔休伊斯·斯特拉德威克是一位英国前拉斐尔派画家，是威廉·斯特拉德威克（1808–1861）和莎拉·梅尔休伊斯（1800–1862）的儿子。 斯特拉德威克就读于南华克的圣救主文法学校。由于不喜欢从商的想法，他在南肯辛顿的皇家艺术学院学校上课，但并未被视为有前途的学生。 In the 1860s he was encouraged by a visitor, the Scottish genre painter, John Pettie, whose style he subsequently emulated. His depiction of the ballad of 'Auld Robin Gray', which was exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists in 1873, is an example of this period. His art style, however, developed in a new direction in the 1870s when he worked first as studio assistant to his uncle Spencer Stanhope and then to Edward Burne-Jones. In keeping with artists in his circle, he exhibited at the Grosvenor and New Galleries. Strudwick's studio was in Hammersmith, close to that of Burne-Jones and Thomas Matthews Rooke, who had also been an assistant to Burne-Jones. He married Harriet Reed and had a single daughter, Ethel (1880–1954), who later became High Mistress of St Paul's Girls' School from 1927 to 1948, and was appointed a CBE. 当利物浦船东威廉·伊姆里和乔治·霍尔特等富有且有影响力的赞助人撤回支持时，他作为画家的初期成功便告终结。他的画作《当悲伤在夏日来临，玫瑰徒然绽放》被故意留作半完成状态，以抗议其职业生涯看似被精心策划的崩塌。 斯特拉德威克的绘画融合了文艺复兴和中世纪风格，对细节一丝不苟，尤其在处理褶皱和配饰方面，导致其作品产量极少。他约有三十幅画作描绘传奇和象征性题材，有时采用意大利十五世纪的宝石雕刻技法。他运用浓郁深沉的色彩，人物面容明显受伯恩-琼斯启发，并配以华丽的褶皱布料。弗雷德里克·乔治·斯蒂芬斯经常批评他的作品；斯蒂芬斯是一位未能成功的画家，后成为《雅典娜神庙》杂志的评论家，几乎找不出什么可称赞之处。