塞缪尔·韦尔
历史画家兼透视学教授
塞缪尔·韦尔(皇家艺术学院院士)是一位英国历史画家和书籍插画家。 据称他出生于诺福克郡的大雅茅斯,可能在1721年4月25日,父母是塞缪尔·沃尔和玛格丽特·沃尔,尽管有些资料表明他出生于伦敦。他最初接受银版雕刻艺术的训练。随后,他在圣马丁巷学院师从弗朗西斯·海曼学习绘画。沃尔协助约翰·格温进行建筑绘图,尤其是在圣保罗大教堂的横截面图方面,该图于1752年以他们的联合名义雕刻并出版。 他于1765年成为大不列颠艺术家学会的创始成员之一,并于1768年成为皇家艺术学院的创始成员,同时担任该学院首位透视学教授。从1769年至1778年,他展出了描绘英国历史场景以及偶尔涉及圣经题材的作品,这些作品被描述为祭坛画的设计稿;1778年,他因中风瘫痪,被列入皇家艺术学院养老金基金名单,成为首位受益者。他继续担任透视学教授一职,但不再公开授课,而是在自己家中进行私人指导;1782年,理查德·威尔逊去世后,他接任图书馆馆长。他身兼两职直至1786年2月6日去世。他未婚且无子嗣,将其铜版、版画及遗物留给了他的朋友、皇家艺术学院的共同创始人、建筑师约翰·格温(与他同住一处)以及他的护士玛丽·格平夫人。他被安葬在圣马丁田野教堂。他的肖像出现在约翰·佐法尼于1772年创作的皇家艺术学院画作中,该画由理查德·厄勒姆雕刻成版画。 他在那种装饰风格日渐式微的时期,为天花板绘制了一些装饰图案;他还偶尔受雇绘制商人的招牌,直到1762年议会法案禁止此类行为为止。韦尔所绘的一幅莎士比亚全身肖像悬挂在德鲁里巷附近一家酒馆外的街道对面,因其华丽的画框以及用于悬挂的铁艺构件而颇有名气。这幅肖像刚挂起不久,便不得不被移除。 His main work was in designing vignettes and illustrations on a small scale for the booksellers; a large number these were engraved by Charles Grignion the Elder. Among them were the illustrations to the ‘History of England,’ 1746–7; ‘The Compleat Angler,’ 1759; ‘London and its Environs described,’ 1761; ‘Ethic Tales and Fables,’ William Wilkie's ‘Fables,’ 1768 (eighteen plates); Henry Chamberlain's ‘History of London,’ 1770; and Oliver Goldsmith's ‘Traveller,’ 1774. His book illustrations show Hayman's influence. He also published numerous plates in the Oxford Magazine and other periodicals. He exhibited ‘stained drawings,’ i.e. designs outlined with the pen and washed with indian ink, and occasionally larger drawings in watercolours, at the exhibitions of the Society of Artists in Spring Gardens, 1760–1767, and designed the frontispiece to the catalogue in 1762.
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Artworks by this artist (20 total)
- Lambeth Palace
- The Pursuit (Probably a Design for The Tyburn Chronicle)@Drawings
- St. Bartholomews Hospital
- The Murder of Kenith Hossack by Captain Lowry
- Murder in the Carriage (Probably a Design for The Tyburn Chronicle)@Drawings
- An Eclipse in Harvest Time
- London Bridge
- The Tower of London
- Catherine Parr, Henry VIII and Bishop Gardner
- Interior Scene with Family at Tea
- A Musical Gathering 18th century
- Old Somerset House
- The Mob Assembled to Pull Down the Bawdy House kept by Peter Wood in the Strand
- The Offer
- An Illustration to the Newgate Calendar; Raby Finding a Woman’s Ring Difficult to Be Pulled Off, Cut Off Her Finger, Near Finchley
- Guys Hospital
- Westminster Abbey
- Sion House
- Drawing for a book illustration 1738-86
- The Theatre-Goers