Walter Greaves
Discípulo de Whistler, pintor del Támesis
Walter Greaves fue un pintor, grabador y dibujante topográfico británico. The son of Charles William Greaves, a Chelsea boat builder and waterman, and his wife, Elizabeth Greenway, Greaves was born in 1846 at 31 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London. His father had been J. M. W. Turner's boatman. Greaves and one of his brothers, Henry Greaves (1844–1904), met James McNeill Whistler in 1863, introducing him to the sights of the River Thames, and becoming his studio assistants, pupils and close friends for over 20 years. The American painter later used these Thames expeditions for inspiration when painting his ‘nocturne’ views of the river at night. "He taught us to paint", Walter Greaves said, "and we taught him the waterman's jerk". Walter Greaves had initially trained as a shipwright and boatman. La pintura más famosa de Greaves es Hammersmith Bridge on Boat-Race Day, una obra maestra ingenua que afirmó haber pintado cuando tenía dieciséis años en 1862; sin embargo, como no era fiable con las fechas, su historia nunca ha sido resuelta. Los hermanos Greaves acompañaban a Whistler a las clases de modelo vivo y Walter Greaves intentó pintar retratos, siendo algunos de los más exitosos los de su vecino Thomas Carlyle, a quien también pintó Whistler. Greaves también dibujó y pintó a Whistler, a veces en forma de caricatura, en escenarios de Chelsea y con estados de ánimo característicos. En 1876, los hermanos Greaves ayudaron a Whistler a decorar The Peacock Room (ahora en la Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.), para el armador Frederick Leyland.
Relationship Network
Master student
- James McNeill Whistler Master
Friend
Parent child
- Charles William Greaves Child
Artworks by this artist
- Gray and Silver; A Nocturne c. 1880[-]1900
- Portrait of James McNeill Whistler 1871
- Portrait of James Whistler
- Cremorne Gardens: Chelsea Bandstand 1871
- Portrait of James McNeill Whistler 1872
- James McNeill Whistler
- Portrait Of James Abbott Mcneill Whistler 1877
- James Abbott McNeill Whistler 1870
- James McNeill Whistler 1869
- The Black Lion, Chelsea by Night