Walter Greaves
Aluno de Whistler, pintor do Tâmisa
Walter Greaves foi um pintor, gravador e desenhista topográfico britânico. 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. A pintura mais famosa de Greaves é Hammersmith Bridge on Boat-Race Day, uma obra-prima ingênua que ele afirmou ter pintado aos dezesseis anos em 1862; no entanto, como ele não era confiável quanto às datas, sua história nunca foi resolvida. Os irmãos Greaves acompanhavam Whistler às aulas de modelo vivo e Walter Greaves tentou pintar retratos, sendo alguns dos mais bem-sucedidos os de seu vizinho Thomas Carlyle, que Whistler também pintou. Greaves também desenhou e pintou Whistler, às vezes em caricatura, em cenários de Chelsea e com humores característicos. Em 1876, os irmãos Greaves ajudaram Whistler a decorar The Peacock Room (agora na Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.), para o proprietário de navios 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