沃爾特·格里夫斯

1841-1930 English

惠斯勒弟子，泰晤士河畫家

沃爾特·格里夫斯是一位英國畫家、版畫家和地形繪圖師。 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. 格里夫斯最著名的畫作是《賽船日的哈默史密斯橋》，這是一幅天真爛漫的傑作，他聲稱自己於1862年十六歲時繪製了此畫；然而，由於他在日期方面不可靠，該畫的歷史從未得到定論。格里夫斯兄弟陪同惠斯勒參加人體寫生課，沃爾特·格里夫斯嘗試繪製肖像畫，其中最成功的幾幅是他們的鄰居托馬斯·卡萊爾，惠斯勒也曾為卡萊爾作畫。格里夫斯還以漫畫形式或在切爾西的場景中、以特有的情緒描繪和繪製惠斯勒。1876年，格里夫斯兄弟幫助惠斯勒為船東弗雷德里克·萊蘭裝飾《孔雀廳》（現位於華盛頓特區的弗里爾美術館）。

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