威廉·夏普

1749 - 1824 English

威廉·夏普

丰富半色调雕刻大师

威廉·夏普是一位英国雕刻家和艺术家。 夏普是伦敦市中心米诺里斯海登院一位享有声誉的枪匠之子。他师从"亮刻"雕刻师兼家谱学家巴拉克·朗盖特(1738–93),在与一位法国女子结婚后,他在巴塞洛缪巷(针线街旁)自立门户,成为一名书写雕刻师。 His first notable work was an engraving of "Hector", an old lion at the Tower of London. Around 1782, he sold the shop and moved to Vauxhall, intending to specialise in the higher branches (i.e. engraving for printing) of the engraver's art. Among his earlier plates are some illustrations, after Stothard, for the Novelists' Magazine. He also completed the plate of Benjamin West's "Landing of Charles II" which William Woollett had left unfinished at the time of his death, engraved some of the illustrations by artists who travelled with Captain Cook on his famous voyages, and J. H. Benwell's "Children in the Wood". He finally settled at Chiswick where he remained for the rest of his life. 他雕刻了《医生们就圣母无染原罪展开辩论》和《 Ecce Homo 》(根据圭多·雷尼的作品);《暴风雨中的李尔王》和《恩多尔的女巫》(根据本杰明·韦斯特的作品);《直布罗陀突围战》(根据约翰·特朗布尔的作品);约翰·亨特的肖像和《圣家族》(根据乔舒亚·雷诺兹的作品);《圣塞西莉亚》(根据多梅尼基诺的作品)和《圣母与圣子》(根据多尔奇的作品)。 夏普的雕刻风格独具原创性,中间色调丰富而饱满。他成为维也纳帝国学院和慕尼黑皇家学院的荣誉会员。 夏普的肖像由乔治·弗朗西斯·约瑟夫(1764–1846)绘制,并由夏普本人雕刻;另一幅四分之三身长的肖像由詹姆斯·朗斯代尔绘制(见图)。詹姆斯·汤姆森(1788–1850)雕刻了另一幅肖像。 夏普于1824年7月25日在奇西克去世,并被安葬于当地的教区教堂墓地。

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