威廉·夏普
豐富半色調雕刻大師
威廉·夏普是一位英國雕刻家和藝術家。 夏普是倫敦市中心米諾里斯海登院一位享有聲譽的槍匠之子。他師從「亮刻」雕刻師兼家譜學家巴拉克·朗蓋特(1738–93),在與一位法國女子結婚後,他在巴塞洛繆巷(針線街旁)自立門戶,成為一名書寫雕刻師。 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《醫生們就聖母無染原罪展開辯論》和《Ecce Homo》(根據圭多·雷尼的作品);《暴風雨中的李爾王》和《恩多爾的女巫》(根據班傑明·韋斯特的作品);《直布羅陀突圍戰》(根據約翰·特朗布爾的作品);約翰·亨特的肖像和《聖家族》(根據喬舒亞·雷諾茲的作品);《聖塞西莉亞》(根據多梅尼基諾的作品)和《聖母與聖子》(根據多爾奇的作品)。 夏普的雕刻風格獨具原創性,中間色調豐富而飽滿。他成為維也納帝國學院和慕尼黑皇家學院的榮譽會員。 夏普的肖像由喬治·弗朗西斯·約瑟夫(1764–1846)繪製,並由夏普本人雕刻;另一幅四分之三身長的肖像由詹姆斯·朗斯代爾繪製(見圖)。詹姆斯·湯姆森(1788–1850)雕刻了另一幅肖像。 夏普於1824年7月25日在奇西克去世,並被安葬於當地的教區教堂墓地。
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Artworks by this artist
- Fitz Henry Lane, Marine View 1847-1848
- Waterlilies 1854
- Saul and the Witch of Endor 1788