威廉·斯特拉特

1825 - 1915 English

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威廉·斯特拉特是一位英国艺术家。 斯特拉特出生于英国德文郡的廷茅斯，出身于一个艺术家家庭。他的祖父约瑟夫·斯特拉特是一位著名的作家和艺术家，他的父亲威廉·托马斯·斯特拉特是一位出色的微型画家。威廉·斯特拉特在法国巴黎和英国度过了学生时代，学习人物画和历史画。由于近乎崩溃的精神状态和眼部问题，斯特拉特决定前往澳大利亚，并于1850年7月5日乘坐"卡洛登号"抵达，随后在那里结婚。 In Melbourne, Strutt found employment as an illustrator on the short-lived Illustrated Australian Magazine, published by Thomas Ham, as there was little demand for the figurative and history paintings for which he was trained. Some of his designs did, however, lead to commissions, including a design for a new postage stamp, and an Anti-Transportation League card. Despite the lack of interest for major history paintings in Melbourne, Strutt continued to sketch suitable subjects, including the ‘Black Thursday’ bushfires, which swept over the colony on 6 February 1851. It was from these sketches that Strutt composed one of his most notable paintings some 10 years later, Black Thursday, 6 February. 1851, 1864, which depicted animals and men fleeing from the fire. 威廉·斯特拉特于1915年1月3日在英国萨塞克斯郡的沃德赫斯特去世。