威廉·塔弗納
英國業餘風景畫家
威廉·塔弗納是一位英國法官和業餘風景畫家。 Taverner was the son of dramatist William Taverner (d. 1731) and was articled (in the legal sense) to his father (a judge) on 5 April 1720. Like his father, he became a procurator-general of the Arches Court - the ecclesiastical court of the province of Canterbury, based in London. He devoted his leisure time to art, and according to Redgrave, 'His drawings are chiefly in body colour, imitating the Italian masters, mostly woody scenes, and, though clever, do not by any means maintain the great reputation which he enjoyed in his own day.' 他於1772年10月20日去世,《紳士雜誌》(第496頁)的一位作家稱他為「英格蘭有史以來最優秀的風景畫家之一,但由於他作畫僅為消遣,其畫作極為罕見,因而價格高昂」。塔弗納在臨終前不久立下遺囑指示,並根據個人證詞,該遺囑於1772年11月獲得認證。文中未提及任何親屬,但他將2,900英鎊以信託形式留給他的僕人莎拉·戴維斯。塔弗納的畫作和書籍將被出售。 塔弗納從未公開展出過他的作品,因此在他有生之年,他的畫作可能僅在朋友和業餘同好之間流傳。然而,喬治·弗蒂對他的作品評價極高,稱其擁有「非凡的才華」。
Artworks by this artist (10 total)
- Classical Landscape
- Rural Landscape between 1750 and 1755
- Diana
- Italian Landscape with Ruined Castle
- Nymphs Bathing in a Wooded Glade ca. 1765-1770
- Hilly Landscape with Two Figures on a Road mid-18th century
- Italianate River Landscape 1750[-]60
- An Italian Landscape; village on a hill left, hillside sloping towards right, with distant valley beyond
- Landscape, Trees and a Distant View of Rome
- Landscape with a Distant Classical Building and a Man Fishing