George Spencer Watson (8 March 1869 - 11 April 1934) was an English portrait artist of the late romantic school who sometimes worked in the style of the Italian Renaissance. Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A portrait is a painting, photograph, Sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person in which the face and its expression is predominant The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of Activities to do with creating Art, practicing the Arts and/or demonstrating The Italian Renaissance began the opening phase of the Renaissance, a period of great cultural change and achievement in Europe that spanned the period from the end of the 14th He was elected a Member of the Royal Academy in 1932. This article refers to an art institution in London For other meanings of Royal Academy see Royal Academy (disambiguation.
Born in London, Watson studied at the Royal Academy from 1889; he exhibited there from 1891 and also at the Paris salon. The Salon (Salon or rarely Paris Salon (French Salon de Paris) beginning in 1725 was the official Art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts Retrospective exhibitions were held at the Galerie Heinemann, Munich in 1912, and at the Fine Art Society in 1914. Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. The Fine Art Society is an art dealership with two premises one in New Bond Street, London (held since 1876 given a new entrance in 1881 by Edward William Godwin
His work A Lady in Black (1922) is owned by the Tate Collection. Tate is the United Kingdom 's national museum of British and Modern Art and is a network of four art galleries in England: Tate Britain (opened in
He married Hilda and they had a daughter, Mary Spencer Watson (1913-2006), a sculptor.
He died in London and a memorial exhibition was held at the Fine Art Society in the same year. There is a memorial to him in the north vestibule of St James's Church, Piccadilly, London. St James's Church Piccadilly is an Anglican church on Piccadilly in the centre of London, UK
WORKS
- Cynthia - circa 1932 - auctioned Christie's London 6 November 1995
- A Cottage Garden - 1928 (view of Dunshay)
- The Adoration - 19??
- The Creation -1921 -Wolverhampton Art Gallery, West Midlands, UK
- Peter and the bear -1915
- Portrait of Monica Boyd - 1909
- Portrait of Esther Harris - 1904
- Portrait of James Harris and his dog - ?
- The Fountain - 1900