William Blamire Young (9 August 1862 – 14 January 1935), commonly known as Blamire Young, was an English/Australian artist who painted primarily in watercolour.
Blamire Young's VIIth Australian Light Horse Victorian Mounted Rifles (1904)
Young was born at Londesborough, Yorkshire, the second son of a family of 12. His father, Colonel Young, came of prosperous yeoman stock. Blamire Young was educated at the Forest School, Walthamstow, where he received a classical training, and going on to Cambridge University specialised in mathematics. That he completed his course with no better than third-class honours was no doubt partly caused by his discovery of the print collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum, and his association with the Cambridge Fine Art Society. It had been intended that he should become a clergyman, but Young felt that he had no vocation for that work and obtained the position of mathematical master at Katoomba College, Katoomba, New South Wales, which had been founded by John Walter Fletcher in 1884. Young remained at the school for eight years. In his spare time he practised painting, and meeting Phil May received some instruction from him in painting in oil.
The musician (1901)
Artistic workedit
In 1893, he returned to England and after working for a few months under Hubert von Herkomer, became associated with James Pryde and William Nicholson in poster work. In 1895 Young returned to Australia and with the Lindsay brothers and Harry Weston did some excellent posters. But the field was limited and many years of poverty followed, during which a certain amount of writing was done for the press. He began exhibiting at the Victorian Artists' Society, but sales were few and the one-man show was then unknown. During his visit to England he had married Mabel Sawyer, an expert wood-carver, and while the lean period lasted Mrs Young helped to keep the house going by executing commissions for Melbourne architects. It was not until 1911 that the appreciation of Young's art really began to be shown. In that year he held an exhibition at Melbourne of small pictures, some of which had similar qualities to the Japanese coloured wood-cuts of the eighteenth century. Sales were good, partly because the prices were low, and the artist was sufficiently encouraged to hold an exhibition at Adelaide. This was both an artistic and a financial success, other shows followed in Melbourne and Sydney, and at last, in his fiftieth year, Young's reputation as an artist was established.
In 1911 he was commissioned by the Postmaster-General of Australia, C E Frazer, to produce new designs for the first Commonwealth of Australia stamps. He submitted the designs in January 1912. Three types of printed essays for the Kangaroo and Map stamps are known. This design was first issued on 2 January 1913 and continued to be in use till 1935 concurrently with other stamps. The design was also used on postal stationery envelopes, letter cards, registration envelopes and newspaper wrappers.[1]
Later yearsedit
In 1912 he sailed for Europe and after a stay in Spain settled in England. Eighteen months later in August 1914 his first show, opened at the Bailey Galleries. All the arrangements had been made and the pictures hung when war broke out. Young had been a good marksman in his youth, and for three years worked as an instructor in musketry and machine-gunnery. Immediately after the war he took up his painting again and exhibited at the Academy and the Royal Society of British Artists. Back in Australia in 1923 Young established himself at Montrose in the hills about 20 miles east of Melbourne. He acted as art critic for The Herald and held occasional one-man shows. His position was now secure, and he was recognised everywhere as one of the leading artists in water-colour in Australia. He died at Montrose and was survived by his wife and two daughters.
In addition to his newspaper writings he published a one-act play The Children's Bread in 1912, and in 1923 The Proverbs of Goya, an interesting attempt to disclose the inner meaning of Goya's series of etchings known as Los disparates. Another one-act play, Art for Arts Sake, was produced at the Melbourne Repertory Theatre in 1911.
Legacyedit
In 1976 he was honoured on a postage stamp issued by Australia Post[1] for his work as designer of the first Australian postage stamp.
Galleryedit
AUTUMN MORNING (1913–34)
RAMESES II BURIES HIS QUEEN (1913–34)
ALL ABOARD (c.1928-1930)
THE WESTERN GATE (c.1928-1930)
SUMMER EVENING (c.1921–23)
THE GAMBLERS (c.1921–23)
REPAIRING THE VIADUCT (c.1922–24)
A REFUGE FROM REALITY (c.1924–26)
SLEEP (c.1931–33)
Referencesedit
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^The Australian Commonwealth Specialist's Catalogue, Kangaroos, 1999
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William Blamire Young 9 August 1862 14 January 1935 commonly known as Blamire Young was an English Australian artist who painted primarily in watercolour Blamire Young s VIIth Australian Light Horse Victorian Mounted Rifles 1904 Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Early life 1 2 Artistic work 1 3 Later years 2 Legacy 3 Gallery 4 References 5 Further readingBiography editEarly life edit Young was born at Londesborough Yorkshire the second son of a family of 12 His father Colonel Young came of prosperous yeoman stock Blamire Young was educated at the Forest School Walthamstow where he received a classical training and going on to Cambridge University specialised in mathematics That he completed his course with no better than third class honours was no doubt partly caused by his discovery of the print collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum and his association with the Cambridge Fine Art Society It had been intended that he should become a clergyman but Young felt that he had no vocation for that work and obtained the position of mathematical master at Katoomba College Katoomba New South Wales which had been founded by John Walter Fletcher in 1884 Young remained at the school for eight years In his spare time he practised painting and meeting Phil May received some instruction from him in painting in oil nbsp The musician 1901 Artistic work edit In 1893 he returned to England and after working for a few months under Hubert von Herkomer became associated with James Pryde and William Nicholson in poster work In 1895 Young returned to Australia and with the Lindsay brothers and Harry Weston did some excellent posters But the field was limited and many years of poverty followed during which a certain amount of writing was done for the press He began exhibiting at the Victorian Artists Society but sales were few and the one man show was then unknown During his visit to England he had married Mabel Sawyer an expert wood carver and while the lean period lasted Mrs Young helped to keep the house going by executing commissions for Melbourne architects It was not until 1911 that the appreciation of Young s art really began to be shown In that year he held an exhibition at Melbourne of small pictures some of which had similar qualities to the Japanese coloured wood cuts of the eighteenth century Sales were good partly because the prices were low and the artist was sufficiently encouraged to hold an exhibition at Adelaide This was both an artistic and a financial success other shows followed in Melbourne and Sydney and at last in his fiftieth year Young s reputation as an artist was established nbsp Kangaroo and Map stamp design by Blamire YoungIn 1911 he was commissioned by the Postmaster General of Australia C E Frazer to produce new designs for the first Commonwealth of Australia stamps He submitted the designs in January 1912 Three types of printed essays for the Kangaroo and Map stamps are known This design was first issued on 2 January 1913 and continued to be in use till 1935 concurrently with other stamps The design was also used on postal stationery envelopes letter cards registration envelopes and newspaper wrappers 1 Later years edit In 1912 he sailed for Europe and after a stay in Spain settled in England Eighteen months later in August 1914 his first show opened at the Bailey Galleries All the arrangements had been made and the pictures hung when war broke out Young had been a good marksman in his youth and for three years worked as an instructor in musketry and machine gunnery Immediately after the war he took up his painting again and exhibited at the Academy and the Royal Society of British Artists Back in Australia in 1923 Young established himself at Montrose in the hills about 20 miles east of Melbourne He acted as art critic for The Herald and held occasional one man shows His position was now secure and he was recognised everywhere as one of the leading artists in water colour in Australia He died at Montrose and was survived by his wife and two daughters In addition to his newspaper writings he published a one act play The Children s Bread in 1912 and in 1923 The Proverbs of Goya an interesting attempt to disclose the inner meaning of Goya s series of etchings known as Los disparates Another one act play Art for Arts Sake was produced at the Melbourne Repertory Theatre in 1911 Legacy editIn 1976 he was honoured on a postage stamp issued by Australia Post 1 for his work as designer of the first Australian postage stamp Gallery edit nbsp AUTUMN MORNING 1913 34 nbsp RAMESES II BURIES HIS QUEEN 1913 34 nbsp ALL ABOARD c 1928 1930 nbsp THE WESTERN GATE c 1928 1930 nbsp SUMMER EVENING c 1921 23 nbsp THE GAMBLERS c 1921 23 nbsp REPAIRING THE VIADUCT c 1922 24 nbsp A REFUGE FROM REALITY c 1924 26 nbsp SLEEP c 1931 33 References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to William Blamire Young The Australian Commonwealth Specialist s Catalogue Kangaroos 1999Further reading editSerle Percival 1949 Young Blamire Dictionary of Australian Biography Sydney Angus amp Robertson Fink Elly 1990 Young William Blamire 1862 1935 Australian Dictionary of Biography Vol 12 Melbourne University Press pp 599 600 Marshall Stephen 2013 The Watercolours of Blamire Young Sydney Meridian Publishing Marshall Stephen 2013 Blamire Young Design and Art Australia Online http www daao org au bio blamire young biography Marshall Stephen 2014 Blamire Young ancestry com au http trees ancestry com au tree 32998497 person 18369110460 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Blamire Young amp oldid 1156419556, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
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