Sir Edward John Poynter, 1st BaronetGCVO,PRA (20 March 1836 – 26 July 1919) was an English painter, designer, and draughtsman, who served as President of the Royal Academy.
Poynter was the son of architect Ambrose Poynter. He was born in Paris, France, though his parents returned to Britain soon after his birth. He was educated at Brighton College and Ipswich School, but left school early for reasons of ill health, spending winters in Madeira and Rome. In 1853, he met Frederick Leighton in Rome, who made a great impression on the 17-year-old Poynter. On his return to London he studied at Leigh's Academy in Newman Street and the Royal Academy Schools, before going to Paris to study in the studio of the classicist painter Charles Gleyre where James McNeill Whistler and George du Maurier were fellow-students.
Poynter by J. P. Mayall from Artists at Home, published 1884, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, DC
Poynter's old school, Brighton College, held an exhibition of Poynter's paintings and drawings entitled Life at Arms Length in its Burstow Gallery in November–December 1995.[7]
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Sir Edward John Poynter 1st Baronet GCVO PRA 20 March 1836 26 July 1919 was an English painter designer and draughtsman who served as President of the Royal Academy Edward PoynterEdward Poynter 1877 Alphonse Legros BornEdward John Poynter 1836 03 20 20 March 1836Paris FranceDied26 July 1919 1919 07 26 aged 83 London EnglandNationalityBritishEducationBrighton CollegeIpswich SchoolOccupation s Painter designer and draughtsmanSpouseAgnes MacDonaldChildren3 Contents 1 Life 2 Career 3 Works 3 1 Paintings 3 2 Written works 4 References 4 1 Citations 4 2 Sources 5 External linksLife EditPoynter was the son of architect Ambrose Poynter He was born in Paris France though his parents returned to Britain soon after his birth He was educated at Brighton College and Ipswich School but left school early for reasons of ill health spending winters in Madeira and Rome In 1853 he met Frederick Leighton in Rome who made a great impression on the 17 year old Poynter On his return to London he studied at Leigh s Academy in Newman Street and the Royal Academy Schools before going to Paris to study in the studio of the classicist painter Charles Gleyre where James McNeill Whistler and George du Maurier were fellow students Poynter by J P Mayall from Artists at Home published 1884 Department of Image Collections National Gallery of Art Library Washington DC In 1866 Poynter married the famous beauty Agnes MacDonald daughter of the Rev G B MacDonald of Wolverhampton and they had three children Her sister Georgiana married the artist Edward Burne Jones her sister Alice was the mother of writer Rudyard Kipling and her sister Louisa was the mother of three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Stanley Baldwin Career EditHe became best known for his large historical paintings such as Israel in Egypt 1867 Guildhall Art Gallery London followed by St George for England 1869 a mosaic for the Central Lobby of the Palace of Westminster depicting St George and the Dragon 1 and perhaps culminating with The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon 1884 90 Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney He was admitted as an associate of the Royal Academy in 1869 2 Poynter held a number of official posts he was the first Slade Professor at University College London from 1871 to 1875 principal of the National Art Training School from 1875 to 1881 and director of the National Gallery from 1894 to 1904 overseeing the opening of the Tate Gallery He became a full Royal Academician in 1876 In 1896 on the death of Sir John Millais Poynter was elected President of the Academy 3 He received a knighthood in the same year and an honorary degree from Cambridge University in 1898 4 It was announced that he would receive a baronetcy in the 1902 Coronation Honours list published on 26 June 1902 for the subsequently postponed coronation of King Edward VII 5 and on 24 July 1902 he was created a Baronet of Albert Gate in the city of Westminster in the county of London 6 Poynter s old school Brighton College held an exhibition of Poynter s paintings and drawings entitled Life at Arms Length in its Burstow Gallery in November December 1995 7 Works EditPaintings Edit At Low Tide The Siren 1864 The Cave of the Storm Nymphs 1903 Private collection Psyche in the Temple of Love Andromeda Edward Poynter 1869 Portrait of Lillie Langtry 1878 Corner of the Marketplace 1887 Pea Blossoms Israel in Egypt 1867 Catapulta Barine 1894 The Vision of Endymion 1902 Women Consulting Aesculapius Wild Blossoms c 1880 The Ides of March 1883 Written works Edit Ten lectures on art London Chapman and Hall 1880 German Flemish and Dutch painting Scribner and Welford 1881 with Buxton H J Wilmot co author Classic and Italian painting London S Low Marston Searle amp Rivington 1890 with Percy Head co author References EditCitations Edit Jarrold Publishing Norwich Palace of Westminster Collection The Register Adelaide June 27 1902 Trove Retrieved 21 August 2013 Chisholm 1911 Poynter Edward John PNTR898SE A Cambridge Alumni Database University of Cambridge The Coronation Honours The Times No 36804 London 26 June 1902 p 5 No 27457 The London Gazette 25 July 1902 p 4738 Sir Edward John Poynter Brighton College 1849 50 Old Brightonians The Alumni of Brighton College Retrieved 31 July 2022 Sources Edit Bell Malcolm 1905 Drawings of Sir E J Poynter London G Newnes Ltd Calinski Tobias 2021 Edward J Poynter Lesbia and her Sparrow in Catull in Bild und Ton WBG Darmstadt 223 261 Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Poynter Sir Edward John Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 22 11th ed Cambridge University Press p 239 Gaunt William 1975 Victorian Olympus London Sphere Books Ltd pp 42 151 166 ISBN 9780351164200 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Edward Poynter 52 artworks by or after Edward Poynter at the Art UK site Edward Poynter online ArtCyclopedia Edward Poynter biography and paintings artmagick com Edward Poynter biography and paintings Art Renewal Center Poynter Edward John Sir Dictionary of Art Historians Pears Soap Company amp Sir Edward Poynter At Low Tide Art of the Print Works by Edward Poynter at Project Gutenberg Works by or about Edward Poynter at Internet ArchiveCultural officesPreceded bySir John Everett Millais President of the Royal Academy1896 1918 Succeeded bySir Aston WebbBaronetage of the United KingdomNew creation Baronet of Albert Gate 1902 1919 Succeeded byAmbrose Poynter Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edward Poynter amp oldid 1132554239, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
