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Frederick William Elwell (29 June 1870 in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire – 3 January 1958 in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire) was an English painter in oils of portraits, interiors and figurative subjects. He exhibited at the Paris Salon and the Royal Academy, where he became a member in 1938, and painted a portrait of King George V in 1932.〔Wood, Christopher. ''Dictionary of British Art, Volume IV: Victorian Painters: I. The Text'', (Antique Collectors’ Club, Woodbridge, 1995), p. 159〕 ==Career== Frederick Elwell was born in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, the son of wood carver James Edward Elwell.〔Dolman, Bernard, (ed.). ''A Dictionary of Contemporary British Artists, 1929'', (Antique Collectors’ Club, Woodbridge, 1981 (reprinted)), p. 142〕 He studied at the Lincoln School of Art, then the Royal Academy in Antwerp and the Académie Julien in Paris.〔Waters, Grant M.. ''Dictionary of British Artists, Working 1900-1950'', (Eastbourne Fine Art, Eastbourne, 1975), p. 105〕 He first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1894 and at the Royal Academy in 1895.〔 He was elected to the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 1931, and in 1938, he was elected as a member of the Royal Academy.〔〔Spalding, Frances. ''Dictionary of British Art, Volume VI: 20th Century Painters and Sculptors'', (Antique Collectors’ Club, Woodbridge, 1990), pp. 158-59〕 He was also a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters.〔 Much of his work, practised in a vigorous and realistic style, expressed his interest in recording Yorkshire life.〔 ''The Times, in its review of the Royal Academy exhibition of 1936, favourably described his painting, ''The Lying-in-State, Westminster Hall'' (1936), as successfully conveying the emotions felt by those who had been present at the lying-in-state of the late King George V.〔‘Royal Academy, The Benediction of China, First Notice’, ''The Times'', 2 May 1936, p. 15〕 Some 22 years later, the same newspaper described his work as ‘persuasive’ rather than ‘arresting’, and him as ‘pre-eminently a painter of domesticity’.〔‘Obituary: Mr. F. W. Elwell, A Painter of Domesticity’, ''The Times'', 4 January 1958, p. 11〕 Amongst the purchasers of his works were the Chantrey Bequest, the City of Hull and the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frederick William Elwell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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