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Philip Tennyson Cole (1862–1939), generally referred to as "Tennyson Cole" was an English society portrait painter in both oils and watercolours, who first achieved fame in Australasia and South Africa. ==History== As a young boy Cole received training in art from his father, who was himself a successful painter. He may have been related to George Vicat Cole. Around the age of 19, he fell in love with Alice Mary Saintsbury, an actress, whom he married in 1885, supporting him financially. He sailed to Tasmania, arriving in the ''Doric'' in 1889. During the voyage he painted his female companion, a fine contralto who called herself Madame Cole, and several fellow passengers. After a year's stay in Hobart, having completed a good many commissions to general acclaim, including a fine pair of portraits of the Governor and Lady Hamilton, which were presented to the Art Gallery of Tasmania, he moved to Melbourne. In October 1892, while visiting New Zealand, he was charged in Auckland with deserting his wife in England some three years before. He was ordered to pay his wife support of ₤1 per week. He left Australia from Adelaide aboard the ''Ormus'' in September 1893. His erstwhile wife died in Sydney on 7 April 1894. In In August 1895 the (yet to be inaugurated) Perth Art Gallery was donated his portrait of Sir George Grey. In May 1896 he was working in South Africa. In 1900 he was touring the African interior. The following year he was back in England and the Royal Academy had an exhibition which included his portrait of the Duke of Norfolk. In 1902 commissions included Lord Milner and Cecil Rhodes. In 1908 he was granted a series of sittings by the King. He spent part of the World War I years as a guest of an Indian Maharajah; he died in Tooting Bec hospital. 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「Tennyson Cole」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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