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Sir Charles Holroyd (9 April 1861 – 17 November 1917) was an English artist and curator. He was Keeper of the Tate from 1897 to 1906, and Director of the National Gallery from 1906 to 1916.

Charles Holroyd in 1896. Drawing by Alphonse Legros.
Charles Holroyd in 1896. Drawing by Alphonse Legros.

Biography



Early years


Charles Holroyd was born in Potternewton, Leeds and studied at Leeds Grammar School then Mining Engineering at Yorkshire College of Science.[1] From 1880 to 1884 received his art education under Professor Legros at the Slade School, University College, London, teaching there from 1885 to 1891.[1] Holroyd, William Strang, and J. B. Clark are the three pupils of Legros mentioned in Arthur M. Hind’s A History of Engraving and Etching.[2]

After passing six months at Newlyn, where he painted his first picture exhibited in the Royal Academy, Fishermen Mending a Sail (1885), he obtained a travelling scholarship and studied for two years in Italy, a sojourn which greatly influenced his art.[3] He met his wife, the artist Fannie Fetherstonhaugh Macpherson, in Rome and they married in 1891.[1]

At his return, on the invitation of Legros, he became for two years assistant-master at the Slade School, and there devoted himself to painting and etching.[3]


Career


Among his pictures may be mentioned The Death of Torrigiano (1886), The Satyr King (1889), The Supper at Emmaus, and, perhaps his best picture, Pan and Peasants (1893).[3]

For the church of Aveley, Essex, he painted a triptych altar-piece, The Adoration of the Shepherds, with wings representing St Michael and St Gabriel, and designed as well the window, The Resurrection. His portraits, such as that of GF Watts, RA, in the Legros manner, show much dignity and distinction.[3]

Holroyd made his chief reputation as an etcher of exceptional ability, combining strength with delicacy, and a profound technical knowledge of the art. Among the best known are the Monte Oliveto series, the Icarus series, the Monte Subasio series, and the Eve series, together with the plates, The Flight into Egypt, The Prodigal Son, A Barn on Tadworth Common (etched in the open air), and The Storm. His etched heads of Professor Legros, Lord Courtney and Night, are admirable alike in knowledge and in likeness. His principal drypoint is The Bather.[3]

According to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, "[i]n all his work Holroyd displays an impressive sincerity, with a fine sense of composition, and of style, allied to independent and modern feeling."[3] He was appointed the first keeper of the National Gallery of British Art (Tate Gallery) in 1897,[4][5] and on the retirement of Sir Edward Poynter in 1906 he received the directorship of the National Gallery.[3] Many important additions were made during his period as director, the chief of these being the Rokeby Venus by Velázquez. He also arranged for the transfer of a large portion of the Turner bequest to the Tate Gallery.[6]

Holroyd was a member of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers[7] and was knighted in 1903.[8] He was an active member of the Art Workers' Guild and was elected Master in 1905.[9] His Michael Angelo Buonarotti (London, Duckworth, 1903) is a scholarly work of real value. He died on 19 November 1917.[10]


References


  1. Herring, Sarah (30 May 2013) [2004]. "Holroyd, Sir Charles (1861–1917)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33961. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. Arthur Mayger Hind, A History of Engraving and Etching from the fifteenth century to the year 1914 (Courier, new impression, 2011), p. 387
  3.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Holroyd, Sir Charles". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 618.
  4. "No. 26884". The London Gazette. 20 August 1897. p. 4677.
  5. "No. 26888". The London Gazette. 3 September 1897. p. 4944.
  6.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1922). "Holroyd, Charles". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 31 (12th ed.). London & New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company. p. 381.
  7. "The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851–1951. Glasgow University. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  8. "No. 27630". The London Gazette. 29 December 1903. p. 8563.
  9. The Years Art. 1905. p. 142.
  10. "No. 30551". The London Gazette. 1 March 1918. p. 2659.

Further reading




Cultural offices
Preceded by
Did not exist
 Director of the Tate Gallery
1897–1906		 Succeeded by
D. S. MacColl

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Sir Charles Holroyd (Leeds, 9 aprile 1861 – Londra, 17 novembre 1917) è stato un pittore inglese. Fu direttore della National Gallery di Londra.


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