William Salter (artist)
William Salter | |
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| Born | 1804 |
| Died | 1875 (aged 70–71) London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Portrait painting |
| Notable work | The Waterloo Banquet |
William Salter (1804 – 22 December 1875) was an English portrait painter of the 19th century.[1] His best known work was The Waterloo Banquet (1836) in Apsley House.
Life[edit]
Salter was baptised on 26 December 1804 and educated in Honiton, Devon. He was able to work in James Northcote's studios from 1822. Five years later he went on a Grand Tour to Italy. Unlike other grand tourers Salter took up employment as a professor at Florentine Academy of Fine Arts. Salter taught History Painting until 1833 when he returned to England.[2]
Works[edit]
His picture of Socrates before his Judges was painted whilst he was in Italy and is credited with his favourable reception in Florence and Padua.[3]
In 1835, a new church was built in Honiton. Salter paid for and painted an altarpiece called Descent from the Cross for his hometown in 1838.[4]
Salter was a lifelong member of the Florentine academy and he painted a range of subjects, but he is primarily known for his banquet painting and the related portraits. He, and his patron Lady Burghersh, exhibited at the British Institution and he joined the Society of British Artists in 1846.[5] Salter died at his home in West Kensington on 22 December 1875.[3] He is buried at Kensal Green Cemetery, London.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Redgrave, Samuel (1878). "Salter, William". A dictionary of artists of the English school: painters, sculptors, architects, engravers and ornamentalists: with notices of their lives and works. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 375.
- ^ "The Waterloo Banquet 1836". Historical Portraits. Philip Mould Ltd. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
- ^ a b Freeman Marius O'Donogue (1897). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 50. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Kelly (1902). Kelly's directory. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- ^ William Salter at the National Portrait Gallery, accessed 30 October 2010
- ^ Paths of Glory. Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery. 1997. p. 87.
External links[edit]
- 92 artworks by or after William Salter at the Art UK site
- National Portrait Gallery - Person - William Salter
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