William Holt Yates Titcomb
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William Holt Yates Titcomb ( 22 February 1858 – 7 September 1930) was an English
artist
.
Titcomb was born in Cambridge
, the eighth child and first son of the Rev. Jonathan Holt Titcomb
and his wife Sarah.
He was educated at Westminster School
. He began his art training at the South Kensington School .
His father was appointed the first Bishop of Rangoon, Burma in 1877. Titcomb joined him there in December 1880 and made a series of paintings and sketches of life in the monasteries there.
He was taught in Paris by Gustave Boulanger
and at the Royal College of Art
in Antwerp by Charles Verlat
.
He married Jessie Ada Morison, in 1892. She was also an artist, living at the time in St. Ives, Cornwall .
He was a figurative oil painter, particularly known for his depictions of the Cornish fisherfolk.
His painting Primitive Methodists at Prayer, was displayed at the Dudley Museum and Art Gallery
in 1889. It won many international medals and was the first of three paintings that Titcomb completed of the Primitive Methodist congregation of Fore street, St. Ives.
England
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artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
.
Titcomb was born in Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
, the eighth child and first son of the Rev. Jonathan Holt Titcomb
Jonathan Holt Titcomb
Jonathan Holt Titcomb was an English clergyman, and the first Anglican bishop of Rangoon.-Education:Jonathan Holt Titcomb was born in London on 29 July, 1819, and educated at Brompton in 1826, and at Clapham from 1827 to 1830. In 1831, he moved to King's College School, from where he went in 1834...
and his wife Sarah.
He was educated at Westminster School
Westminster School
The Royal College of St. Peter in Westminster, almost always known as Westminster School, is one of Britain's leading independent schools, with the highest Oxford and Cambridge acceptance rate of any secondary school or college in Britain...
. He began his art training at the South Kensington School .
His father was appointed the first Bishop of Rangoon, Burma in 1877. Titcomb joined him there in December 1880 and made a series of paintings and sketches of life in the monasteries there.
He was taught in Paris by Gustave Boulanger
Gustave Boulanger
Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger was a French figure painter known for his Neo-Grec style. He was born at Paris, studied with Delaroche and Jollivet, and in 1849 took the Prix de Rome. His paintings are prime examples of academic art of the time, particularly history painting...
and at the Royal College of Art
Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy...
in Antwerp by Charles Verlat
Michel Marie Charles Verlat
Michel Marie Charles Verlat was a Belgian painter from Antwerp. He was a pupil of Nicaise de Keyser, and studied at the Antwerp Academy....
.
He married Jessie Ada Morison, in 1892. She was also an artist, living at the time in St. Ives, Cornwall .
He was a figurative oil painter, particularly known for his depictions of the Cornish fisherfolk.
His painting Primitive Methodists at Prayer, was displayed at the Dudley Museum and Art Gallery
Dudley Museum and Art Gallery
Dudley Museum and Art Gallery is a public museum and art gallery located in the town centre of Dudley in the West Midlands, England. It was opened in 1883, situated within buildings on St James's Road, and has remained at this site ever since.-Geology:...
in 1889. It won many international medals and was the first of three paintings that Titcomb completed of the Primitive Methodist congregation of Fore street, St. Ives.