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William Teulon Blandford Fletcher
Born8 November 1858
Academie Royale
Known forPainter
MovementNewlyn School
SpouseNorah Beatrice Emmeline Harris
The Kitchen Garden in November, 1883

William Teulon Blandford Fletcher (known as Blandford Fletcher) (8 November 1858 – 27 June 1936) was a British artist and an early member of the influential Newlyn School of painters.

Early life

Fletcher was born in London in 1858 to William Fletcher, a linen draper and upholsterer, and his wife Eliza (née Bartholomew).

South Kensington School of Art from the age of 16 to 20, winning the Silver Medal and the Queen's Prize.[2] During that time he visited Brittany, making acquaintance with Stanhope Forbes.[3]

Career

Fletcher joined the life class at

Royal Academician.[7]

He was an early member of the Newlyn School in 1885, where he worked on a single large canvas, Dame Grigson's Academy.[8] Fletcher lived in lodgings in Henry & Elizabeth Maddern's Belle Vue House with Forbes and Albert Chevallier Tayler.[9] The same year he permanently left the artists' colony.[10] He travelled, sometimes with Osborne, and continued to travel and worked as a wandering artist until settling in Dorking in 1904 and then Abingdon-on-Thames in 1915.[11]

Works

Evicted

Fletcher's most famous work is Evicted (painted in Steventon in 1887), which was the first painting acquired by the Queensland Art Gallery in 1896.[12] It was bought for a sum reported variously to be 300,[13] 400[14] or 450 guineas.[15] Under Petticoat Government (1891) was initially also acquired by QAG in 1896 on a loan arrangement.[16] In 1942 Evicted inspired the 11-year-old Betty Churcher to decide to be an artist.[17] A year before her death, Archer described her reaction to the painting:

"Looking at those boots and the wonder of those autumn leaves on the road brought it all back in a rush. I was no longer worried about the illustrative pathos of the subject; I fell in love again with the magic of paint, with the wonder that paint could transform a stretch of bare canvas into a whole new world for a little girl."[18]

In 1900, 1907, 1909 and 1938 it was one of a number of paintings sent on tours of Queensland country towns.[19][20][21][22]

In 1907 Evicted was described as "a masterpiece of painting",[23] and in 1932 as "that beautiful and ever popular picture".[24] but by 1949 tastes had changed and it was one of six paintings to be removed from display and placed into storage, with the then director, Robert Campbell, declaring that it was only popular "because it had a sentimental touch".[25] Campbell called for it to be "discarded",[26] and declared that "[it] is not Art",[27] further stating that it was a mere "illustration".[28] John Cooper, director of the Moreton Galleries in Brisbane, stated that it should be auctioned off, notwithstanding that it was QAG's most popular picture.[29] It formed part of an exhibition of request paintings at QAG in 1954.[30] It is typical of his painting style.[31] It is not currently (2022) on display.[32]

Other works

A partial list of his other works includes:

Exhibitions

  • Maas Gallery, London, 1975.[41]
  • "Father and Daughter: Blandford Fletcher, painter, Rosamund Fletcher, sculptor", Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1979.

Publications

  • Hood, Nancy, William Teulon Blandford Fletcher, 1858-1936, (Rosamund Fletcher: 1986).

Personal life

Engaged since 1888, Fletcher married Norah Beatrice Emmeline Harris (1863-1960) in 1894.[42] They had two daughters, one of whom was the sculptor Rosamund Fletcher.[43]

He died in 1936, aged 77, in Abingdon.[44] Fletcher was a Catholic convert.[45]

References

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  7. ^ "PICTURES IN THE ART GALLERY". The Telegraph. No. 18, 282. Queensland, Australia. 11 July 1931. p. 16 (SPORTS FINAL). Retrieved 4 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
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  9. ^ "Chris Beetles Gallery: Albert Chevallier Tayler". Retrieved 4 May 2022.
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  12. ^ "QAGOMA Learning: Evicted". Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  13. The Courier-mail
    . No. 4066. Queensland, Australia. 7 December 1949. p. 6. Retrieved 4 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ^ "ART GALLERY". Northern Star. Vol. 56. New South Wales, Australia. 4 January 1932. p. 8. Retrieved 4 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. Morning Bulletin
    . No. 22, 393. Queensland, Australia. 30 August 1938. p. 6. Retrieved 4 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. The Brisbane Courier
    . Vol. LIII, no. 12, 015. Queensland, Australia. 17 July 1896. p. 6. Retrieved 4 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  17. ^ "Book Two". The Canberra Times. Vol. 67, no. 21, 194. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 25 April 1993. p. 19. Retrieved 4 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  18. ISBN 9780522864199.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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  19. Morning Bulletin
    . Vol. LXI, no. 10, 801. Queensland, Australia. 29 May 1900. p. 5. Retrieved 4 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  20. ^ "Itinerant Art Gallery". The Telegraph. No. 10, 891. Queensland, Australia. 14 October 1907. p. 11. Retrieved 4 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  21. Morning Bulletin
    . No. 13, 974. Queensland, Australia. 9 August 1909. p. 4. Retrieved 4 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  22. Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser
    . No. 20, 656. Queensland, Australia. 20 January 1938. p. 6. Retrieved 4 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  23. Western Star And Roma Advertiser
    . No. 2975. Queensland, Australia. 20 November 1907. p. 2. Retrieved 4 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  24. ^ "ART GALLERY". Northern Star. Vol. 56. New South Wales, Australia. 4 January 1932. p. 8. Retrieved 4 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  25. The Courier-mail
    . No. 4068. Queensland, Australia. 9 December 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 4 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  26. The Courier-mail
    . No. 4066. Queensland, Australia. 7 December 1949. p. 6. Retrieved 4 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  27. The Courier-mail
    . No. 4091. Queensland, Australia. 5 January 1950. p. 2. Retrieved 4 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  28. The Courier-mail
    . No. 4076. Queensland, Australia. 19 December 1949. p. 2. Retrieved 4 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  29. The Courier-mail
    . No. 4066. Queensland, Australia. 7 December 1949. p. 6. Retrieved 4 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  30. Brisbane Telegraph
    . Queensland, Australia. 4 October 1954. p. 14 (LAST RACE). Retrieved 4 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  31. ^ "PICTURES IN THE ART GALLERY". The Telegraph. No. 18, 282. Queensland, Australia. 11 July 1931. p. 16 (SPORTS FINAL). Retrieved 4 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  32. ^ "QAGOMA Learning: Evicted". Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  33. ^ "National Gallery of Ireland: The Kitchen Garden in November". Retrieved 4 May 2022.
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  44. ^ "Cornwall Artists: Blandford Fletcher". Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  45. ^ "Survey of Catholic World Events in 1936". Advocate. Vol. LXIX, no. 4355. Victoria, Australia. 4 February 1937. p. 27. Retrieved 4 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
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