George Francis Carline
George Francis Carline (11 July 1855 – 28 November 1920) was an oil and watercolour painter of landscapes and portraits. He exhibited at the
Life and career
Carline was born in
Carline returned to London in 1885, and met and married Annie Smith (1862–1945). They had five children, including Sydney William (1888–1929), Richard Cotton (1896–1980), and Hilda Anne (1889–1950), who each developed into artists in their own right. Both Richard and Hilda also married artists, Nancy Higgins and Stanley Spencer respectively.[1]
From 1886, he exhibited at the
Amongst his portraiture were portraits of the historians Sir Charles Oman and Professor Sir Paul Vinogradoff, both residents of Oxford.[5] to which he and his family had moved in 1892.[1] He also illustrated Oxford, a book by the historian Andrew Lang, in 1915.[3]
He died unexpectedly in Assisi, Italy, in 1920 aged 65.[5]
Selected works
• Spelling Out the List (1885) • In the Garden of Hollyhocks (1890) • The Ploughing Match (1892) • Armistice Night, Trafalgar Square (1918)
References
- ^ a b c d Cowling, Elizabeth. Carline family (per. c.1870–c.1975), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, 2004), online edn, October 2009.
- ^ a b Wood, Christopher. Dictionary of British Art, Volume IV: Victorian Painters: I. The Text, (Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, 1995), p. 90
- ^ a b c d e Waters, Grant M.. Dictionary of British Artists, Working 1900-1950, (Eastbourne Fine Art, Eastbourne, 1975), p. 59
- ^ 'Royal Society of Artists', Birmingham Daily Post, 19 September 1890
- ^ a b 'Mr. G. Carline', The Times, 21 December 1920, p. 13