Henry Jones Thaddeus
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Henry Jones Thaddeus (1859–1929) was a realist and portrait painter born and trained in County Cork, Ireland.[1]
Life and career
Born Henry Thaddeus Jones in 1859,Paris Salon of 1881.[5]
He received commissions to paint portraits, among them two papal portrait commissions (for Pope Pius X), and became a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He received several other portrait commissions.
In the 1880s, Thaddeus travelled to Algeria where he explored Orientalist painting.[6]
His autobiography, titled Recollections of a Court Painter, was written during his retirement in California and published in 1912.[3]
In his latter years he settled in the Isle of Wight, and died there at Ryde, on 1 May 1929.
See also
Further reading
- Brendan Rooney, 2003. Henry Jones Thaddeus (Peter Murray) ISBN 1-85182-692-0
References
- ^ "Henry Thaddeus - a portrait artist to watch". Irish Times. 24 July 1999.
- ISBN 9781851826926.
- ^ a b Thaddeus, Henry Jones (1912). Recollections of a Court Painter. London: John Lane.
- ^ "Henry Jones Thaddeus". The Oriel Gallery. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- JSTOR 20491898.
- ^ "Henry Jones Thaddeus RHA (1859-1929)". Encyclopedia of Visual Artists in Ireland. Retrieved 4 January 2024 – via visual-arts-cork.com.
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