John Pettie
John Pettie | |
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Born | John Pettie 17 March 1839 |
Died | 21 February 1893 (aged 53) |
Nationality | British, Scottish |
John Pettie RA (Edinburgh 17 March 1839 – 21 February 1893 Hastings) was a painter from Edinburgh who spent most of his career in London. He became a member of the Royal Academy in 1866 and a full academician in 1874.[1]
As an enthusiastic amateur musician, he helped the career of the young composer Hamish MacCunn by organising concerts for him in his own studio. MacCunn, who would marry Pettie's daughter Alison in 1889, also served as a model for many of his paintings and sketches in various distinctive occasions.
Biography
John Pettie was born in
When he was sixteen he entered the Trustees Academy in Edinburgh, working under
In 1866 he was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy, and in 1874 received full academical honours in succession to
The National Portrait Gallery has four of his works in its collection.
Works
With William McTaggart and others, he illustrated The Postman's Bag (Strahan, 1862), and with John MacWhirter he illustrated Wordsworth's Poetry for the Young (Strahan, 1863). His principal paintings, in addition to those already mentioned, are:[2]
- Cromwell's Saints (1862)
- The Trio (1863)
- George Fox refusing to take the Oath (1864)
- A Drumhead Courtmartial (1865)
- The Arrest for Witchcraft (1866)
- Treason (1867)
- Tussle with a Highland Smuggler (1868)
- The Sally (1870)
- Terms to the Besieged (1872)
- The Flag of Truce (1873)
- Ho! Ho! Old Null and A State Secret (1874)
- A Sword and Dagger Fight (1877)
- The Death Warrant (1879)
- Monmouth and James II (1882)
- The Vigil (1884)
- Challenged (1883)
- The Chieftain's Candlesticks (1886)
- Two Strings to Her Bow (1887)
- The Traitor and Sir Charles Wyndham as David Garrick (1888)
- The Ultimatum and Bonnie Prince Charlie (1892)
Literature
- The book John Pettie, R.A., H.R.S.A. (London, 1908), by his nephew Martin Hardie, gives the story of his life, a catalogue of his pictures, and fifty reproductions in colour.[2]
Gallery
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The design of theTate Gallery.
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Jacobites in 1745, (painted in 1874).
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Self-portrait (1881).
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Reductio Ad Absurdum
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The Puritan
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Mrs Bossom, 1870
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Silvius and Phoebe
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Sketch of Eugene Aram and the Scholar
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Tussle For The Keg
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The Laird, 1878
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A Musician's Reverie
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Bonnie Prince Charlie
See also
References
- ^ a b c Scottish Places. "John Pettie". Scottish Places.info. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ a b c d e public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Pettie, John". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 336. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ 'Painting of the Week', in The Glasgow Herald, 5the December 1998
- Attribution
- McKenzie, Ray. "Pettie, John (1839–1893)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22062. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
External links
- 113 artworks by or after John Pettie at the Art UK site
- Works by John Pettie at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about John Pettie at Internet Archive