William Evans (landscape painter)
William Evans (1809 – 7 December 1858) was an English
Wishing to perfect his art by the study of nature alone, and to free himself from the influence of schools or individuals, Evans made himself a home for many years in the centre of a grand gorge of mountain scenery in
After 1852 Evans visited Italy, spending the winter successively at Genoa, Rome, and Naples, and he collected numerous materials for working up into landscapes of a very different character from his earlier productions.[2]
His work was cut short by illness, and he died in Marylebone Road, London, on 7 December 1858, aged 49.[1] There is a fine water-colour drawing by him in the print room at the British Museum.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Greenacre, Francis (1987). William Evans of Bristol (1809–1858) (exhibition catalogue). London: Martyn Gregory Gallery. pp. 5–6.
- ^ a b c d Cust, Lionel Henry (1889). Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 18. London: Smith, Elder & Co. . In
- ISBN 0-9507242-1-1.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Evans, William (1811?-1858)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.