William Pars
William Pars
Life and works
Pars was born in
In June 1764, he was selected by the
Pars returned to England on 2 December 1766, and soon after accompanied
In the summer of 1775, he travelled to Rome on a bursary of the Dilettanti Society, where artists such as John Warwick Smith, Francis Towne (a friend of Pars, who took some instruction in drawing from him)[4] John Robert Cozens, and Thomas Jones were working.[5] He remained there till the autumn of 1782, when he died of pleurisy (his wife having died in the city in June 1778).[5]
A selection of Pars' Greek drawings was engraved by William Byrne for the Dilettanti Society; five of his Swiss drawings, including the Mer de Glace, were engraved by William Woollett; and several other drawings were aquatinted by Paul Sandby.
Pars' elder brother Henry Pars (1734–1806) was a draughtsman and metal engraver, becoming the principal of Shipley's Drawing School.[citation needed] His sister Anne showed some talent as a pastellist, as well.[6]
See also
- James Stuart (1713–1788)– like Pars, he also recorded antiquities in Greece and accompanied Nicholas Revett on tours.
References
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 43. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 394. .
- ^ Likely to have been in Richmond House, Whitehall, London. Built in 1736, destroyed by fire in 1791. See [1]
- ^ Ionian Antiquities Archived 14 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Moby's Newt Ltd.).
- ^ H. M. Cundall. Masters of Water-Colour Painting (London: The Studio Ltd, 1922-23).
- ^ a b Matthew Hargraves. Great British watercolors: from the Paul Mellon collection at the Yale (Yale University press, 2007) p34 ff.
- ^ Profile of Anne Pars at the Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800.
External links
- 1 artwork by or after William Pars at the Art UK site
- William Pars online (ArtCyclopedia)
- Biography (handprint.com - scroll down page)
- Biography and works ("History of Art")
- William Pars, A Sepulchral Monument at Mylasa
- St Peter's Rome (1770s Watercolour - V&A)
- Profile on Royal Academy of Arts Collections
- William Pars. Works