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Charles Spencelayh BIOGRAPHY
1865 Rochester, England - 1958 Northamptonshire, England. Known for: Figure, genre and portrait painting-miniatures.
Acclaimed by one critic as 'the modern Meissonier of British Domestic life', Charles Spencelayh was a painter of figure subjects, genre scenes and portraits. He has also been compared to William... Read full biography
Acclaimed by one critic as 'the modern Meissonier of British Domestic life', Charles Spencelayh was a painter of figure subjects, genre scenes and portraits. He has also been compared to William Powell Frith in his skilful evocation of sentiment and meticulous rendering of detail. He worked in many... Read full biography
Acclaimed by one critic as 'the modern Meissonier of British Domestic life', Charles Spencelayh was a painter of figure subjects, genre scenes and portraits. He has also been compared to William Powell Frith in his skilful evocation of sentiment and meticulous rendering of detail. He worked in many media achieving great acclaim as a miniaturist, watercolourist and etcher. Charles Spencelayh was the son of Henry Spencelayh, an engineer and iron and brass founder. He was born in 1865 in... Read full biography
Acclaimed by one critic as 'the modern Meissonier of British Domestic life', Charles Spencelayh was a painter of figure subjects, genre scenes and portraits. He has also been compared to William Powell Frith in his skilful evocation of sentiment and meticulous rendering of detail. He worked in many media achieving great acclaim as a miniaturist, watercolourist and etcher. Charles Spencelayh was the son of Henry Spencelayh, an engineer and iron and brass founder. He was born in 1865 in Rochester, Kent. He first studied at the National Art Training School (later renamed the Royal College of Art), where he won a prize for figure drawing. Spencelayh continued his training in Paris where he exhibited at the Paris Salon. Spencelayh exhibited... Read full biography
Acclaimed by one critic as 'the modern Meissonier of British Domestic life', Charles Spencelayh was a painter of figure subjects, genre scenes and portraits. He has also been compared to William Powell Frith in his skilful evocation of sentiment and meticulous rendering of detail. He worked in many media achieving great acclaim as a miniaturist, watercolourist and etcher. Charles Spencelayh was the son of Henry Spencelayh, an engineer and iron and brass founder. He was born in 1865 in Rochester, Kent. He first studied at the National Art Training School (later renamed the Royal College of Art), where he won a prize for figure drawing. Spencelayh continued his training in Paris where he exhibited at the Paris Salon. Spencelayh exhibited predominantly in Britain. He showed 30 paintings at the Royal Academy from 1912 until his de... Read full biography
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Acclaimed by one critic as 'the modern Meissonier of British Domestic life', Charles Spencelayh was a painter of figure subjects, genre scenes and portraits. He has also been compared to William Powell Frith in his skilful evocation of sentiment and meticulous rendering of detail. He worked in many media achieving great acclaim as a miniaturist, watercolourist and etcher.
Charles Spencelayh was the son of Henry Spencelayh, an engineer and iron and brass founder. He was born in 1865 in Rochester, Kent.
He first studied at the National Art Training School (later renamed the Royal College of Art), where he won a prize for figure drawing. Spencelayh continued his training in Paris where he exhibited at the Paris Salon.
Spencelayh exhibited predominantly in Britain. He showed 30 paintings at the Royal Academy from 1912 until his death in 1958.
He was a founder member of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters, joining in 1897. He was also elected an honorary member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists and Vice-President of the British Watercolour Society.
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Charles Spencelayh, born in 1865 in Rochester, Kent, was the youngest of eleven children. He showed a talent for painting early on and began exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1892. Known for his genre portraits of elderly men engaged in their hobbies, Spencelayh's work reflects a British, Dickensian sense of nostalgia. His attention to detail, even in larger canvases, showcases his skill as a miniaturist. He won the 'Picture of the Year' award in 1939 for his painting "Why War."