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1811 Richmond, England - 1889 Hampstead, England. Known for: Scenography, atmospheric watercolor landscape and marine painting.
William Roxby Beverley, (Richmond, 1811 - Hampstead, 1889). The son and grandson of actors and theatre managers, William Roxby Beverley began his career as a painter of scenery for the theatre, and... Read full biography
William Roxby Beverley, (Richmond, 1811 - Hampstead, 1889). The son and grandson of actors and theatre managers, William Roxby Beverley began his career as a painter of scenery for the theatre, and continued to work in this field throughout his life. Indeed, his reputation was established by his... Read full biography
William Roxby Beverley, (Richmond, 1811 - Hampstead, 1889). The son and grandson of actors and theatre managers, William Roxby Beverley began his career as a painter of scenery for the theatre, and continued to work in this field throughout his life. Indeed, his reputation was established by his renown as a scene painter, and in particular his skill in rendering atmospheric* effects. (An obituary published in the Daily Telegraph in 1889 described Beverley as the ‘long acknowledged chief and... Read full biography
William Roxby Beverley, (Richmond, 1811 - Hampstead, 1889). The son and grandson of actors and theatre managers, William Roxby Beverley began his career as a painter of scenery for the theatre, and continued to work in this field throughout his life. Indeed, his reputation was established by his renown as a scene painter, and in particular his skill in rendering atmospheric* effects. (An obituary published in the Daily Telegraph in 1889 described Beverley as the ‘long acknowledged chief and doyen of English scenic artists’, although the author also noted his ‘noble water-colours done in leisure hours.’) . Beverley began to produce landscape watercolours under the influence of Clarkson Stanfield, also a former scene painter whom he joined... Read full biography
William Roxby Beverley, (Richmond, 1811 - Hampstead, 1889). The son and grandson of actors and theatre managers, William Roxby Beverley began his career as a painter of scenery for the theatre, and continued to work in this field throughout his life. Indeed, his reputation was established by his renown as a scene painter, and in particular his skill in rendering atmospheric* effects. (An obituary published in the Daily Telegraph in 1889 described Beverley as the ‘long acknowledged chief and doyen of English scenic artists’, although the author also noted his ‘noble water-colours done in leisure hours.’) . Beverley began to produce landscape watercolours under the influence of Clarkson Stanfield, also a former scene painter whom he joined on sketching tours, as well as Richard Parkes Bonington. Although Beverley began exhibiting his marine watercolours from 1831... Read full biography
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William Roxby Beverley, (Richmond, 1811 - Hampstead, 1889)
The son and grandson of actors and theatre managers, William Roxby Beverley began his career as a painter of scenery for the theatre, and continued to work in this field throughout his life. Indeed, his reputation was established by his renown as a scene painter, and in particular his skill in rendering atmospheric* effects. (An obituary published in the Daily Telegraph in 1889 described Beverley as the ‘long acknowledged chief and doyen of English scenic artists’, although the author also noted his ‘noble water-colours done in leisure hours.’)
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