Lewis Charles Powles (29 January 1860 – 6 July 1942) was a British artist.[1]
Lewis Charles Powles | |
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 Chapelle Saint-Hubert by Lewis Charles Powles (1898) | |
| Born | January 29, 1860 Cirencester, England |
| Died | July 6, 1942 (aged 82) |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Hubert von Herkomer followed by further studies in Munich. |
Early life and education
editPowles was born in Cirencester, England, in January 1860, one of six children.[2][3][4] His father was Rev. Henry C. Powles.[5] Powles attended Oxford, where he studied Mathematics under Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland.[4] Powles gained his MA from there in 1898.[2] Powles had formal art studies under Hubert von Herkomer,[6] followed by studies in Munich.[4]
Career
editPowles was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists[7] in 1903.[8] Powles travelled extensively throughout Europe, as well as to Canada.[4] His works are in the Bushey Museum and Art Gallery, the Ferens Art Gallery, the National Trust, Lamb House,[9] the Royal Welch Fusiliers Regimental Museum, the Victoria & Albert Museum,[10][7] and the Royal Collection Trust.[11] Powles is most well known for his watercolour landscapes, although he painted a number of oil portraits. Two of his watercolours were commissioned for the Library in Queen Mary's Doll House.[12][13] In 1910, he painted English writer Henry James, who was Powles' neighbour and friend in Rye.[9] Powles was also an Associate Member of the Society for Psychical Research, and was very interested in paranormal events.[14][15][16][17][18] In a letter, he once said that he was "somewhat easily impressed by the thoughts of others".[18]
Personal life
editHe married Isabel Grace Wingfield on 21 January 1905.[19] Their daughter, writer Viola Bayley, was born in 1911. Powles died in East Sussex in 1942.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Powles, Lewis Charles, 1860–1942 | Art UK". www.artuk.org. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Lewis Charles POWLES | Cornwall Artists Index". cornwallartists.org. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ College, Haileybury and Imperial Service (1891). Haileybury Register.
- ^ a b c d Bayley, N.J.S. (June 1992). Lewis Charles Powles: Biographical Notes. (Document)
- ^ Burke, Sir Bernard (1921). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain. Burke Publishing Company.
- ^ "Artists connected with the Herkomer School of Art". Bushey Museum & Art Gallery. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ a b Museum, Victoria and Albert (1912). Review of the Principal Acquisitions.
- ^ "Lewis Charles Powles RBA (1860-1942) - Signed Watercolour, Cattle at a Lake". sulisfineart.com. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ a b c Trust, National. "Henry James (1843-1916) 204004". www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ Museum, Victoria and Albert. "Watercolour | V&A Explore The Collections". Victoria and Albert Museum: Explore the Collections. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "Explore the Royal Collection Online". www.rct.uk. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "Explore the Royal Collection Online". www.rct.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "Explore the Royal Collection Online". www.rct.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ Research, Society for Psychical (1897). Proceedings.
- ^ Britain), Society for Psychical Research (Great (1899). Journal of the Society for Psychical Research: 1899-02. Society for Psychical Research.
- ^ Broad, C. D. (31 March 2011). Lectures on Psychical Research (Routledge Revivals): Incorporating the Perrott Lectures Given in Cambridge University in 1959 and 1960. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-83238-3.
- ^ Parapsychology Review. Parapsychology Foundation. 1988.
- ^ a b Britain), Society for Psychical Research (Great (1899). Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research. Society for Psychical Research.
- ^ "The Wdddings of the Week". The Gentlewoman. Vol. 30, no. 761. 4 February 1905. p. 37 – via British Newspaper Archive.