Sir Edward John Poynter, Bt., P.R.A., R.W.S., 1836-1919
PSYCHE
Watercolour
75 by 55cm., 29½ by 21½ in.
Private collection
Sir Edward John Poynter, 1st Baronet GCVO PRA (20 March 1836
in Paris – 26 July 1919 in London) was
an English painter, designer, and draughtsman who served as President of the
Royal Academy. Poynter was born in Paris, though his parents returned to
Britain soon after. He was educated at Brighton College and Ipswich School, but
left school early for reasons of ill health, spending winters in Madeira and
Rome. In 1853 he met Frederick Leighton in Rome, who made a great impression on
the 17-year-old Poynter. On his return to London he studied at Leigh's academy
in Newman Street and the Royal Academy Schools, before going to Paris to study
in the studio of the classicist painter Charles Gleyre where James McNeill
Whistler and George du Maurier were fellow-students. He became best known for
his large historical paintings. More
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