Herbert james draper biography of albert
•
Herbert James Draper Biography | Oil Painting Reproductions
Herbert James Draper was a painter of powerful and sexy innovative works who enjoyed considerable success around 1900. He studied art at the Royal Academy and took several educational trips to Rome and Paris between 1888 and 1892 to further his studies. He won a Royal Academy Gold Medal and a Traveling Scholarship in 1889, but he was never a member of the Academy. In the 1890s, he settled in London and worked as an illustrator.
Herbert James Draper's most productive period began in 1894. He concentrated on mythological themes from ancient Greece. His painting The Lament For Icarus won the gold medal at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900 and was later purchased by the Tate galleri in London. He was also responsible for the decoration of the ceiling of the Drapers' ingång in the City of London, (coincidence, but no relation to him). In later years as the public tastes changed and mythological scenes turned
•
Herbert James Draper
British painter (1863-1920)
Herbert James Draper ((1863-11-26)26 November 1863 – (1920-09-22)22 September 1920) was an English Neoclassicist painter whose career began in the Victorian era and extended through the first two decades of the 20th century.
Life
[edit]Born in Covent Garden, London, the seventh child and only son of a fruit merchant named John James Draper and his wife Emma,[1][2] Draper was educated at Bruce Castle School in Tottenham[3] and then went on to study art at the Royal Academy.[3] He undertook several educational trips to Rome and Paris between 1888 and 1892, having won the Royal Academy Gold Medal and Travelling Studentship in 1889. In the 1890s, he worked as an illustrator, eventually settling in London. In 1891, he married Ida (née Williams), with whom he had a daughter, Yvonne.[3] He died of arteriosclerosis at the age of 56, in his home on Abbey Road.
Career
[edit]Drape
•
Herbert James Draper was an British painter🎨 whose career began in the Victorian Era and extended through the first two decades of the 20th century.
In 1894 was the beginning of Draper's most productive period. He focused mainly on mythological themes from ancient Greece.
His painting "The Lament For Icarus🎨" from 1898 won the gold medal at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900 and was later bought for the Tate Gallery by the Chantrey Trustees.
He was also responsible for the decoration of the ceiling of the Drapers' Hall in the City of London. Though Draper was neither a member nor an associate of the Royal Academy he took part in the annual expositions from 1890 on. In later years as the public tastes changed and mythological scenes became less popular he concentrated more on portraits.
During his lifetime Draper was quite famous and a well known portrait painter. In his last years his popularity faded, though there has recently been a revival of in