Alfred Elmore

{"Id":136,"Name":"Alfred Elmore","Biography":"\u003Cdiv align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EObituary of Alfred Elmore\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EBy the death of Mr. Alfred Elmore, one of the older generation of artists has passed away, he having been in 1845 elected an associate of the Academy (where he first exhibited at the age of nineteen, in 1834) and having become a full member eleven years later. Mr. Elmore\u0027s reputation may be said to have been at it\u0027s height a quarter of a century ago, and he had suffered a lapse into comparative obscurity during the latter portion of his life. One of the few Irishmen who have sat at the councils of our Academy, Mr. Elmore, during the period of his art education, painted for some time in Paris and in Rome, without, however, adding to those qualities or ridding himself of those defects which are characteristically British. Among the best know of his works are \u003Cu\u003EThe Crucifixion\u003C/u\u003E and \u003Cu\u003EThe Martydom of St.Thomas a\u0027 Becket\u003C/u\u003E, which are both preserved in a Catholic church in Dublin, the latter having been originally painted for Daniel O\u0027Connell; \u003Cu\u003ERienzi in the Forum\u003C/u\u003E; \u003Cu\u003EThe Origin of the Guelph and Ghibelline Quarrel\u003C/u\u003E, which gained a purchaser in the holder of the Art Union\u0027s highest prize-300 pounds; \u003Cu\u003EThe Invertion of the Stocking Loom\u003C/u\u003E, the success of which led the artist to choose as s subject for a subsequent work \u003Cu\u003EThe Invention of the Combing-machine\u003C/u\u003E; \u003Cu\u003EWithin the Convent Walls\u003C/u\u003E, one of the cloisteral subjects which were popular with Mr. Elmore at one period, and, among his historical compositions, \u003Cu\u003ELouis XIII and Louis XIV.\u003C/u\u003E; \u003Cu\u003EThe Tuileries, June 20, 1792\u003C/u\u003E, and \u003Cu\u003EMary Queen of Scots and Darnley at Jedburgh\u003C/u\u003E. Mr. Elmore was buried at Kensal Green (where lie so many of his compeers in art) in the presence of a sympathetic company who mourned not only a conspicuous artist but also an excellent friend.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\u0022right\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E- \u003Cu\u003EMagazine of Art\u003C/u\u003E, Vol. IV, 1881\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMore \u003Cu\u003EMagazine of Art\u003C/u\u003E on Alfred Elmore\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe will of the late Academician, Mr. Alfred Elmore, has been proved by the executors, one of whom is Mr. Frith, R.A. Mr Elmore has left a personal estate valued at 80,000 pounds; and this fortune is inherited by his only daughter, Miss Edith Elmore, whose paintings of flowers are familiar to the frequenters of the Dudley and other galleries.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAcknowledgements:\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/u\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EOur thanks go to Don Kurtz for kindly transcribing these articles.\u003Cp\u003E","Awards":null,"HasAlbums":false,"HasPortraits":true,"HasRelationships":false,"HasArticles":false,"HasDepictedPlaces":false,"HasLetters":false,"HasLibraryItems":false,"HasProducts":false,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":false,"TotalArtworks":4}