John Callcott Horsley

{"Id":901,"Name":"John Callcott Horsley","Biography":"\u003Cstrong\u003EHORSLEY, JOHN CALLCOTT (1817-1903),\u003C/strong\u003E English painter, son of William Horsley, the musician, and grand-nephew of Sir Augustus Callcott, was born in London, on the agth of January 1817. He studied painting in the Academy schools, and in 1836 exhibited \u003Cu\u003EThe Pride of the Village\u003C/u\u003E (Vernon Gallery) at the Royal Academy. This was followed by numerous genre pictures at subsequent exhibitions up to 1893, the best known of these being \u003Cu\u003EMalvolio\u003C/u\u003E, \u003Cu\u003EL\u0027Allegro and il Penseroso\u003C/u\u003E (painted for the Prince Consort), \u003Cu\u003ELe Jour des Morts\u003C/u\u003E, \u003Cu\u003EA Scene from Don Quixote\u003C/u\u003E, \u0026c. In 1843 his cartoon of \u003Cu\u003ESt Augustine Preaching\u003C/u\u003E won a prize in the Westminster Hall competition, and in 1844 he was selected as oneof thesix painters commissioned to execute frescoes for the Houses of Parliament, his \u003Cu\u003EReligion\u003C/u\u003E (1845) being put in the House of Lords; he also painted the \u003Cu\u003EHenry V. assuming the Crown\u003C/u\u003E and \u003Cu\u003ESatan surprised at the Ear of Eve\u003C/u\u003E. In 1864 he became R.A., and in 1882 was elected treasurer, a post which he held till 1897, when he resigned and became a \u0022retired Academician.\u0022 Mr Horsley had much to do with organizing the winter exhibitions of \u0022Old Masters\u0022 at Burlington House after 1870. When, during the \u0027eighties, the example of the French Salon began to affect the Academy exhibitors, and paintings of the nude became the fashion, he protested against the innovation, and his attitude caused \u003Cu\u003EPunch\u003C/u\u003E to give him the punning sobriquet of \u0022Mr J. C(lothes) Horsley.\u0022 He died on the 18th of October 1903. His son, Sir Victor Horsley (b. 1857), became famous as a surgeon and neuropathologist, and a prominent supporter of the cause of experimental research.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cu\u003ESource:\u003C/u\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E Entry on the artist in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http://16.1911encyclopedia.org/H/HO/HORSLEY_JOHN.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E1911 Edition Encyclopedia\u003C/a\u003E.\u003Cp\u003E","Awards":null,"HasAlbums":false,"HasPortraits":true,"HasRelationships":true,"HasArticles":false,"HasDepictedPlaces":false,"HasLetters":false,"HasLibraryItems":false,"HasProducts":false,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":true,"TotalArtworks":7}