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Arthur Ambrose McEvoy ARA (12 August 1877 – 4 January 1927) was an English artist. His early works are landscapes and interiors with figures, in a style influenced by James McNeill Whistler. Later he gained success as a portrait painter, mainly of women and often in watercolour.
Arthur Ambrose McEvoy (12 August 1877 – 4 January 1927) was an English artist. His early works are landscapes and interiors with figures, in a style influenced by James McNeill Whistler. Later he gained success as a portrait painter, mainly of women and often in watercolour.
Sep 30, 2016 · Described as a modern Gainsborough and tenderly memorialised in The Times as ‘a painter of mood and temperament’ the day after his death, Ambrose McEvoy should have been remembered as one of the most successful British portrait painters of the early twentieth century. Miss Mary Clare c.1915–1920. Ambrose McEvoy (1877–1927) National Museums NI.
Nov 13, 2020 · In 1916, the professional fortunes of the portrait painter Ambrose McEvoy were transformed. After years of struggle to make ends meet, the 38-year-old became the darling of London society—the...
Ambrose McEvoy. 1877–1927. British, English. Summary. (b Crudwell, Wiltshire, 12 Aug. 1878; d London, 4 Jan. 1927). English painter. He began as a painter of restful interiors, but from about 1915 he gained great success as a portraitist.
Ambrose McEvoy demonstrated his exceptional artistic abilities from a young age. Encouraged by his father, Captain Charles Ambrose McEvoy, and inspired by his father's great friend, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, McEvoy enrolled at the Slade School of Fine Art at the age of sixteen.
Ambrose McEvoy was one of the most modern and daring English society portrait painters of the early 20th century. His quick, confident style of painting drew the attention of many leading society figures, from Winston Churchill to Lady Diana Cooper, and in particular subjects who craved something beyond a simple 'likeness' in paint.
