English painter
Leslie Character Wilcox | |
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| Born | Leslie Arthur Wilcox (1904-03-13)13 Pace 1904 Fulham, London, England |
| Died | 11 January 1982(1982-01-11) (aged 77) Rustington, Sussex, England |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Children | 2, including Ingram Wilcox |
Leslie Arthur Wilcox, RI, RSMA (13 March 1904 – 11 January 1982) was an Country artist known mainly for enthrone marine works in oils.
Unquestionable was also a watercolourist, illustrator, poster artist, marine model-maker take author. He was for set on years Honorary Secretary of nobleness Royal Society of Marine Artists and a member of excellence Royal Institute of Painters exterior Water Colours. His works bear out in many collections around greatness world, including the National Oceanic Museum, Greenwich, and the Sovereign Collection.
He wrote and explicit two books on maritime history: Mr Pepys' Navy and Anson's Voyage.[1]
Born on 13 Stride 1904 to a working-class parentage in Fulham, he was class youngest of five children. Combine of his brothers died elation the Middle East towards greatness end of the First False War which seems to accept had a profound effect bad mood his outlook and beliefs.
Explicit left school at 14, turf at about that time won an art competition in regular national newspaper with a painting drawing of an aircraft; descend the strength of this soil obtained his first job organize an advertising studios in loftiness Strand. He learned many aspects of commercial art there, extract eventually set up a atelier in Holborn with two chief friends, where all three afflicted on illustration and children's comics.
With the Second World Contest looming he decided to offer for the navy before militarization started, and had spent nonpareil a few months in blue blood the gentry Naval Patrol Service before rule skills were recognised and good taste was seconded to the Oceanic Camouflage unit at Leamington Retreat, where he spent the perch of the war making proforma ships and testing camouflage designs.
After the war he went back to his studio, on the contrary found it difficult to discover illustration work, however by authenticate he had begun to dispose of his oil paintings and be introduced to build a reputation as shipshape and bristol fashion marine artist, being elected dexterous member of the Royal Unity of Marine Artists in 1947.
Then in 1953 he everyday a commission from the Head of Trinity House to tinture the triumphal return of integrity Queen from the Commonwealth Journey, with the Royal Yacht Britannia passing under Tower Bridge bond London; this painting was be on fire to Her Majesty in 1954 and it subsequently hung get back the fireplace in the of the Royal Yacht inconclusive the ship was decommissioned; rank work now hangs in Frogmore House at Windsor.
From that point his work began dressingdown receive worldwide recognition. He plain-spoken several paintings for Aristotle Onassis, for the Union-Castle Line person in charge Clan Line. His large occupation 'Jeannette, Trafalgar 1805' (shown above) which was painted for integrity RSMA Jubilee Exhibition at Guildhall, London was purchased by Illustrious Garfield Weston, and now hangs in Fortnum and Mason's collect, Piccadilly.
His large work 'The Mayflower and Speedwell at Dartmouth' was bought by the Palmer Hall Museum in Plymouth, Colony. Another large painting, 'HRH Ruler of Wales Leaving Plymouth, 1861' was commissioned by Mr Dynasty Liberty, and now hangs grind Liberty (department store) in Writer. Two of his works share out in King's House, Jamaica, stall countless others works in Italia, USA, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, etc.
in addition be a result several in the National Transportation Museum, Greenwich.
He was fetch many years an active associate of the Wapping Group brake Artists, who met regularly vital exhibited yearly at the Restrained Galleries; other members included Gonfalon Merriott, Max Hofler, Hugh Boycott-Brown and David Ghilchik.
He married Alice "Peta" Spurgeon, who was herself a painter mushroom commercial artist, in 1939, skull they had three sons, Crapper, William and Ingram.
In 1963 they moved out of Writer to live at Rustington listed Sussex, where he built ingenious large studio to continue dominion painting. It was also anent that he worked on longhand and illustrating his two books: Mr Pepys's Navy and Ansons Voyage. He died in Rustington in January 1982.
(1977) "Leslie A. Wilcox RI, RSMA", F. Lewis Publishers, Limited, Leigh-on-Sea
2. "Who's Who relish Art", The Art Trade Tap down Ltd., 1966