James Sleator
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| James Sleator | |
| Birth name | James Slator |
| Born | June, 1889 County Antrim, Northern Ireland |
| Died | 1950 Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | British |
| Field | painting |
| Training | Belfast School of Art, Metropolitan School of Art (Dublin), Slade School of Art (London) |
James Sleator, artist, was born in County Antrim, Northern Ireland in 1889. Painter of portraits and still life
James Sinton Sleator son of William Slator (different spelling), who taught at Derryvane National School, near Portadown, and was later principle of Strandtown National School, Belfast.
The son studied at Belfast School of Art and in 1910 secured a scholarship for study at the Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin, where he was under Sir William Orpen (1878-1931) and won several prizes. Continuing his studies at the Slade School of Art, London, from there he went to Paris. He returned to Dublin in 1915 to become a teacher at the metropolitan. Elected an Associate of the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1917, he became a member in the same year. Five years later he went to Florence when he painted portraits and landscapes, finally returning to London where he set up a studio (1927) as a portrait painter and where he was closley associated with William Orpen. Sleator was a member of the Chelsea Arts Club and exhibited at the Royal Academy and with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. He taught painting to Winston Churchill, taking over the job from Orpen. In 1935 he was made an honary member of of the Ulster Arts Club, Belfast. He kept in touch with his sister Ethel Slator in Belfast and visited her and his friends. He returned from London to Dublin in 1941 and, apart from an occasional journey abroad , remained there until his death (1950).
[edit] Works
In the Ulster Museum is a portrait of Forrest Reid, the Armagh County Museum and the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, have self-portraits. In 1951 a memorial exhibition at the Victor Waddington Galleries, Dublin was opened by Ulster playwright, Rutherford Mayne.
