Reginald Grenville Eves
| Reginald Grenville Eves | |
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| Born |
Reginald Grenville Eves 24 May 1876[1] |
| Died |
13 June 1941 (aged 65)[2] Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham[3] |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Slade School of Fine Art |
| Known for | painting |
| Notable work | portraits of Thomas Hardy,[4] Sir Ernest Shackleton,[5] Earl Jellicoe[6] and Max Beerbohm |
| Spouse(s) | Bertha Sybil Papillon (married 23 December 1903)[3] |
| Elected |
Royal Academy (elected 1939) Royal Society of Portrait Painters Royal Institute of Oil Painters[2] |
Reginald Grenville Eves (24 May 1876 – 13 June 1941) was a British painter who made portraits of many prominent military,[7] political and cultural figures between the two world wars.
Eves was born in 1876, the son of William Henry Eves, a London JP.[1][2][3] He was educated at University College School and later at Slade School of Fine Art where he studied under Alphonse Legros,[2] Frederick Brown and Henry Tonks.[3] He was elected as an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1933[8] and a Royal Academician in 1939.[9] He was appointed as an Official War Artist to the BEF in 1940.[3] He died on 13 June 1941.[3]
His works form part of the collections of both the Tate and the National Portrait Gallery.[10]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 London Metropolitan Archives, St Thomas the Apostle, Register of Baptism, P69/TMS2/A/01/Ms 10362, Item 2. Year: 1877
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "EVES, Reginald Grenville". Who Was Who. A & C Black. online edn, Oct 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2013. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Obituaries". The Times. 16 June 1941. p. 6. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ↑ "Thomas Hardy". BBC. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ↑ "Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton". BBC. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ↑ "Admiral of the Fleet Earl Jellicoe, OM, GCB, GCVO (1859–1935)". BBC. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ↑ "Collections search". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ↑ "New Associates Of The Royal Academy". The Times. 22 April 1933. p. 10. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ↑ "The Royal Academy". The Times. 22 April 1939. p. 10. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ↑ "Reginald Grenville Eves". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
External links
- Portraits by, and of, Reginald Grenville Eves held by the National Portrait Gallery, London
- Paintings by Reginald Grenville Eves at the BBC Your Paintings site
- Eves's portraits of military figures in the collection of the Imperial War Museum
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