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  • - head Alice Wheelwright, widowed, age 59, living on own means, born in Cheshire
  • - son Rowland Wheelwright, age 33, artist (painter), born in Queensland, Australia
  • - son Talbot Wheelwright, age 23, stockbroker's clerk, born in Queensland
  • - son Arthur Wheelwright, age 19, railway clerk, born in Warwickshire
  • - son John Wheelwright, age 13, born in Middlesex

Rowland's death, at the age of 85, was recorded in 1955 in the district of Watford.

At least contact the profile manager. In the period 1900-1920 he produced some outstanding large finely executed canvases of the heavy horse at work.

He was elected to the Royal Society of British Artists in 1906 and also exhibited at the RA, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Fine Art Society, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, National Society of Painters, Sculptors & Printmakers, Paris Salon, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Royal Hibernian Academy and Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours.

In his later years he favoured paintings of bathing figures on Cornish beaches.

While in school, he became acquainted with painters such as Lucy Kemp-Welch while studying under Sir Hubert von Herkomer. Sept 2024
Title: Porth Gwidden Rocks, St Ives
Price: 28.160 GBP
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Sir Alfred James Munnings, P.R.A., R.W.S.
Last auction: 4.

Resided in "Meadowbrook", Chiltern Avenue, Bushey, Hertfordshire, England. She returned to England in 1938. In Canada, her work can be found in several galleries, including the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of Ontario. Sister to Gertrude Des Clayes.

Rowland Wheelwright (1867 - 1955)

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Rowland Wheelwright was born in the Colony of Queensland (1859-1900)

Rowland Wheelwright, son of John Wheelwright and his wife Annie Gawthrop, was born on 10 September 1867 and christened on 1 October 1867 in Ipswich, Queensland, Australian, Colonies.[1]

Although Rowland was born in Australia, he was still young when his parents returned to England, the country of their birth.

Experimenting with a variety of media, she worked in watercolours, oils, pastels and coloured chalks. [4]

Resided in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. Jun - 4. The artist went on to study at St. John's Wood Art School, and the Herkomer School of Art in Bushey from 1891-93. SCHOOLING: Bushey School of Art (Lucy Kemp-Welch & Rowland Wheelwright), Newlyn School of Art, Private Study (Dudley Hardy)MEMBERSHIPS: Royal Canadian Academy; EXHIBITIONS: Royal Canadian Academy (1920); Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (1926) GALLERIES: National Gallery of Canada, Art Gallery of Ontario.

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  1. ↑Birthhttps://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/ Queensland Registry of BDMs; (accessed 07 Oct 2024) Name: 10/09/1867 Mother's name:Alice Ann Gawthrop Father/parent's name:John Hanley Wheelwright Registration details:1867/C/1522
  2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QD6S-13Z : Sat Mar 09 08:09:41 UTC 2024), Entry for Alice Wheelwright and Rowland Wheelwright, 1891.
  3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS46-GYD : 20 May 2019), Rowland Wheelwright in household of Alice Wheelwright, Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Watford subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
  4. ↑ GRO Index of Deaths, Watford, Jun 1955, vol 4B, page 220
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In 1908 Wheelwright married Jane Elizabeth Wheelwright née Stewart.

Although Wheelwright is recorded as a painter of historical and classical subjects, his major passion seems to be that of the heavy working horse. Published by G. G. Harrap & Co. London, 1920.

  • ... His principal works include 'Joan of Arc Taken Prisoner', 'The Caravan', 'Enid and Geraint' and 'Don Quixote'.

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    Other distinctions include a reproduction of her work “Remounts” in Newton MacTavish’s book “The Fine Arts in Canada” in 1925. He died in May 1955.

     

    Sources: Bushey Museum; Artist Biographies Ltd.  July 2020

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    Rowland Wheelwright,1870–1955

    Rowland Wheelwright was a painter and illustrator.