William R. Symonds

William Robert Symonds (1851 – 7 November 1934) was an English painter. He specialised in genre scenes, often sentimental, or involving children and animals.^[1]

Life

Born in Yoxford, Suffolk,^[2] he studied in Antwerp and settled in London in 1881. He exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy from 1876. His son was the architect and furniture expert Robert Wemyss Symonds.^[3]

Works

Symonds painted the originals for some famous prints,^{[citation needed]} the most notable being Heather, painted c. 1909.^{[citation needed]} His paintings hang in the Wallace Collection in London and Christchurch Mansion in Suffolk. Twenty-two of his oil painting portraits are in UK public collections, in particular Colchester and Ipswich Museums.^[4]

Paintings

Joseph David Everett portrayed by William R. Symonds

Heather^[5]
Girl with a Silver Fish^[6]
A painting of Sir Richard Wallace, 1885
Babes in the Wood
Family Group Portrait of Mr, Mrs and Master Hollond of Benhall Lodge, 1887
His Lordship
Portret kobiety, 1901
An illustration for The Frog Prince
Portrait of Clarice H. Edwards as young girl, 1904
Portrait of Mr Arthur Ross and Companion portrait of his wife
Indian Elephant, 1918

Notes

^ Caroline Dakers (1999). The Holland Park Circle: Artists and Victorian Society. Yale University Press. pp. 215–. ISBN 978-0-300-08164-0.
^ Robin Simon (1987). The portrait in Britain and America: with a biographical dictionary of portrait painters, 1680-1914. Phaidon. p. 234.
^ "Robert Wemyss Symonds Papers Col". findingaid.winterthur.org. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
^ "William Robert Symonds paintings" (Slide show). Art UK. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
^ "Images". imagecache2.allposters.com. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
^ "Girl with a Silver Fish". ipswich.gov.uk.