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Arthur Moreland (artist)
Arthur Moreland (12 October 1867–4 August 1951) was an artist of the early 20th-century remembered today for his humorous depictions of early British life. Moreland was born in Ardwick, a village in Lancashire in 1867, the eldest of six children born to Elizabeth and Edward Moreland, an Agent for Graphite, Black Lead Makers. Initially, he was employed as a Peddler, commercial traveller before moving to London where, in about 1892, he commenced work in the advertising department of the London evening newspaper ''The Star (1888), The Star''. Entirely self-taught as an artist, his striking caricature of the newspaper's executive Ernest Parke was seen by Parke who, instead of sacking Moreland appointed him to the art department. Later Moreland was the political cartoonist for the ''The Daily News (UK), Morning Leader'' and his artwork for that newspaper was reprinted as ''Humors of History'' (1898) and ''More Humours of History'' (1925). During World War I he drew ''The History o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Moreland Artist 1920
Arthur is a common male given name of Brittonic languages, Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more widely believed, is that the name is derived from the Roman clan ''Artoria gens, Artorius'' who lived in Roman Britain for centuries. A common spelling variant used in many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages is Artur. In Spanish and Italian it is Arturo. Etymology The earliest datable attestation of the name Arthur is in the early 9th century Welsh-Latin text ''Historia Brittonum'', where it refers to a circa 5th to 6th-century Celtic Britons, Briton general who fought against the invading Saxons, and who later gave rise to the famous King Arthur of medieval legend and literature. A possible earlier mention of the same man is to be found in the epic Welsh poem ''Y Gododdin'' by Aneirin, which some scholars assign t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
