Frederick Hamilton Jackson (1848–1923), also known as Frank, was a painter, designer, and author. He was a frequent exhibitor at the
Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its pur ...
and in other places.
Biography
F. Hamilton Jackson was born in 1848 in
Islington
Islington () is a district in the north of Greater London, England, and part of the London Borough of Islington. It is a mainly residential district of Inner London, extending from Islington's High Street to Highbury Fields, encompassing the ar ...
,
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
. He won a first-class medal at the Royal Academy Schools, and became a teacher at the
Slade school of art
The UCL Slade School of Fine Art (informally The Slade) is the art school of University College London (UCL) and is based in London, England. It has been ranked as the UK's top art and design educational institution. The school is organised as ...
. He helped to found the Society of Designers, and served as vice-president there; he was similarly a founder member of the
London Sketch Club
__NOTOC__
The London Sketch Club is a private members' club for artists working in the field of commercial graphic art, mainly for newspapers, periodicals, and books.
History
The club was founded in 1898 by a breakaway group of members from t ...
and served as its first honorary secretary. He was a member of the
Art Workers' Guild
The Art Workers' Guild is an organisation established in 1884 by a group of British painters, sculptors, architects, and designers associated with the ideas of William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement. The guild promoted the 'unity of a ...
, becoming a council member in 1907; he was also on the council of the Society of Miniature Painters. He became vice-president of the Royal Society of British Artists.
He lived in
Bedford Park,
Chiswick
Chiswick ( ) is a district of west London, England. It contains Hogarth's House, the former residence of the 18th-century English artist William Hogarth; Chiswick House, a neo-Palladian villa regarded as one of the finest in England; and Full ...
from about 1880 until about 1904, and then moved to
Wandsworth
Wandsworth Town () is a district of south London, within the London Borough of Wandsworth southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan
The London Plan is the statutory spatial development strategy for the Gre ...
.
He made a set of
stained glass window
Stained glass is coloured glass as a material or works created from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant religious buildings. Although tradition ...
s for
St Alban's Church, Acton Green in 1888, comprising ''Adoration of the Magi'', ''Reception into Heaven'', ''Jesus and the Doctors'', and ''Jesus and the Children''.
He created the mosaic
reredos
A reredos ( , , ) is a large altarpiece, a screen, or decoration placed behind the altar in a church. It often includes religious images.
The term ''reredos'' may also be used for similar structures, if elaborate, in secular architecture, for ex ...
for
St Bartholomew's Church, Brighton
St Bartholomew's Church, dedicated to the apostle Bartholomew, is an Anglican church in Brighton, England. The neo-gothic building is located on Ann Street, on a sloping site between Brighton railway station and the A23 London Road, adjacent t ...
.
He died at his home in Wandsworth on the 13 October 1923 and is buried in
Putney Vale Cemetery
Putney Vale Cemetery and Crematorium in southwest London is located in Putney Vale, surrounded by Putney Heath and Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park. It is located within of parkland. The cemetery was opened in 1891 and the crematorium in 1938. ...
.
File:The death of Caesar (Jackson).jpg, ''The death of Caesar'', 1865
File:What chain is it, that binds thee fast by F. Hamilton Jackson 1875.jpg, ''What chain is it, that binds thee fast?'', 1875
File:Sketch of a statue on roof of a building in Venice by F. Hamilton Jackson 1877.jpg, Sketch of a statue on roof of a building in Venice, 1877
File:The Road to the Sea by F. Hamilton Jackson 1890.jpg, ''The Road to the Sea'', 1890
File:Treves, near Saumur by F. Hamilton Jackson 1909.jpg, ''Eglise Saint Aubin, Treves
Trier ( , ; lb, Tréier ), formerly known in English as Trèves ( ;) and Triers (see also names in other languages), is a city on the banks of the Moselle in Germany. It lies in a valley between low vine-covered hills of red sandstone in the w ...
, near Saumur'', 1909
Works
* 1903
Intarsia and Marquestry, a Handbook for the Designer and Craftsman' - Sands & Co., London
* 1904 ''True stories of the condottieri'' - Sands & Co., London
* 1904
Mural painting' – Sands and Co., London
* 1905 "Sicily"
* 1906
The shores of the Adriatic, the Italian side: an architectural and archæological pilgrimage' - John Murray, London
* 1907 ''Cantor Lectures on Romanesque Ornament'' Printed by W. Trounce, (Series of three lectures delivered at the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce.)
* 1908
The Shores of the Adriatic, the Austrian side, the Ku Istria, and Dalmatia' - John Murray, London
* 1912
Rambles in the Pyrenees and the adjacent districts' - John Murray, London
References
External links
*
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Frederick Hamilton
19th-century English painters
English male painters
20th-century English painters
1848 births
1923 deaths
20th-century English male artists
19th-century English male artists