John Eyre (British Artist)

John Eyre (1847-1927) was a British artist who decorated and designed British pottery. He also illustrated books and painted genre paintings. He is known for his paintings of Royal Hospital Chelsea and its veteran residents, as well as for paintings of working people in the pottery industry. He was a member of the Royal Society of British Artists (c. 1877), the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours (1917) and Honorary Associate of the Royal College of Art (late in life).

Baptized in 1850 at Stoke-on-Trent, Eyre grew up in an artist's family. His father was a decorative artist in Staffordshire Potteries. Eyre got his education, studying art at South Kensington. Initially, he followed his father into the pottery trade, designing and decorating pottery. He worked for Mintons, and progressed to become an art director at Doulton of Lambeth.

He exhibited artwork at the Royal Academy in 1877, Burlington House, Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, Paris Salon, and the Ipswich Art Society.

Gallery

File:Portrait of Amy Louisa Eyre 1879-1949, by her father John Eyre.png, Portrait of Amy Louisa Eyre 1879-1949
File:Three Potters at their wheels, painting by JOHN EYRE, R.B.A., R.I.png, Three Potters at their wheels
File:Potters with candlesticks on a table by JOHN EYRE, R.B.A., R.I.png, Potters with candlesticks on a table
File:Loading the kiln by JOHN EYRE, R.B.A., R.I.png, Loading the kiln
File:Ely Cathedral, under the lantern by JOHN EYRE, R.B.A., R.I.png, Ely Cathedral, under the lantern
File:Chelsea Pensioners feeding birds by JOHN EYRE, R.B.A., R.I.png, Chelsea Pensioners feeding birds
File:The Great Hall, Royal Hospital, Chelsea by John Eyre John Eyre R.B.A., R.I.jpg, The Great Hall for the Royal Hospital at Chelsea
File:The Great Hall for the Royal Hospital at Chelsea by JOHN EYRE, R.B.A., R.I.png, The Great Hall for the Royal Hospital at Chelsea
File:Wheatstacks by JOHN EYRE, R.B.A., R.I.png, Wheatstacks
File:The Old Lee Farm JOHN EYRE, R.B.A., R.I.png, File:The Old Lee Farm JOHN EYRE, R.B.A., R.I.png
File:Faience Plaque with Female Figure by John Eyre R.B.A., R.I.jpg, Faience plaque with Female Figure
File:Faience Commemorative Plaque for Bernard Palissy, by John Eyre R.B.A., R.I.jpg, Faience commemorative plaque for Bernard Palissy
File:Autumn by JOHN EYRE, R.B.A., R.I.png, Autumn
File:John Eyre (1847-1928), painting of Cupid tying up maiden.jpg, Ceramic design for Mintons or Doulton of Lambeth, c. 1880s-1890s.

Illustrated

In addition to his ceramic artwork and paintings, John Eyre illustrated classic books, including the ''Pickwick Papers'' by Charles Dickens, '' In Memoriam A.H.H.'' by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, ''The seaside and fireside'' and ''Voices of the night'' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, ''Rip Van Winkle'' and ''Christmas Eve'' by Washington Irving.

He also illustrated ''Old Ballads'', a book of folk music published about 1907, and ''Carol Adair'' by M. B Manwell.

See also

*John Eyre (painter) Australian painter

References

External links

Floral painted vases by John Eyre.Floral vases closeup.Vases with Classical Greek motif, by John Eyre.Greek vases closeup.

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1847 births
1927 deaths
19th-century English painters
20th-century English painters