Philip Richard Morris by Eugen von Blaas

Philip Richard Morris Morris was elected ARA in 1877, but resigned the position in 1900. (4 December 1836 – 22 April 1902) was an English painter of

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and

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scenes (particularly allegorical ones of rural life), Holman Hunt-influenced religious paintings and (later in his career) portraits.

Life

Philip Richard Morris Two Young Midshipmen in Sight of Home

Morris was born in Devonport. Taken to London aged 14 by his iron-founder father to train for the family trade, Philip became increasingly interested in art and, with

William Holman Hunt William Holman Hunt (2 April 1827 – 7 September 1910) was an English painter and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His paintings were notable for their great attention to detail, vivid colour, and elaborate symbolis ...

winning round his father, began taking evening drawing classes in the

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and (from 1855) in the

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. At the latter, he used the travelling studentship he won for his ''The Good Samaritan'' to fund a journey to Italy and France, remaining there until 1864. He was elected an

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in 1877 (despite his talents and health already being on the wane), though he resigned it in 1900. In 1878 he married a widow, Catherine Sargeantson, the daughter of J. Evans of Llangollen, they had two sons and three daughters. Catherine died in 1886, his daughter Florence married the archaeologist Alexander Keiller and his eldest daughter, Gladys Morris (1879–1946), married the noted British sportsman, journalist and editor,

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. Morris died in Clifton Hill,

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, London.

References

External links

*
Philip Morris (1833 - 1902) and Family
at www.bfronline.biz
Biography of Gladys Hill Morris
at www.bfronline.biz

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morris, Philip Richard 1836 births 1902 deaths 19th-century English painters English male painters British genre painters Artists from Plymouth, Devon Artists' Rifles soldiers Associates of the Royal Academy Alumni of the Royal Academy Schools 19th-century English male artists