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CHARLES WELLINGTON FURSE (1868-1904)

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 365 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHARLES See also:WELLINGTON See also:FURSE (1868-1904)  , See also:English painter, See also:born at See also:Staines, the son of the Rev . C . W . See also:Furse, See also:arch-See also:deacon .of See also:Westminster, was descended collaterally from See also:Sir See also:Joshua See also:Reynolds, and in his See also:short span of See also:life achieved such rare excellence as a portrait and figure painter that he forms an important See also:link in the See also:chain of See also:British See also:portraiture which extends from the See also:time when See also:Van Dyck was called to the See also:court of See also:Charles I. to our own See also:day . His See also:talent was precocious; at the See also:age of seven he gave indications of it in a number of drawings illustrating See also:Scott's novels . He entered the See also:Slade school in 1884, winning the Slade scholarship in the following See also:year, and completed his See also:education at See also:Julian's atelier in See also:Paris . Hard worker as he was, his activity was frequently interrupted by spells of illness, for he had See also:developed signs of See also:consumption when he was still attending the Slade school . An important See also:canvas called " See also:Cain" was his first contribution (1888) to the Royal See also:Academy, to the associateship of which he was elected in the year of his See also:death . For some years before he had been a staunch supporter of the New English See also:Art See also:Club, to the exhibitions of which he was a See also:regular contributor . He was married in See also:October 1900 to Katherine, daughter of See also:John Addington See also:Symonds . His fondness for See also:sport and of an open-See also:air life found expression in his art and introduced a new, fresh and vigorous See also:note into portraiture . There is never a See also:suggestion of the studio or of the fatiguing pose in his portraits .

The sitters appear unconscious of being painted, and are generally seen in the pursuit of their favourite outdoor sport or pastime, in the full enjoyment of life . Such are the " See also:

Diana of the Uplands," the " See also:Lord See also:Roberts " and " The Return from the Ride " at the See also:Tate See also:Gallery; the four See also:children in the " Cubbing with the See also:York and Ainsty," " The See also:Lilac See also:Gown," " Mr and Mrs See also:Oliver Fishing " and the portrait of Lord Charles See also:Beresford . Most of these pictures, and indeed nearly all the See also:work completed in the few years of Furse's activity, show a pronounced decorative tendency . His sense of space, See also:composition and decorative See also:design can best be judged by his admirable mural decorations for See also:Liverpool See also:town See also:hall, executed between 1899 and 1902 . A memorial See also:exhibition of Furse's paintings and sketches was held at the See also:Burlington See also:Fine Arts Club i n s 906 .

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