SIR

See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM

See also:

• BLAKE, EDWARD (1833– )
• BLAKE, ROBERT (1599-1657)
• BLAKE, WILLIAM (1757-1827)

BLAKE

See also:

• RICHMOND
• RICHMOND, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• RICHMOND, LEGH (1772-1827)
• SIR WILLIAM BLAKE RICHMOND (1842– )

RICHMOND (1842– )  , English painter and decorator, was born in London on the 29th of November 1842 . His father, George Richmond, R.A . (18o9–1896), himself the son of a successful miniature painter, was a distinguished artist, who painted the portraits of the most eminent people of his day, and played an important part in society . At the age of fourteen William Richmond entered the Royal Academy schools, where he worked for about three years . A visit to Italy in 1859 gave him special opportunity for studying the works of the old masters, and had an important effect upon his development . His first Academy picture was a portrait group (1861); and to this succeeded, during the next three years, several other pictures of the same class . In 1865 he returned to Italy, and spent four years there, living chiefly at Rome . To this period belongs the large canvas . " A Procession in Honour of Bacchus," which he exhibited at the Academy in 1869 when he came back to England . His picture, An Audience at Athens," was exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery in 1885 . He became Slade professor at Oxford, succeeding Ruskin, in 1878, but resigned three years later . He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1888 and Royal Academician in 1895; he received the degree of D.C.L. in 1896, and a knighthood of the Bath in 1897, and became professor of painting to the Royal Academy .

Apart from his pictures, he is notable for his

work in decorative art, his most conspicuous achievement being the internal decoration and the glass mosaics of St Paul's Cathedral . Sir William Richmond also took a keen interest in social questions, particularly in smoke-prevention in London .