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Passionate Customer Service Museum Quality Art Prints Customization Options AvailablePhilip Wilson Steers father was a painter. But it was the housekeeper Margaret Jones, called "Jane", later Mrs. Raynes, who gave Philip a box of watercolors as a present, thus igniting his passion for art.
In 1922 Philip Wilson Steer erected a picturesque monument to his draughtswoman when he exhibited her portrait at the Royal Academy. The once young Welsh woman, who at the time of the artist's birth entered the Steer family's service as a children's nurse, later married, quickly widowed and then returned to Steer's service as a cook, is 83 years old at this point. Today, the portrait of the old lady in black, with her white lace bonnet, her heavy, resting hands swollen from work, and her straight, open gaze is kept at the Tate Gallery in London under the title Mrs. Raynes.
Born 1860 in Birkenhead, Steer studied drawing and painting with John Kemp at the Gloucester School of Art from the age of about 18. The academy rejected him, so that he instead went to Paris as early as 1882, where he studied first at the Académie Julian and later, from 1883, at the École des Beaux Arts under Cabanel. Steer's first exhibited work was a portrait of Mr. Bick, the brother-in-law of John Kemp. The painting was probably painted in Gloucester, in 1881. We see a white-bearded newspaper reader who seems to be skimming the headline of an article to keep up with current events: What of the War? The war to which the title of Steer's painting refers must have been the Sudan War, which began in 1881 after the Mahdi rebellion and dragged on for ten years, until Great Britain also became increasingly involved in the conflict and, from 1896, took military action against the Mahdists. In the first half of the 19th century, this type of history painting was one of the few ways in which the British public could experience their overseas empire. In this context, Philip Wilson Steers' history painting was also a form of documentation.
In 1927 Steer lost his sight in one eye, but continued to paint, mostly watercolours and no longer in oil. His compositions thus became lighter, almost abstract. He is the Englishman who deserves credit for combining the style of French Impressionism with the tradition of painting by Wilson, Gainsborough, Turner or Constable. The first impulse for this came from his stays in Paris, where Steer had the opportunity to see exhibitions of Monet, Pissarro and Renoir during the years 1882 to 1883.
Steer never married. Apart from a few hours spent on a daily walk, a game of chess or talking to friends, he painted incessantly. He read little and detested writing. He was a keen observer and critic, but always modest and full of sympathy for the efforts of other artists. From 1940 he had to give up painting altogether. He died in London on March 18, 1942.
Philip Wilson Steers father was a painter. But it was the housekeeper Margaret Jones, called "Jane", later Mrs. Raynes, who gave Philip a box of watercolors as a present, thus igniting his passion for art.
In 1922 Philip Wilson Steer erected a picturesque monument to his draughtswoman when he exhibited her portrait at the Royal Academy. The once young Welsh woman, who at the time of the artist's birth entered the Steer family's service as a children's nurse, later married, quickly widowed and then returned to Steer's service as a cook, is 83 years old at this point. Today, the portrait of the old lady in black, with her white lace bonnet, her heavy, resting hands swollen from work, and her straight, open gaze is kept at the Tate Gallery in London under the title Mrs. Raynes.
Born 1860 in Birkenhead, Steer studied drawing and painting with John Kemp at the Gloucester School of Art from the age of about 18. The academy rejected him, so that he instead went to Paris as early as 1882, where he studied first at the Académie Julian and later, from 1883, at the École des Beaux Arts under Cabanel. Steer's first exhibited work was a portrait of Mr. Bick, the brother-in-law of John Kemp. The painting was probably painted in Gloucester, in 1881. We see a white-bearded newspaper reader who seems to be skimming the headline of an article to keep up with current events: What of the War? The war to which the title of Steer's painting refers must have been the Sudan War, which began in 1881 after the Mahdi rebellion and dragged on for ten years, until Great Britain also became increasingly involved in the conflict and, from 1896, took military action against the Mahdists. In the first half of the 19th century, this type of history painting was one of the few ways in which the British public could experience their overseas empire. In this context, Philip Wilson Steers' history painting was also a form of documentation.
In 1927 Steer lost his sight in one eye, but continued to paint, mostly watercolours and no longer in oil. His compositions thus became lighter, almost abstract. He is the Englishman who deserves credit for combining the style of French Impressionism with the tradition of painting by Wilson, Gainsborough, Turner or Constable. The first impulse for this came from his stays in Paris, where Steer had the opportunity to see exhibitions of Monet, Pissarro and Renoir during the years 1882 to 1883.
Steer never married. Apart from a few hours spent on a daily walk, a game of chess or talking to friends, he painted incessantly. He read little and detested writing. He was a keen observer and critic, but always modest and full of sympathy for the efforts of other artists. From 1940 he had to give up painting altogether. He died in London on March 18, 1942.
.jpg "Seated Nude: The Black Hat by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Hydrangeas, 1901 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Girls Running, Walberswick Pier by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Watching Cowes Regatta, 1892 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-903045).jpg "Syon House from the River, c.1894 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Nude by Philip Wilson Steer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1112800).jpg "Portrait of Miss Ethel Warwick by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Montreuil from the Ramparts, 1907 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Girl on a Sofa, 1891 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Girl Reclining on Sofa by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Chatterboxes by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Walberswick, Children Paddling, 1891 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-903120).jpg "Against the Light, by the River by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Bridgnorth, Shropshire, Edge of a Wood, before 1912 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "A Turn of the Cards by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Sunset, 1915 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-997393).jpg "Untitled by Philip Wilson Steer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1113284).jpg "The Pillow Fight by Philip Wilson Steer")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-159236).jpg "Beach at Etaples, 1887 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "On Walberswick Pier, c1887, c1915 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Sleeping Boy by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "The End of the Chapter by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "The Schoolgirl by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Cloudy Day, Whitstable by Philip Wilson Steer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-901763).jpg "Lady in Grey: Mrs Montgomery by Philip Wilson Steer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-959357).jpg "Untitled by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Summer Evening, 1912 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-288449).jpg "Chelsea Reach by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Knucklebones, Walberswick, 1888-89 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-299068).jpg "Figures walking beside a line of beach huts by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "John Kemp, 1880-82 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-901827).jpg "Landscape by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Corfe Castle, 1913 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Ludlow Walks by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Children Paddling by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Figures in a Courtyard, Montreuil-sur-Mer by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Grove at Bridgnorth, 1901-1935 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-901627).jpg "Hawes, Wensleydale by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "The Storm, c1914 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Stroud Canal, Gloucestershire, 1902 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Girl with Cat by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "The Blue Dress, 1892 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Lady Clare Annesley, before 1912 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Stormy Day, Gloucestershire, c.1902 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Springtime by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Brill, Buckinghamshire by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "A Breezy Morning by Philip Wilson Steer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-959358).jpg "Untitled by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Portrait of Miss Emma Froude by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "The Blue Sash by Philip Wilson Steer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1128846).jpg "Low Tide on the Estuary of the River Blackwater by Philip Wilson Steer")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-178364).jpg "Figure Study: two women seated on a river bank by Philip Wilson Steer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-902513).jpg "Mother and Child by Philip Wilson Steer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-997390).jpg "Untitled by Philip Wilson Steer")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-300931).jpg "Coast Scene by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Ludlow, c1895 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Thames Barges, Greenhithe by Philip Wilson Steer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-959354).jpg "The Wye above Chepstow, c.1905 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Poole Harbour by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Girl in a Large Hat by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "The River Teme, Evening, near Ludlow - The Clee Hills in the Distance by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "A Chelsea Window, 1909 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-981428).jpg "(watercolor on paper) by Philip Wilson Steer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-959356).jpg "Untitled by Philip Wilson Steer")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-287540).jpg "Evening - river scene by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "The Vale, Bridgnorth by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Landscape, 1909 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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_(oil_on_canvas)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1123476).jpg "Portrait of Miss Scobell in a Bathchair (The Convalescent) by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Seated figure: woman seated, wearing a hat by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "The Domino by Philip Wilson Steer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-959355).jpg "Untitled by Philip Wilson Steer")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-195706).jpg "Richmond, Yorkshire by Philip Wilson Steer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-981426).jpg "View near Bridgnorth, c.1925 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-997391).jpg "Untitled by Philip Wilson Steer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1016842).jpg "(watercolor on paper) by Philip Wilson Steer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1016849).jpg "(watercolor on paper) by Philip Wilson Steer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1116462).jpg "The Picnic, Little Dean by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "The Posy, 1904 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Summer at Cowes by Philip Wilson Steer")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-550396).jpg "Houses Among the Trees, 1902 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1106357).jpg "Mother and Daughter, Boulogne, c.1894 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "The End of the Chapter by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Bathers, Knaresborough by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Richmond Bridge in Richmond, Surrey by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Digging for Bait, Shoreham by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Landscape, Possibly Framlingham, Suffolk by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "The Beach, Shoreham, 1928 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Severn Valley above Newnham, from Littledean, c.1909 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Low Tide, Walmer Beach by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "The red bridge, Ironbridge by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Stranded Fishing Boats, Maldon by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Portrait of Francis Edward James by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Harbour Mouth, Shoreham by Philip Wilson Steer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1133669).jpg "Having a Snooze by Philip Wilson Steer")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-308084).jpg "A view of Chirk Castle by Philip Wilson Steer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-384730).jpg "The Bend in the River, near Chepstow, Monmouthshire, 1905 by Philip Wilson Steer")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-159890).jpg "Bridgenorth by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Lady by Philip Wilson Steer")
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.jpg "A Shipyard, Shoreham, Sussex by Philip Wilson Steer")
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