David Jagger

This article is about the English painter. For the English professional golfer, see David Jagger (golfer).
David Jagger

Self portrait, approx. 1910–1920
Born 1891
Kilnhurst, Rotherham, Yorkshire
Died 1958
Nationality British
Education Sheffield School of Art
Known for Portrait painting
Notable work Robert Baden-Powell, Winston Churchill
Movement Royal Society of Portrait Painters (RP), Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI)
Patron(s) The Scout Association

David Jagger, RP, ROI (1891, Kilnhurst, near Rotherham, Yorkshire – 1958) was an English portrait painter.

A prolific painter, he is renowned for his 1929 painting of Robert Baden-Powell.

Personal life

David Jagger was born in Kilnhurst, near Rotherham, in 1891. He was the son of colliery manager Enoch Jagger and his wife Mary Sargeant, and had a sister Edith (approx. 1880–1938) and brother Charles (1885–1934). Edith became a landscape artist, and founded Painted Fabrics Ltd in 1923; Charles became a sculptor.[1][2][3]

Jagger went to the Sheffield School of Art, together with his sister and his brother. After his education, he became a leading member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (R.O.I.), and exhibited regularly at The Royal Academy, the Royal Society of British Artists (R.B.A.) and the R.O.I. In 1940, Jagger exhibited together with his sister and brother (posthumously) in a special exhibition at the Rotherham Art Gallery and Museum, under the title The art of the Jagger Family.[4][5][6]

Works

Jagger's most notable work is the painting of Robert Baden-Powell, as presented to Baden-Powell during the Coming of Age Jamboree on 10 August 1929. Numerous copies of this portrait have been created, and are displayed on Scouting premises worldwide. The original is on display in the collection of Baden-Powell House, the former headquarters of The Scout Association. A significant copy is in the office of the Secretary General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in Geneva.

Jagger produced portraits of illustrious people, such Queen Mary, exhibited in the Royal Academy exhibition of 1930, Winston Churchill, the artist Robert Fowler, physician Dr Thomas Forrest Cotton (1926), and business man J.G. Graves, Mr(later Sir) William Souter 1940 Newcastle Shipowner,Mrs Thelma Bader, wife of Wing Commander Douglas Bader (1942), Lady Lady Millicent Taylour, and his brother Charles Sargeant Jagger (in the National Portrait Gallery since 1998). Jagger was a prolific painter, and also painted more anonymous persons, such as Portrait Of An Officer Of The Raf During World War II (1941), Portrait of an architect holding plans (unk date), Portrait of a woman (1945), The silk scarf, Negro profile, and Olga. But he also painted landscapes and stills such as Corfe Castle (date unk), Mountain road, Majorca (date unk), Meissen porcelain parrot (unk date), and Mother & Child by Stream (1912).[4][6][7][8][9][10][11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ David Cohen (Spring 2009). "Captain Charles Sargeant Jagger – Gallipoli and his war art" (PDF). The Gallipolian (The Gallipoli Association) (119). Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  2. ↑ "Charles Sargeant Jagger (1885–1934). A pair of rare Portland stone groups of a nymph and satyr". Sothebys. 26 September 2000. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  3. ↑ "Sheffield and South Yorkshire – Local history". BBC. January 2009. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  4. 1 2 "Sheffield´s Collections: Jagger". My Learning. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
  5. ↑ "David Jagger, art, artist". Ask Art, the artists' bluebook. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
  6. 1 2 "Pictures, Auction catalogue – Pictures" (PDF). Bearnes, Hampton & Littlewood. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  7. ↑ "Price list of published works". Arcadja auction list. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
  8. ↑ "Past auctions results". Artnet. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
  9. ↑ "Portrait of a woman / Ruby". Cavenish Art Gallery. The original painting will be sold at Bonhams, Knightsbridge – March 5th 2013. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
  10. ↑ "David Jagger". ArtInfo. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  11. ↑ "Charles Sargeant Jagger (1885–1934) - A Kilnhurst sculptor". Mexborough & District Heritage Society. Retrieved 2010-08-31.


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