George Vincent (painter)

For other people named George Vincent, see George Vincent (disambiguation).

George Vincent (1796 – c.1832) was an English landscape and marine painter, born, in Norwich in June 1796.

Biography

A View of Cheddar Gorge, c. 1820 (Yale Center for British Art).

Vincent was born in the parish of St John Timberhill, Norwich, and baptised on 27 June 1796. He was the second surviving son of James Vincent, a weaver, later a manufacturer, living in St. Clement's Church Alley, Norwich, and his first wife, Mary Freeman, who died in about 1800. He was educated at Norwich School . On leaving school he was articled to John Crome. His fellow-pupils were James Stark and John Berney Crome.[1]

He contributed to the exhibitions of the Norwich Society of Artists every year from 1811 until 1823, showing a total of more than 100 pictures. In 1814 he exhibited a view of a scene near Norwich at the Royal Academy, and another in 1815 at the British Institution, but he was not a regular contributor to the London exhibitions until moving to the capital in 1818. He lived first in Wells Street, then at 86 Newman Street, where he remained till 1821. At first he received a fair amount of patronage, and painted some pictures of importance. He exhibited nine works at the Royal Academy, 41 at the British Institution (yearly from 1815 to 1831, except 1816 and 1828), and twelve in Suffolk Street. His pictures were mostly views of the Norfolk countryside, with occasional Scottish scenes such as Edinburgh from Calton Hill (1820) and Loch Katrine (1822), and pictures of boats. In 1820 he exhibited London from the Surrey Side of Waterloo Bridge at the gallery of the Old Watercolour Society, which was open on that occasion to non-members. The picture was bought by Lord De Tabley. In the same year he exhibited a View of Greenwich from Blackwall at the British Institution.[1]

In 1822 he was living at Kentish Town. After that year his name appears in exhibition catalogues with no address. His health suffered from his intemperate habits, and he was generally in financial difficulties. In the summer and autumn of 1824 he was living at 28 Upper Thornhaugh Street, Bedford Square. At this time he was preparing pictures of the battles of the Nile and Trafalgar to compete for a prize offered by the directors of the British Gallery. He was, however, unable to complete them, as he was imprisoned in the Fleet Prison for debt, although he was able to continue to paint small pictures during his confinement. In 1825 he visited James Stark at Norwich, accompanied by a keeper, and in that year he resumed his connection with the Norwich Society, sending five works to the exhibition. He was freed from prison in February 1827. In 1828 he sent six pictures to the Norwich exhibition, and in 1831 exhibited his last picture there.[1]

He died at some time before 14 April 1832, when a notice appeared in the Norwich Mercury: "Died lately at Bath, in his 36th year, Mr George Vincent, artist". [2]

He married the daughter of a Dr. Cugnoni; she subsequently married a journalist named Murphy.[1] His View of Greenwich Hospital was shown in the International Exhibition of 1862. [1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5  Dodgson, Campbell (1885–1900). "Vincent, George". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. ↑ Dodgson, Campbell, rev. Norma Watt (2004). "Vincent, George". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 12 February 2015. (subscription required)

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