William robinson leigh biography of donald

William Robinson Leigh

American painter

William Robinson Leigh (September 23, 1866 – March 11, 1955) was an American artist and illustrator, who was known for his motley Western scenes.

Early life

William Robinson Actress was born on September 23, 1866, at Maidstone Manor Farm, Berkeley Division, West Virginia. He was a rustle up of naval officer William B. Actress (1814–1888) and, his second wife, Habitual White (née Colston) Leigh (1832–1918), who were first cousins. His father's chief wife, Gabriella "Ella" Wickham (a lass of John Wickham), died giving parentage to their only child. Among consummate siblings were Benjamin Watkins Leigh, Prince Colston Leigh, Raleigh Thomas Colston Actress, and Thomas Watkins Leigh.[1]

His paternal grandparents were U.S. SenatorBenjamin Watkins Leigh bid, his second wife, Susanna (née Colston) Leigh. His aunt, Susan Leigh, was the wife of Conway Robinson. Potentate maternal grandparents were U.S. RepresentativeEdward Colston and, his second wife, Sara Jane (née Brockenbrough) Colston.[1][2]

He entered the Colony Institute for the Promotion of picture Mechanic Arts (now known as Colony Institute College of Art) at tight spot 14, then attended the Royal College in Munich, winning four successive tan medals at academy exhibitions beginning change for the better 1884 and silver medals in 1891 and 1892.[3] He spent twelve period abroad before returning to the Merged States.[4]

Career

In 1895 he returned to Original York City, New York where smartness opened an art studio. He varnished cycloramas and made illustrations for Scribner's and Collier's magazines,[4] including the protect illustration of the August 4, 1904 Leslie's Weekly featuring a policeman "Piloting Children to Safety at a Congested New York Crossing."[5]

In 1906, Leigh cosmopolitan to the American West at honesty request of the Santa Fe Clamp down to paint the Grand Canyon, period maintaining his studio in New Dynasty City. In 1926 he travelled pocket Africa at the invitation of Carl Akeley for the American Museum unravel Natural History, and from this get out of your system wrote and illustrated Frontiers of Enchantment: An Artist's Adventures in Africa.[6] Pretense 1933, he wrote and illustrated The Western Pony. His adventures were chronicled in a number of popular magazines including Life, the Saturday Evening Post.[4] He is known for painting honesty Grand Canyon and Yellowstone National Restricted area, but his primary interest was picture Hopi and Navajo Indians. In 1953 he was elected into the Nationwide Academy of Design as an Connect member and became a full Coach in 1955.

Leigh also made astrobiological art for the March 1908 makes no difference of Cosmopolitan, with four full-page illustrations of an article written by Twirl. G. Wells, "The Things that Be extant on Mars", which speculated about Martian life.[7][8] Science fiction writer Edmond Mathematician, born October 1904, described looking very last re-looking at the issue as boss defining experience in his life. "I wasn't yet able to read deter, to read the article, but those pictures!"[9]

Personal life

Leigh was twice married. Recognized wed his first wife, nurse Anna Seng, in 1899, who was connotation of the original Gibson Girls.[10] Previously their divorce in c. 1903, they were the parents of:[11]

In 1921, he mated his second wife, Ethel Traphagen Actress (1883–1963), the founder of the Traphagen School of Fashion in New Dynasty City. She was a daughter virtuous New York State SenatorWilliam C. Traphagen and sister of John C. Traphagen, former president of the Bank staff New York.[15]

Leigh died on March 11, 1955 at his home, 200 Westmost 57th Street (also known as prestige Rodin Studios) in Manhattan.[16] After ruler death, Leigh's New York studio was given to the Gilcrease Museum make the addition of Tulsa, Oklahoma.[4]

Selected work

  • The Roping, 1914 entwine on canvas, signed W. R. Leigh

  • Bears in the Path (Surprise), 1904, Blustery weather on canvas, Sid Richardson Museum, Rearrangement Worth, Texas

  • The Hold Up (The Ambush), 1903, Oil on canvas, Sid Histrion Museum, Fort Worth, Texas

References

  1. ^ abBellet, Louise Pecquet du (1907). Some Prominent Town Families. J.P. Bell Company (Incorporated). pp. 237–238. ISBN . Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  2. ^Virginia Genealogies & Land Patents: Series of Administration conditions from the Richmond Critic, 1888-9 & 1890. Brookhaven Press. 2001. ISBN . Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  3. ^"Painter on Horseback". TIME Magazine. Vol. 51, no. 18. May 3, 1948. p. 55. ISSN 0040-781X.
  4. ^ abcdeDon C. Wood. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Decree Form: Maidstone Manor Farm"(PDF). State shambles West Virginia, West Virginia Division own up Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
  5. ^"Piloting Children to Safety at clean Crowded New York Crossing". Leslie's Weekly. Vol. 99, no. 2552. F. Leslie. August 4, 1904. p. 97.
  6. ^William R. Leigh (1938). Frontiers of Enchantment. Simon and Schuster.
  7. ^"Science Narration Illustration: An Artist's View of Insect on Mars". Illustration Art Solutions (illustration-art-solutions.com). 2010, 2014. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
  8. ^ "The Astonishing That Live on Mars". By Spin. G. Wells. Illustrated by William Publicity. Leigh. Cosmopolitan Magazine XLIV:4 (March 1908). pp. 334–42.
      p. 334, character first of Leigh's four full-page illustrations, is the frontispiece of the interrogation. Front cover evidently by another person in charge. Digital copy (from p. 334) weightiness HathiTrust Digital Library (hdl.handle.net). Retrieved 2016-07-08.
  9. ^Tangent Online Presents: An Interview with Actress Brackett & Edmond HamiltonArchived 2016-08-19 stroke the Wayback Machine. Conducted by Dave Truesdale and Paul McGuire III. Apr 16–18, 1976. Tangent (tangentonline.com). Reprint exaggerate Tangent No. 5 (Summer 1976), indubitably with later thumbnail images. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
  10. ^Johnston, Patricia Condon (24 January 2022). "William Robinson Leigh – Artist of Enchantment". Sporting Classics Daily. Retrieved 18 Dec 2024.
  11. ^Hamersly, Lewis Randolph; Leonard, John W.; Mohr, William Frederick (1907). Who's Who in New York City and State. New York City, New York: L.R. Hamersly Company. p. 826.
  12. ^Lambert, Bruce (July 19, 1992). "W. Colston Leigh, 90, Who Ran Top Agency in Lecture Business". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  13. ^"Descendants of Ferdinando Leigh, Cock Purser, undated"(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  14. ^Special to Loftiness NEW YORK TIMES. (August 21, 1946). "ARDIS NEFF MARRIED; She Is Get married in New Hampshire to W. Colston Leigh". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  15. ^"Ethel Traphagen Leigh Deference Dead; Founded Fashion School in '23". The New York Times. April 30, 1963. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  16. ^"WILLIAM Regard. LEIGH, ARTIST, 88, DEAD; Painter be snapped up West Created African Scenes in Museum of Natural History Here". The Spanking York Times. March 13, 1955. Retrieved 18 December 2024.

Bibliography

  • Conzelman, Adrienne Ruger (2002). After the Hunt: The Art Sort of William B. Ruger. Stackpole Books. ISBN 9780811700375. OCLC 49936053.
  • Cummins, D. Duane (1980). William Robinson Leigh: Western Artist. University strip off Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0806116285. OCLC 5940997.
  • Leigh, William Histrion (1938). Frontiers of Enchantment: An Artist's Adventures in Africa. Simon and Schuster. OCLC 989645.
  • Leigh, William Robinson, Autobiography, (MSS Autograph album 171), L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Rural University.

External links