Joseph Stannard. Joseph Stannard was an English marine and landscape painter and etcher.
During his short life he rose to become a talented and prominent member of the Norwich School of painters. After attending Norwich Grammar School his parents paid for him to be trained as an artist by Robert Ladbrooke, one of the founding members of the Norwich Society of Artists.
During Stannard's working life as an artist he exhibited in both Norwich and London, with some success. In 1816 he seceded from the Norwich Society of Artists to join a rival society in the city, which lasted a few years.
As an painter he was influenced by the work of earlier Dutch masters, whose works he studied and copied following a visit to Holland in 1821. His own most important work is Thorpe Water Frolic, Afternoon, which was first exhibited in 1825.
In 1827 a collection of his etchings were published in a volume entitled Norfolk Etchings. In 1826 he married the artist Emily Coppin. Their daughter Emily Stannard were also talented artists. He suffered from poor health during most of his short life and died in 1830, from tuberculosis. Joseph Stannard was born in Norwich in Norfolk on 13 September 1797, the son of Abraham Stannard and Mary Bell, and was baptised by his parents later that week, on 17 September, at St Michael-at-Plea, Norwich. He attended Norwich Grammar School as a boy, and his early artistic talents encourage
During his short life he rose to become a talented and prominent member of the Norwich School of painters. After attending Norwich Grammar School his parents paid for him to be trained as an artist by Robert Ladbrooke, one of the founding members of the Norwich Society of Artists.
During Stannard's working life as an artist he exhibited in both Norwich and London, with some success. In 1816 he seceded from the Norwich Society of Artists to join a rival society in the city, which lasted a few years.
As an painter he was influenced by the work of earlier Dutch masters, whose works he studied and copied following a visit to Holland in 1821. His own most important work is Thorpe Water Frolic, Afternoon, which was first exhibited in 1825.
In 1827 a collection of his etchings were published in a volume entitled Norfolk Etchings. In 1826 he married the artist Emily Coppin. Their daughter Emily Stannard were also talented artists. He suffered from poor health during most of his short life and died in 1830, from tuberculosis. Joseph Stannard was born in Norwich in Norfolk on 13 September 1797, the son of Abraham Stannard and Mary Bell, and was baptised by his parents later that week, on 17 September, at St Michael-at-Plea, Norwich. He attended Norwich Grammar School as a boy, and his early artistic talents encourage
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