George John Pinwell. George John Pinwell, was a British illustrator and watercolourist.
Pinwell received his art education at educated at St. Martin's Lane Academy and Heatherley's Academy. He belonged to the small group of watercolour painters which included Frederick Walker and Arthur Boyd Houghton, whose style came from drawing on wood for book-illustration.
His career was cut short by an early death. He came from a poor background, but in 1862 he entered Heatherley's studio and there obtained his art education.
His earliest drawings appeared in Littiput Levée. He did a little work for the periodical Fun and executed several designs for the silversmiths Elkington's.
He worked for Josiah Wood Whymper and through him met J W North and Fred Walker. In 1863 his first drawing appeared in Once a Week and from that time his work was in constant demand. There were many of his compositions in Good Words, The Sunday Magazine, The Quiver and London Society, and he subsequently illustrated for the Dalziel Brothers' editions of Oliver Goldsmith, of Jean Ingelow's poems, Robert Buchanan's Ballads of the Affections, and the Arabian Nights. Best-known were two scenes from the Pied Piper of Hamelin, Gilbert à Becket's Troth, Out of Tune, A Seat in St James's Park and The Elixir of Life. In 1874 Pinwell fell seriously ill and went to Africa for the winter. He painted three major watercolours at Tangier, which wer
Pinwell received his art education at educated at St. Martin's Lane Academy and Heatherley's Academy. He belonged to the small group of watercolour painters which included Frederick Walker and Arthur Boyd Houghton, whose style came from drawing on wood for book-illustration.
His career was cut short by an early death. He came from a poor background, but in 1862 he entered Heatherley's studio and there obtained his art education.
His earliest drawings appeared in Littiput Levée. He did a little work for the periodical Fun and executed several designs for the silversmiths Elkington's.
He worked for Josiah Wood Whymper and through him met J W North and Fred Walker. In 1863 his first drawing appeared in Once a Week and from that time his work was in constant demand. There were many of his compositions in Good Words, The Sunday Magazine, The Quiver and London Society, and he subsequently illustrated for the Dalziel Brothers' editions of Oliver Goldsmith, of Jean Ingelow's poems, Robert Buchanan's Ballads of the Affections, and the Arabian Nights. Best-known were two scenes from the Pied Piper of Hamelin, Gilbert à Becket's Troth, Out of Tune, A Seat in St James's Park and The Elixir of Life. In 1874 Pinwell fell seriously ill and went to Africa for the winter. He painted three major watercolours at Tangier, which wer
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