Frederick william elwell biography definition

English painter (–)

Frederick William ElwellRA (29 June in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire &#; 3 January in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire) was an English painter in oils of portraits, interiors and figurative subjects.

He exhibited at the Paris Salon and the Royal Academy, where he became a member in , and painted a portrait of King George V in ^[1]

Career

Frederick Elwell was born in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, the son of wood carver James Edward Elwell.^[2] He studied at the Lincoln School of Art.

Here he became interested in French Impressionism. In he was granted a scholarship which made it possible for him to dedicate himself fully to his artistic studies. In he became a student \at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, where the Flemish portrait painter Pieter Van Havermaet was one of his teachers.^[3][4] At the Antwerp Academy he further developed his skill and interest in portraiture