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⚫ | '''Paul Jacob Naftel''' (10 September 1817 – 13 September 1891) was a [[watercolour]] painter from [[Guernsey]], the only Guernsey-born professional painter of the 19th century.<ref name="painting store">{{cite news |
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⚫ | '''Paul Jacob Naftel''' (10 September 1817 – 13 September 1891) was a [[watercolour]] painter from [[Guernsey]], the only Guernsey-born professional painter of the 19th century.<ref name="painting store">{{cite news|title=Museum's painting store: We took a look into one of Guernsey museum's painting store cupboards ahead of an exhibition of island Romantics|work=[[BBC Guernsey]]|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/guernsey/content/articles/2009/01/28/museum_paintings_feature.shtml|date=28 January 2009|access-date=10 November 2013}}</ref> |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Naftel was born on 10 September 1817 in Guernsey.<ref name=DNB1894>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Naftel, Paul Jacob|volume=40}}</ref> He was a self-taught artist and taught drawing at [[Elizabeth College |
Naftel was born on 10 September 1817 in Guernsey.<ref name="DNB1894">{{cite DNB|wstitle=Naftel, Paul Jacob|volume=40}}</ref> He was a self-taught artist and taught drawing at [[Elizabeth College (Guernsey)|Elizabeth College]] on Guernsey.<ref name="DNB1894 "/> |
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Naftel was extremely prolific, producing over 1000 works during his lifetime.<ref name="painting store" /> He came to particular prominence when he recorded [[Queen Victoria]]'s visit to Guernsey in 1846, with the resulting prints published in |
Naftel was extremely prolific, producing over 1000 works during his lifetime.<ref name="painting store" /> He came to particular prominence when he recorded [[Queen Victoria]]'s visit to Guernsey in 1846, with the resulting prints published in ''[[The Illustrated London News]]''.<ref name="museum biog">{{cite web|title=Artists: Naftel, Paul Jacob|publisher=Guernsey Museums & Galleries|url=http://guernseymuseumsgalleries.e-printphoto.co.uk/c/33737/artists|access-date=10 November 2013}}</ref> In 1856 he was elected to the [[Royal Watercolour Society|Society of Painters in Water Colours]].<ref name="DNB1894 "/> |
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He married twice. His second wife, [[Isabel Naftel|Isabel Oakley]], was an artist and the youngest daughter of his longtime friend [[Octavius Oakley]]. Naftel's second marriage produced two sons and a daughter including [[Maud Naftel]] (1856–1890) who was also a successful artist.<ref>[http://www.theislandwiki.org/index.php/Paul_Jacob_Naftel Paul Jacob Naftel, theislandwiki.org]</ref> |
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⚫ | Naftel moved to London in 1870, where he had a highly successful solo exhibition at the gallery of the [[Fine Art Society]].<ref name="museum biog" /> At his art studio in [[Chelsea, London]]<ref name="vch">{{cite web |title=Settlement and building: Artists and Chelsea Pages 102-106 A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 12, Chelsea. |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol12/pp102-106 |website=British History Online |publisher=Victoria County History, 2004 |access-date=21 December 2022}}</ref> he taught [[Rose Maynard Barton]] and [[Mildred Anne Butler]]. |
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Latest revision as of 18:28, 4 June 2023
Paul Jacob Naftel (10 September 1817 – 13 September 1891) was a watercolour painter from Guernsey, the only Guernsey-born professional painter of the 19th century.[1]
Biography
[edit]Naftel was born on 10 September 1817 in Guernsey.[2] He was a self-taught artist and taught drawing at Elizabeth College on Guernsey.[2]
Naftel was extremely prolific, producing over 1000 works during his lifetime.[1] He came to particular prominence when he recorded Queen Victoria's visit to Guernsey in 1846, with the resulting prints published in The Illustrated London News.[3] In 1856 he was elected to the Society of Painters in Water Colours.[2]
He married twice. His second wife, Isabel Oakley, was an artist and the youngest daughter of his longtime friend Octavius Oakley. Naftel's second marriage produced two sons and a daughter including Maud Naftel (1856–1890) who was also a successful artist.[4]
Naftel moved to London in 1870, where he had a highly successful solo exhibition at the gallery of the Fine Art Society.[3] At his art studio in Chelsea, London[5] he taught Rose Maynard Barton and Mildred Anne Butler.
He died in Strawberry Hill near London on 13 September 1891.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Museum's painting store: We took a look into one of Guernsey museum's painting store cupboards ahead of an exhibition of island Romantics". BBC Guernsey. 28 January 2009. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ^ a b c d Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 40. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ a b "Artists: Naftel, Paul Jacob". Guernsey Museums & Galleries. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ^ Paul Jacob Naftel, theislandwiki.org
- ^ "Settlement and building: Artists and Chelsea Pages 102-106 A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 12, Chelsea". British History Online. Victoria County History, 2004. Retrieved 21 December 2022.