John Glover 1767 - 1849
John Glover – Artist
John Glover was born on February 18th. 1767 at Houghton-On-The-Hill, near Leicester, England. he became a landscape artist of high repute and a member of the British Society of Painters in Watercolours, of which he was elected President in 1807.
He first exhibited in oils in 1799 at The Royal Academy, London, and had his first major success as a painter in that medium.
Continuing to exhibit in that medium, he sold his view of Durham Cathedral in 1812 for 500 guineas. He exhibited in Paris in 1814 and was presented with a gold medal by Louis XV111. In 1820 John Glover opened his own gallery at 16 Old Bond St, London and was very successful.
Three of Glover’s sons left England for van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) arriving in 1829. Two years later, John Glover and his wife, Sarah, joined them, arriving at the River Tamar near Launceston on the artist’s birthday, February 18th, 1831. He was allocated land at Mill’s Plains, Ben Lomond (Deddington) where he built his home. The property, which he named ‘Patterdale’, is approximately 20km. from Evandale. it is from there he painted wonderful Tasmanian scenes of his newly discovered ‘Arcadia’ landscapes.
In 1835 he sent the works to London for an exhibition depicting the scenery and customs of the inhabitants of van Diemen’s Land. In November 2001 one of these paintings ‘Mount Wellington’ and Hobart Town with Natives Dancing and Bathing’, sold for more than $1.5 million. His oil paintings are on display in the Queen Victoria Museum in Launceston, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery in Hobart, major Australian and British art galleries and the Louvre in Paris.
John Glover died at ‘Patterdale’ on December 9th. 1849 and is interred in a vault at Nile Chapel. Deddington.
This bronze statue, in his memory, stands at Evandale, Tasmania.
John Glover 1767 - 1849 belongs to the following groups:
Australian Landmarks and Icons, Landscape Photography, Public Art and Tasmania Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints and Framed Prints
mlgkats
this is a great piece of history that you captured very nicely
gemlenz
nice capture
adgray
Wow Carol! the statue is gorgeous! was he really like that??? and i love how the bronze has aged in colours … i can see him painting before me! who ever did the statue was a brilliant artist themselves
and I love finding out about people and how they lived the real way they lived. sometimes we forget people lived in history not just existed in history books. It surprises people that Shakespeare was a brilliant comic writer! & apparently that Queen Marie Antoinette hated going to the toilet – it was so common to! lol
Thank you for sharing this with us!
Maximus
wonderful :)
david campbell
very nice shot
debsphotos
Amazing story..Thank you!!! Wonderful sculpture beautifully captured!! Good one carol!!!
mlgkats
you are so welcome
Camerashy
Nice shot Carol and thanks for the history lesson…......very interesting
cherylc1
fabulous capture and history
cherylc1
fabulous capture and history
mags
VERY TOUCHING CAPTURE, THERE IS JUST SOMETHING MAGNETIC THERE! THANKS FOR SHARING HIS HISTORY SO PERSONAL!
amarica
What a great find. This is excellent in every way Carol
MuscularTeeth
excellent.
hilarydougill
Wonderful capture of a wonderful man, I have seen his work of Durham Cathedral (just 12 miles away) Great legend thank you for that, I really do like to know what I am looking at.
phil1950
Great shot of a great man Carol
Larry149
Such a realistic sculpture with amazing colours about it. Inspiring story too! Thanks for this Carol.
pat oubridge
Brilliant piece Carol and the story is great.
budrfli
very ionteresting!, and what a wondeful statue! love the history! will have to look up his work!
Linda Bennett
This is such a wonderful piece!! I just love it and the information about this artist you posted is just wonderful to read. Fantastic!!!
Keeli
So much effort! Great image and super information!
Carol & Kev Ha...
Sincere thanks to all for your wonderful comments!!
Christine Beswick
Found this image when Googling for an artist who exhibited in the most recent John Glover Prize for Landscape Art, which I went to see last weekend. As a Red Bubble member, felt I had to comment! Very nice portrayal of this statue.
Re comment by adgray: the colours are not actually the effect of age, but were put there by the sculptor Peter Collette; not sure what his technique is, but it’s very effective! He has another statue in Evandale of World War 1 hero Harry Murray, and one in Launceston’s City Park of early botanist (amongst many other interests) Ronald Campbell Gunn.
jesika
I have enjoyed this very much, thank you for posting it.
You may be interested to know there is a breed of small terrier called “Patterdale.”
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Carol & Kev Ha... replied
Thanks so much Jesika, and No, I didn’t know there was a breed of terrier called “Patterdale”, may have to research that one!!