William Holt Yates Titcomb

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William Holt Yates Titcomb (22 February 1858 in Cambridge; 7 September 1930 in Bristol) was an English artist. He was a figurative oil painter, particularly known for his depictions of the Cornish fisherfolk.

Titcomb was born in Cambridge, the eighth child and first son of the Rev. Jonathan Holt Titcomb and his wife Sarah. He was educated at Westminster School in London and began his art training at the South Kensington School.^[1] His father was appointed the first Bishop of Rangoon, Burma in 1877 and Titcomb joined him there in December 1880. In Burma he made a series of paintings and sketches of life in the local monasteries.

Titcomb was taught in Paris by Gustave Boulanger and at the Royal College of Art in Antwerp by Charles Verlat.^[2] He married Jessie Ada Morison, in 1892. She was also an artist, living at the time in St. Ives, Cornwall.^[3]

His painting Primitive Methodists at Prayer, was displayed at the Dudley Museum and Art Gallery in 1889. It won many international medals and was the first of three paintings that Titcomb completed of the Primitive Methodist congregation of Fore street, St. Ives.^[4]

In 1909, Titcomb settled in Bristol, where he was already an elected Academician of the Bristol Academy of Fine Art, which later became the Royal West of England Academy (RWA). He encouraged a number of his Cornish contacts to become RWA Academicians.

Titcomb has two watercolour paintings in the V&A titled Quimperlé, Brittany and Old Houses at Oléron.^[5]

References

^ The Times, Friday, 12 September 1930; pg. 14; Issue 45616; col E: Obituaries: Mr. W H Y Titcomb.
^ Tovey, David W.H.Y. Titcomb Artist of many parts, Published by The Bushey Museum Trust
^ 4 Feb 1892 by Banns: William Holt Yates Titcomb 34 bachelor Artist of St. Ives (Father: Jonathan Holt Titcomb, Bishop of Rangoon) married Jessie Ada Morison 25 spinster Artist of St. Ives (Father: John Morison, Shipowner), Witnesses: Alice Cotter Morison, et al. SOURCE: West Penwith Resources
^ "William Holt Yates Titcomb in "Families of Note" in the town of Wickersley". Wickersleyweb.co.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
^ Museum, Victoria and Albert. "Search Results". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

External links

19 artworks by or after William Holt Yates Titcomb at the Art UK site

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