George Spencer Watson (8
March 1869 – 11 April 1934) was an English
portrait artist of the late
romantic school who sometimes worked in the style of the Italian Renaissance. He was elected a
Member of the Royal
Academy
in 1932.
Born in London, Watson studied at the Royal Academy from 1889; he
exhibited there from 1891 and also at the
Paris salon.
Retrospective exhibitions were held at the
Galerie Heinemann, Munich
in 1912, and
at the Fine Art
Society
in 1914.
His work
A Lady in Black (1922) is owned by the
Tate Collection.
He married Hilda and they had a daughter,
Mary Spencer Watson (1913-2006), a
sculptor.
He died in London and a memorial exhibition was held at the Fine
Art Society in the same year.
There is a memorial to him in the north
vestibule of St James's Church, Piccadilly
, London.
Works
- Cynthia - circa 1932 - auctioned Christie's London 6 November
1995
- A Cottage Garden - 1928 (view of Dunshay)
- The Adoration - 19??
- The Creation -1921 -Wolverhampton Art Gallery, West Midlands,
UK
- The Birth of Venus - ? - Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum,
Bournemouth, UK
- Peter and the bear -1915
- Portrait of Monica Boyd - 1909
- Portrait of Esther Harris - 1904
- Portrait of James Harris
(accountant) and his dog - ?
- The Fountain - 1900
- Sir Francis Eden Lacey, as
Secretary of the MCC, 1928.
- Girl in a Feathered Hat - ?
- Marishka - nude
- The Three Wise Kings - ? - held by Rochdale Art Gallery,
Lancashire, UK
- Nude 1927 - Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, Lancashire,
UK,
- Mary, 1932 Oil on canvas, of his daughter [Mary Spencer Watson]
held by the Royal Academy
- My lady of the rose - auctioned by Phillips London: Tuesday,
November 14, 1989
- George Elkington Past Master Quatuor Coronati Lodge (2076) -
?
- Sir Montague Sharpe - ? - Middlesex Guildhall Collection
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