{"title":"Callow RWS, William (1812–1908)","description":"\u003cp\u003e William Callow RWS (1812–1908) nacque a Greenwich, figlio maggiore di un costruttore e carpentiere che incoraggiò fin da piccolo il suo talento artistico. Dal 1823 fu fortemente influenzato e aiutato dai fratelli Fielding: studiò schizzo, incisione e acquerello con Theodore, Copley e Thrales e, dal 1829, lavorò con Newton a Parigi.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDal 1831 condivise lo studio con Thomas Shotter Boys, i cui soggetti e stile, insieme a quelli di Richard Parkes Bonington, avrebbero avuto una profonda influenza sulle opere di Callow. Affermatosi come maestro di disegno di successo, gli fu offerto un incarico come insegnante per la famiglia di re Luigi Filippo I di Francia e per diversi anni diede lezioni al Duca di Nemours e alla Principessa Clementina. Eletto membro della Old Water-Colour Society nel 1838, Callow tornò a Londra nel 1841 e iniziò a dipingere quadri di grandi dimensioni e a olio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Viaggiò molto in Francia, Paesi Bassi, Belgio, Germania, Svizzera e Italia, disegnando moltissimi schizzi. Nel 1846 sposò una delle sue studentesse, l'artista e compositrice Harriet Anne Smart. La coppia si trasferì a Great Missenden, nel Buckinghamshire, dove Callow morì nel 1908 all'età di novantacinque anni.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLe opere di William Callow sono presenti in numerose collezioni pubbliche, tra cui quelle del British Museum, del V\u0026amp;A, della Tate, della Courtauld Gallery, del Birmingham Museum \u0026amp; Art Gallery e del Fitzwilliam Museum di Cambridge.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"william-callow-rws-rotterdam-canal-original-mid-19th-century-watercolour-painting-kc-199","title":"William Callow RWS, Rotterdam Canal – mid-19th-century watercolour painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original mid-19th-century watercolour painting – William Callow RWS, Rotterdam Canal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wonderful picturesque view at Rotterdam in Holland by William Callow RWS (1812–1908). The picture captures the city's medieval architecture—its half-timbered buildings and arched canal bridges—prior to the destruction of much of Rotterdam's historic centre during World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Callow's early connection with the Fielding family of artists (having worked under the engraver Theodore Fielding aged just eleven years old) led him to find work in 1829 in Paris with the publisher J.F. d’Ostervald, where he initially lived and worked with Newton Fielding. From 1831 he worked in the studio of Thomas Shotter Boys; Boys had in his turn studied with Richard Parkes Bonington, and the melting pot of all these older watercolourists had a profound influence on Callow's lifelong style.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1834 Callow took over the studio of Boys and developed a highly profitable practice as a drawing master to members of the French nobility, including teaching the children of King Louis-Philippe. Callow had easy access to the wider Continent, and travelled extensively, predominantly on foot, visiting France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. He first visited Holland in 1845, noting in his autobiography that he arrived by steamer at Rotterdam. The picturesque Dutch city would thereafter feature repeatedly in his work, the subject of twelve paintings exhibited at the Royal Society of Painters in Water-Colours between 1846 and 1908, and one exhibited at the Royal Academy, in 1856.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCallow’s watercolours satisfied the growing demand for travel imagery depicting scenic views and picturesque corners of European cities, before availability of the printed postcard. He favoured picturesque architecture but, like Thomas Shotter Boys, attended to pictorial qualities of light and shade to create a pleasing image, rather than being a slave to strict topographical exactness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn watercolour with touches of white and blue bodycolour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe painting is indistinctly intialled 'WC' at the lower left. Additionally, the painting is accompanied by a historical mount identifying the artist name and location.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somerset \u0026 Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52948538622281,"sku":"KC-199","price":480.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/kc-199.jpg?v=1757941442"}],"url":"https:\/\/somersetandwood.com\/it-eu\/collections\/callow-rws-william-1812-1908.oembed","provider":"Somerset \u0026 Wood Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}