'' England's Michelangelo '' - Alfred George Stevens

in #fineartnow5 years ago

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Hello dear Steemit Friends ! Today I'm honored to present you Alfred George Stevens – painter, sculptor, decorator and architectural designer – one of the greatest of all English craftsmen and designers. Stevens was born in 1817 as the son of a house painter. In 1833 some friends subscribed to send him to Italy where he lived for nine years, studying Renaissance art and training also in Florence at the Accademia di Belle Arti.

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Study of a Kneeling Boy Bending a Bow , Chalk on paper , Image Source

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Study of the End of a Room with a Bust of Raphael and Fresco ''Jurisprudence'', Graphite and watercolour on paper , Image Source

After his return to England Stevens worked at the Government School of Design, making grand designs for national art competitions. Stevens produced very few oil paintings, mostly portraits, but many of his drawings, watercolour plans and designs, and bronze models survive. Stevens was a superb draughtsman, and his nude studies in red chalk are among the finest of their kind in English Art.

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Study for Amoret Bound , Graphite on paper , Image Source

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Study for a Seated Woman , Chalk on paper , Image Source

Stevens most famous commission was the Wellington Monument in St. Paul's Cathedral, on which he began work in 1858, and left unfinished at his death. The Monument was completed to his design by pupils.

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'' Valour and Cowardice '', Model for Wellington Monument , Image Source

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Design for the Decoration of a Vaulted Corridor , Ink , watercolour and graphite on paper , Image Source



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Wonderful arts of a master!

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Great pieces of work!

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