Badminton Game Whitchurch

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

William Frederick Mayor, coastal and landscape painter, was born in Yorkshire. He studied at the Royal College of Art, where he was taught by Frank Brangwyn. In 1886, he enrolled at the Académie Julian, Paris. He moved to Staithes, Yorkshire, in 1899 and became a founder member of the Staithes Group. After eloping with fellow member, Hannah Hoyland, causing her father (a wealthy Sheffield manufacturer) to withdraw financial support, he moved to Montreuil-sur-Mer, France. From 1909, Major and his family lived in Whitechurch, Buckinghamshire, relocating again to London in 1912. Four years later Mayor required an operation for his asthma before beginning work as a war artist. He haemorrhaged and died as a result of the procedure, aged 50.

Places

Subjects

playing, racquet, badminton net, badminton, sport, genre, dog, woman, 20th century costume, dress, sash, garden, lawn, deckchair

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

William Frederick Mayor (1865 - 1916)

Title

Badminton Game Whitchurch

Date

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 53.50 cm, width: 63.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Mayor Gallery, March 1974

Inscription

none

GAC number

11026