The ARTIST ARTHUR JOHN ELSLEY (ARTHUR JOHN ALSO) 1860-1952

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Arthur John Also.20 Nov 1860 - February 19, 1952. English artist, who painted portraits of children and genre scenes.

He was so popular that many of his paintings were used in calendars, advertisements, books and magazines.

Arthur was Born in London. He was one of six children born to John Elsley and Emily Freer. His father was a coachman and artist-любителем. However, in 1872 the father found the fibroid, and he left the carrier, got a job as a caretaker in a firm of stockbrokers.

The first preserved drawing Arthur did in eleven years. It was a sketch portrait of charterer named Vic. Other drawings depicted a chimpanzee, a giraffe, and an Arctic wolf, which Arthur drew when visiting the Zoological gardens in Regents Park in 1874.
In the fourteen years Also enrolled in the School of art of South Kensington, which would later become the Royal College of art. During his studies he had the measles that caused irreparable damage to his vision.
Arthur In 1876 entered the Royal Academy School, where he studied in the Studio of Frederick Pickersgill (1820-1900, rector at the Royal Academy from 1873 to 1887). The boy also taught Professor of painting, Edward Armitage (1817-1896), anatomy Professor John Marshall and Professor perspectives Henry bowler (1824-1903).
Fascinated by the bike, Arthur often went to the countryside to get inspiration for his works. In 1878 he exhibited a picture of" Портрет old pony" at the Royal exhibition at the Academy. It was the only job saw his father, because a month later he died.
Elsli continued to study at the Academy until 1881-1882. Then he started to earn first money from the orders for portraits of children, horses and dogs. In addition, he often painted numerous family, Bennett- Stanford, who lived in Preston, and their dogs.
At the age of twenty-four years, in 1885, his work was published in the journal" Young England" (No. 43, April 1885). This work reflected the flooding that occurred in the Eastern districts in April.

Arthur met and became friends with other British artists such as Solomon Joseph Solomon (Solomon Joseph Solomon, 1860-1927) and George Grenville Menton (George Grenville Manton, 1855-1932), with whom he shared a Studio in 1876.
Menton introduced Also popular genre by artist Frederick Morgan (Frederick Morgan 1847-1927) who specialized in child theme. When Menton left the Studio in 1889, Arthur moved to the Studio of Morgan, and the move proved to be mutually beneficial. Morgan was already a famous artist, but could not draw animals and ordered the animals familiar animal, now he would draw the animals Also.

In 1891 Also received a silver medal at the exhibition in the Crystal Palace.
the following year, his painting" I"Biggest se" (1892) were issued a card and is so popular that it was released more than once. This was a picture of a little girl, measure your height next to a huge St. Bernard.

Also in 1892, the popular weekly magazine" Иллюстрированные London news" (The Illustrated London News) chose the picture Also" Grandfather""s Pet" (1892) for Christmas cover.

Success that accompanied Arthur raised his financial situation which allowed him 11 Nov 1893 finally-то to marry his second cousin Emily Fosdal. She was ten years younger than Arthur, and for ten years served as a model for his paintings. In 1903 they year a daughter was born Mariri, which is also a lot of posing for dad when he grew up. After his marriage Also moved from Morgan in his own Studio, but, as critics wrote" взаимодействие ideas and use those same models have clearly shown long-term cooperation with Морганом".
1894 when he died known artist Charles Burton Barber (Charles Burton Barber 1845-1894), a leader in the direction of paintings depicting children and Pets, Also, as expressed now would have climbed the first rung of the hit-парада.
" Иллюстрированные London news" 25 Jan 1896 wrote:
“Also can safely be called a follower, not a simulator H Barber. He has a keen sense of humor, he pictures vividly portrays not only the appearance of animals, it makes the picture interesting and sentimental genre сцены".

At the turn of the century Also and Morgan got into a huge fight when the second accused Arthur of stealing one of his ideas. Also locked away in the Studio and now draw only with their child and their dogs. Even the outdoor elements of the landscapes he took from his old sketches, photos and images of related rural log" Country Life". Critics believe that this method of work in the Studio, was “one of the problems Also with the prospect, since the artist was близорук".

during the First world war Also, helping the front, worked part-time at a munitions factory, where the “filed the jigs used to test gun”.
Because the job required eye strain, from 1915 to 1917 he painted only four works. Three of them were commercial contracts, in each, he depicted his daughter. All these works were shown at the exhibition at the Royal Academy.
In subsequent years, Arthur painted pictures mostly for pleasure and exhibited some of his works at the exhibitions until 1927. However, by 1931 his eyesight became very weak, and the artist confined his activities to woodwork, metal structures and landscaping.
Arthur John Also died at his home on 19 February 1952 at the age of 91 years.
During his career Also 52 showed their works at the Royal Academy in the period from 1878 to 1927 years. He also exhibited at the Royal society of British artists in London Art gallery the Walker in Liverpool, the Institute of art in London, in London, the French gallery, the Dudley Gallery in London, Institute of fine arts in Glasgow, the Art gallery of Manchester, Royal Society of artists Birmingham, the Museum of Nottingham castle, at the international exhibitions.
American firm Thomas D. Murphy Co. used picture Also to their calendars, the artist"s painting was used to advertise soap, Sunlight Soap, for publication in the journal" Bibby"s Quarterly".
His work is also in several museums and public institutions including the Museum of the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery in Bournemouth, House-музей William gray in Hartlepool, Liverpool Lady Lever gallery, the Royal children"s hospital in Liverpool, Royal pavilion Museum in Preston.