Her most distinguishable artistic traits are well known to be the whimsical anthropomorphism that her stories surround. Her last storybook was The Tale of Little Pig Robinson, published in 1930. Beatrix Potter, best known for the charming tale of Peter Rabbit, inspired the minds of budding young novelists and illustrators alike. She did not immediately give up her book work, but the demands of farming on her time and her failing eyesight meant that new works tended to be pieced together from drawings made many years earlier. She employed the shepherd Tom Storey, and soon the flocks across the farms she managed were thriving. These hardy sheep could withstand the harsh winter conditions and were taught over generations to remain within their particular part of the unfenced fell. Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley (1851 – 1920) introduced Beatrix to the endangered Herdwick sheep breed that had helped to shape the fells through grazing for thousands of years. Ten years later she bought a substantial sheep farm, Troutbeck Park, in 1923. At last, she was able to throw herself more fully into farming. After a period of battling her parents' objections to her relationship with a country solicitor, Beatrix married William in 1913 and settled permanently in the Lake District at Castle Cottage. He married Helen Leech (18391932) on 8 August 1863 at Hyde Unitarian Chapel, Gee Cross. Rupert practised law, specialising in equity law and conveyancing. He then trained as a barrister in London. In 1909, through purchasing another Cumbrian property, Castle Farm (near to Hill Top), Potter met and then befriended a local solicitor, William Heelis. Beatrix's father, Rupert William Potter (18321914), was educated at Manchester College by the Unitarian philosopher Dr James Martineau. She speaks of nothing but smoothness, softness, breaking the colours, and the lightness of the shadows, till there is nothing left". She wrote in her Journal on 29 November 1883: "Do not like my drawing lessons. Twelve lessons in oil painting from an artist known only as 'Mrs A' made her ambivalent about the teaching method. If you and your master are determined to look at nature and art in two different directions you are sure to stick". She was sceptical about formal art training, writing on : "Painting is an awkward thing to teach except the details of the medium. Beatrix's student pieces from this period included still life studies and exercises in design and perspective, in typically formal style. She also took examinations at the National Art Training School attached to the South Kensington Museum (later renamed the V&A). By June 1883, at the age of 16, she "thought to cutting off more and more time for painting" and between November 1878 and May 1883 her parents arranged for her to have drawing lessons. She studied geometry, geography, French and German, and Latin poetry. A TRAY OF VINTAGE CHILDRENS BOOKS TO INCLUDE LADYBIRD, BEATRIX POTTER, ETC. Once Bertram went to boarding school, Beatrix was left to continue her education at home on her own. A COLLECTION OF FRAMED AND GLAZED PICTURES PRINTS AND WATERCOLOURS TO.
0 kommentar(er)
