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George Hyde Pownall (1866 – 24 January 1939[1]) was an English artist known for his depictions of London street scenes. He later emigrated to Australia where he painted the expanding city of Melbourne. He was a noted musician in England and continued his musical career in Australia. Early life and familyGeorge Hyde Pownall was born in Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, in 1866. His wife was Mary Blanche Pownall with whom he had two daughters, Vera Blanche Pownall, and Gertrude Olga Pownall.[2] They had two other sons and a daughter who all pre-deceased Pownall. One, Francis George Hyde Pownall, enlisted in the Australian Army and was killed at Pozières in France during the First World War.[3] In 1912 he was living at 53 Cambridge Gardens, Kensington.[3] Musical careerIn England he studied music under Dan Price at the Royal College of Music and was a well-known tenor in London in the 1890s. He was on the musical staff at Westminster Abbey and St Andrew's church, Wells Street. He was a soloist at St Mary's Roman Catholic Church for ten years and a member of the choir of Westminster Cathedral. As an instrumentalist, he worked as a pianist for the vaudeville orchestra at St George's Hall, Marylebone, and was a conductor of the Maskelyne and Devant orchestra. He toured Britain as the pianist for Sir Herbert Tree.[3] He continued his musical career in Australia.[3] Art careerPownall specialised in small paintings of London Street scenes.[4] He worked at a time when horse-drawn and motor vehicle traffic coexisted in London streets and gas light was still commonplace making his nocturnal or twilight images very evocative. His work has been compared to John Atkinson Grimshaw and James Abbott McNeill Whistler in its impressionistic feeling. He emigrated to Australia, arriving in Sydney and, after around three years, settled in Melbourne in around 1914.[3] He lived in the St Kilda district of Melbourne from 1924. The Cowen Gallery of the State Library of Victoria owns Bourke Street east and Collins Street, both painted around 1912.[5] Death and legacyPownall died on 24 January 1939.[5] See also
References1. ^Many reputable sources nonetheless give incorrect dates. 2. ^[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW2B-RG4 George Hyde Pownall England and Wales Census, 1911.] Family Search. Retrieved 1 September 2017. 3. ^[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89FL-MX5K?i=100&cc=2228170 1912 Electoral Roll.] Family Search. Retrieved 17 October 2017. 4. ^[https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20062/lot/139/ Lot 139.] Bonhams. Retrieved 17 October 2017. 5. ^1 2 3 4 5 [https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/La-Trobe-Journal-90-Michael-E-Humphries.pdf "George Hyde Pownall: painter of cityscapes"] by Michael E. Humphries, La Trobe Journal, No. 90 (December 2012), pp. 22-40. [https://www.webcitation.org/6wTTXHThP Archived here.] External links{{commons category inline|George Hyde Pownall}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Pownall, George}} 8 : 1866 births|1939 deaths|People from Radcliffe-on-Trent|English emigrants to Australia|English artists|English musicians|English conductors (music)|British male conductors (music) |
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