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Sir Edward John Poynter, 1st Baronet PRA (Paris 20 March 1836 – 26 July 1919 London) was an English painter, designer, and draughtsman who served as President of the Royal Academy.

Edward Poynter was the son of the architect Ambrose Poynter. He was born in Paris, though his parents returned to Britain soon after. He was educated at Brighton College and Ipswich School, but left school early for reasons of ill health, spending winters in Madeira and Rome. In 1853 he met Frederick Leighton in Rome, who made a great impression on the 17-year-old Poynter. On his return to London he studied at Leigh's academy in Newman Street and the Royal Academy Schools, before going to Paris to study in the studio of the classicist painter Charles Gleyre where James McNeill Whistler and George du Maurier were fellow-students.

He became best known for his large historical paintings such as Israel in Egypt (1867; Guildhall Art Gallery, London), followed by St George for England (1869), a mosaic for the Central Lobby of the Palace of Westminster, depicting St George and the Dragon.^[1] Visit of the Queen of Sheba (1871–75) and King Solomon (1890). He was admitted as an associate of the Royal Academy in 1869.^[2]

Poynter held a number of official posts: he was the first Slade Professor at University College London from 1871 to 1875, principal of the National Art Training School from 1875 to 1881 and director of the National Gallery from 1894 to 1904 (overseeing the opening of the Tate Gallery). He became a Royal Academician in 1876. In 1896, on the death of Sir John Millais, Poynter was elected President of the Royal Academy. He received a knighthood in the same year and an honorary degree from Cambridge University in 1898.^[3] He was made a baronet in 1902.

In 1866 Poynter married the famous beauty Agnes MacDonald, daughter of the Rev G B MacDonald of Wolverhampton, and they had three children. Her sister Georgiana married the artist Edward Burne-Jones; her sister Alice was the mother of writer Rudyard Kipling; and her sister Louisa was the mother of three-times-Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Stanley Baldwin.

It appears from the subjects of his paintings (King Solomon and King Solomon's Temple) and his association with Kipling that he was a Freemason.^{[citation needed]} Prints of his painting The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon are to be found in many Masonic Lodges around the world.^{[citation needed]}

Poynter's old school, Brighton College held an exhibition of Poynter's paintings and drawings entitled 'Life at Arms Length' in its Burstow Gallery in November–December 1995.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Poynter

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Sir Edward John Poynter (20 mars 1836 – 26 juillet 1919), 1^er baronnet est un peintre britannique.

Fils de l'architecte Ambrose Poynter, il est né à Paris. Il a commencé ses études au Brighton College avant de les poursuivre à Londres, à Rome (où il devint un admirateur de Michel-Ange) et avec Charles Gleyre à Paris (où il rencontra James McNeill Whistler).

Il est célèbre pour ses grands tableaux historiques, comme Israel en Égypte (1867), Visite de la Reine de Saba (1871-1875) et Le roi Salomon (1890).

Poynter a occupé plusieurs postes officiels : il fut le premier Slade Professor de 1871 à 1875, fut principal de la Art Training School (page inexistante)" href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Art_Training_School&action=edit&redlink=1">National Art Training School de 1875 à 1881, directeur de la National Gallery de 1894 à 1904 (supervisant l'ouverture de la Tate Gallery), et devint membre de la Royal Academy en 18761. À la mort de Sir John Millais en 1896, Edward lui succéda comme Président de la Royal Academy et fut anobli2 la même année. Il fut fait baronneten 19023.

Poynter a épousé Agnes Macdonald dont la sœur Georgiana était la femme de Edward Burne-Jones.

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Poynter

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