This is an incomplete list of works by George Vincent. The British artist George Vincent (June 1796 – c.1832).[1] was one of the most talented of the Norwich School of painters;[2] his work was founded on the Dutch School of landscape painting as well as the style of John Crome. The school's reputation outside East Anglia in the 1820s was based largely upon the works of him and his friend James Stark.[3]
Vincent was educated at Norwich Grammar School and afterwards apprenticed to Crome.[4][5] He exhibited in London and elsewhere,[6] and from 1811 until 1831 showed works with the Norwich Society of Artists, exhibiting more than a 100 pictures of Norfolk landscapes and marine works.[7] By 1818 he had relocated to London and had obtained the patronage of wealthy clients, but then began to struggle financially. His financial problems led to his incarceration in the Fleet Prison for debt in 1824.[8][9]
After 1831, Vincent disappeared and his whereabouts after this date remain uncertain. His death may have occurred before April 1832, perhaps in Bath.[10] His picture Greenwich Hospital from the River was shown in London three decades after his death and caused renewed interest in his paintings and helped to establish his reputation as a leading member of the Norwich School.[11] The art historian Herbert Minton Cundall wrote in the 1920s that had Vincent "not given way to intemperate habits he would probably have ranked amongst the foremost of British landscape painters".[10]
- ^ "George Vincent". Archdeacons transcripts for Norwich parishes, 1600–1812. FamilySearch. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ Hemingway 1979, pp. 181–182.
- ^ Hemingway 2017, p. 190.
- ^ Mottram 1931, p. 168.
- ^ Rajnai & Stevens 1976, p. 92.
- ^ Dodgson & Watt 2004.
- ^ Rajnai & Stevens 1976, pp. 92, 144.
- ^ Dodgson, Campbell (1885–1900). . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Day 1979, p. 91.
- ^ a b Cundall 1920, pp. 26–27.
- ^ Cundall 1920, p. 3.