Theodore Blake Wirgman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Theodore Blake Wirgman

English painter and etcher who moved to London

Date of Birth: 29-Apr-1848

Place of Birth: Leuven, Flemish Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 16-Jan-1925

Profession: illustrator, painter, etcher

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Theodore Blake Wirgman

  • Theodore Blake Wirgman (29 April 1848 – 16 January 1925) was an English painter and etcher who moved to London, studied at the Royal Academy schools, became a painter of history and genre subjects, and worked as a portrait artist for The Graphic.
  • A number of these portraits are held at the National Portrait Gallery. Theodore Blake Wirgman was born in Belgium and died in London.
  • He and his siblings, Charles Wirgman (1832–1860), Thomas Ernest (1834–1907), Francis Wirgman (1837–1860), Clara Emma (1841-1905), Helen Augusta (1843-1906), George Ferdinand (1845–1923) and Arthur David (1846–1925), were the sons of Ferdinand Charles Wirgman Russell (1806–1858) and Frances Letitia Diggins (1812–1891).
  • The Wirgman ancestral family had been successful silversmiths who had come to London from Sweden early in the 18th century.
  • Thomas Wirgman Upjohn, Theodore Blake's grandfather, wrote books on Kant, the German philosopher.
  • Several of Theodore Blake's siblings died in infancy.
  • His sister Clara E.
  • married into the French family Thevenard, and his brother George F.
  • emigrated to Uruguay, and had 16 children with Celedonia Guerrero Muñoz.
  • He worked from a studio at 24 Dawson Place, Notting Hill, London, and joined The Arts Club in 1892.Wirgman was part of a group of avant-garde young artists who emulated Edward Burne-Jones and Simeon Solomon.
  • This group was made up of Walter Crane, Robert Bateman, Harry Ellis Wooldridge and Edward Clifford.

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