John St Helier Lander, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John St Helier Lander

Jersey painter

Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1868

Place of Birth: Saint Helier

Date of Death: 12-Feb-1944

Profession: artist, painter

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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About John St Helier Lander

John St Helier Lander (19 October 1868 in Jersey – 12 February 1944 in Witley, Surrey) was a noted portrait painter.
Born John Helier Lander, he added the St.
to acknowledge his birthplace of Saint Helier in the Channel Islands.
He was given his first paint box by Lillie Langtry, the famous beauty, actress and mistress of the Prince of Wales, later to become Edward VII.
He studied at Calderon's School. On leaving school, he was sent to become a watchmaker at the age of fifteen, but spent so much time drawing that he was taken away and allowed to paint.
On reaching the age of seventeen and having sold some of his pictures, he went to London to study in an art school.
Although he remained there a year, he hated the school.
He was invited to breakfast with Sir John Everett Millais, a fellow Jerseyman, who advised him to continue his artistic career and to go to Paris.
In Paris he studied at the Académie Julian under William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Fleury. After a year in Paris he returned to London to enter the Royal Academy Schools where he stayed for three years, before returning to Jersey and setting up a studio, taking Millais and Walter William Ouless, another distinguished fellow Jerseyman, as ideals in the art of portrait painting.
He taught privately at the Jersey Ladies' College (now Jersey College for Girls) and the Guernsey Ladies' College.
He undertook an ambitious group portrait of the Assize d'Héritage (known as "The Sitting") which took him four years to complete.
In 1897, it was purchased for £400 by Julia Westaway, of the Westaway Trust, and presented to the Royal Court in Jersey where it now hangs.



Alternative names	John Saint-Hélier Lander; John St. Helier Lander; John Saint-Helier Lander
Description	British artist and painter
Date of birth/death	19 October 1868	12 February 1944
Location of birth/death	Saint Helier	Witley
Work period	1885-1943
Authority control	: Q6258743 VIAF: 95862373 ISNI: 0000 0004 4461 5314 ULAN: 500029281 GND: 1064281818 RKD: 47788

John St Helier Lander, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

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