Maurice Greiffenhagen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMaurice Greiffenhagen
British artist
Date of Birth: 15-Dec-1862
Place of Birth: Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 26-Dec-1931
Profession: illustrator, painter
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Maurice Greiffenhagen
- Maurice Greiffenhagen (15 December 1862 – 26 December 1931) was a British painter and Royal Academician.
- He illustrated books and designed posters as well as painting idyllic landscapes. He was born in London.
- Exhibiting at the Royal Academy of Arts from 1884, he was made an Associate Member in 1916 and a Royal Academician in 1922.
- From 1906 until 1926, he taught at the Glasgow School of Art.
- Greiffenhagen exhibited at the first exhibition of the Society of Graphic Art in 1921. His friendship with H Rider Haggard led to him illustrating the author's popular adventure books, starting with an edition of She: A History of Adventure in 1889 – though Greiffenhagen apparently "disliked doing black-and-white work".
- He illustrated the serialisation of Ayesha The Return of She (1904–05) and that of The Holy Flower (1913–14) in the Windsor Magazine. He also illustrated a number of Edgar Wallace's Sanders of the River books for the Windsor Magazine: The Keepers of the King's Peace (1916–17), Lieutenant Bones (1917–18) and Sandi, The Kingmaker (1921).
- Greiffenhagen's 1891 painting, An Idyll, inspired D H Lawrence's novel The White Peacock.
- The painting had "a profound effect" on the author, who wrote: As for Greiffenhagen's 'Idyll', it moves me almost as if I were in love myself.
- Under its intoxication, I have flirted madly this Christmas. In 1910, Greiffenhagen illustrated a book of poems by Charles F.
- Parsons entitled Some Thoughts at Eventide. Greiffenhagen also created distinctive commercial posters, including a colourful 1894 advertisement for Pall Mall Budget magazine which "created a distinct sensation among the younger men" according to one contemporary periodical.
- In 1924, he created "The Gateway of the North", one of the most popular travel posters in a series commissioned by London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
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