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Sir Edward John Poynter Biography

English Victorian Neoclassical painter
born 20 March 1836 - died 26 July 1919

Also known as: Edward John, Baronet Poynter, Sir Edward John Poynter, Sir Edward John, Bart. Poynter

Student of: Charles Gleyre (1808-1874).

Early in his career Sir Edward John Poynter artist studied in Rome, where he met Frederic Leighton, his greatest single artistic influence. He then moved to Paris in 1855. On returning to London, he became involved on book illustration. In 1865 Sir Edward John Poynter produced his first really successful artwork, Faithful Unto Death, a Roman sentry staying at his post in Pompeii as Vesuvius overwhelmed the city. This dramatic painting was probably never bettered by Poynter throughout his whole long career. Sir Edward John Poynter became an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1869, at an unusually early age. Much of the rest of his life was devoted to the Academy, he was hardworking, conscientious, and a competent administrator.

Sir Edward John Poynter married Agnes MacDonald, the sister of Burne-Jones' wife Georgiana. Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones disliked Poynter, who was an unsympathetic, brusque character. When Leighton died in 1896, Sir Edward John Poynter was succeeded as President of the Royal Academy by Millais, who was suffering from cancer of the throat. On the death of Millais a few months later, Sir Edward John Poynter artist succeeded him, narrowly defeating Briton Riviere in the vote. He was PRA for the next two decades.

From the turn of the century Sir Edward John Poynter paintings declined both in numbers and standard, his main priority being the running of the Academy. He lived to see the death of classicism, and the total eclipse of his own artistic standards, and those of his contemporaries. Sir Edward John Poynter adopted the approach of ignoring new developments of which he did not approve. Unhappily Poynter outstayed his welcome. One of the last duties of the eighty one year old PRA, was to attend the funeral of J.W. Waterhouse. There was, though, something splendid about the way Sir Edward John Poynter artist remained consistent to the last, resisting what he saw as the corruption, and denigration of all that was beautiful in art. Edward John Poynter may even have been right.