Matthew Ridley Corbet
Matthew Ridley Corbet | |
|---|---|
 Matthew Ridley Corbet, by John McLure Hamilton (1893) | |
| Born | 20 May 1850 |
| Died | 25 June 1902 (aged 52) |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Oil landscape |
| Spouse | Edith Corbet |
Matthew Ridley Corbet ARA (20 May 1850 – 25 June 1902) was a Victorian neoclassical painter.[1]
Life[edit]
Corbet was born on 20 May 1850 at South Willingham, Lincolnshire, the son of the Rev. Andrew Corbet and Marianne Ridley. He was educated at Cheltenham College. [2]
He attended classes at the Slade School of Art under Alexander Davis Cooper and later at the Royal Academy Schools under Frederic Leighton, President of the Academy. Corbet travelled to Italy in 1880 and met the painter Giovanni Costa, a friend of Leighton's living in Rome. Corbet stayed in Italy, and spent the next three years there, where he lived, and painted with Costa, becoming one of the leading figures of the Macchiaioli school.
He concentrated on Italian landscapes and exhibited his new works at the Grosvenor Gallery, the New Gallery, the Royal Academy and the Paris Salon.
His paintings Sunrise, awarded a bronze medal at the Paris Exhibition of 1889; Morning Glory (1894), and Val d'Arno Evening (1901), bought under the terms of the Chantrey Bequest, are now in the Tate Gallery.[2]
Corbet lived for a period in Kensington, where in 1876 he had a house, Peel Cottage, built to be his artists’ studio and residence. Later, Corbett relocated to St John's Wood. He died of pneumonia at his residence there on 25 June 1902.[3]
Family[edit]
In 1891 Corbet married Edith Murch (née Edenborough).[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Matthew Ridley Corbet (1850-1902) (The Corbett One Name Study).
- ^ a b Rolleston 1912.
- ^ "Obituary - Mr. Ridley Corbett, ARA". The Times. No. 36805. London. 27 June 1902. p. 4.
- ^ Leicester Galleries
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rolleston, Humphry Davy (1912). "Corbet, Matthew Ridley". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 416.
External links[edit]
- 9 artworks by or after Matthew Ridley Corbet at the Art UK site
- M R Corbet online (ArtCyclopedia)
- Paintings by M R Corbet (Bridgeman Art Library)
- Profile on Royal Academy of Arts Collections
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- 1850 births
- 1902 deaths
- 19th-century English painters
- English male painters
- 20th-century English painters
- English landscape artists
- English portrait painters
- People from East Lindsey District
- Associates of the Royal Academy
- Alumni of the Royal Academy Schools
- 20th-century English male artists
- 19th-century English male artists
- Deaths from pneumonia in England