VII Международная студенческая научная конференция Студенческий научный форум - 2015

My paper is targeted at exploring the life and created activites of the great English painter.

Herbert James Draper is British painting who lived in XIX – XX centures. He is one of the English artist, known for its female images, borrowed from mythology and literature.

In my paper I am going to touch upon the following questions:

1. The main stages and event of the life;

2. The main periods is creative life.

My paper is accompanied by power-point presentation which consist of 25 PC slides.

My paper is supposed to be used in the course of teaching English as a foreing language. In may be used at English classes for university students in specialist in linguistics studies.

My paper listening and appoved of April listening in VLSU.

Herbert James Draper (1863 – 22 September 1920) was an English Classicist painter whose career began in the Victorian era and extended through the first two decades of the 20th century.

Born in London, the son of a jeweller named Henry Draper and his wife Emma, he was educated at Bruce Castle School in Tottenham and then went on to study art at the Royal Academy. He undertook several educational trips to Rome and Paris between 1888 and 1892, having won the Royal Academy Gold Medal and Travelling Studentship in 1889. In the 1890s, he worked as an illustrator, eventually settling in London. In 1891, he married his wife Ida (née Williams), with whom he had a daughter, Yvonne. He died of arteriosclerosis at the age of 56, in his home on Abbey Road.

Draper's most productive period began in 1894. He focused mainly on mythological themes from ancient Greece. His painting "The Lament For Icarus" from 1898 won the gold medal at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900 and was later bought for the Tate Gallery by the Chantrey Trustees. He was also responsible for the decoration of the ceiling of the Drapers' Hall in the City of London. Though Draper was neither a member nor an associate of the Royal Academy he took part in the annual expositions from 1890 on. In later years as the public tastes changed and mythological scenes became less popular he concentrated more on portraits.

During his lifetime Draper was quite famous and a well-known portrait painter. In his last years his popularity faded, though there has recently been a revival of interest in his work on the art market. The sale of his painting The Sea Maiden by the Royal Cornwall Museum in 2010, to help secure its finances, generated debate about the policy of disposing of art works for this purpose.

Questions to the text:

1. Who is Herbert James Draper?

2. Where Herbert James Draper was born?

3. Where Herbert James Draper studied?

4. When Herbert James Draper died?

5. What year began the most productive period of Draper's life?

6. In What Academy was Herbert James Draper a member?

7. What can you say about the last years of Draper's life?

Answer the questions:

1. Herbert James Draper is an English Classicist painter.

2. Herbert James Draper was born in London.

3. Herbert James Draper was educated at Bruce Castle School in Tottenham and then went on to study art at the Royal Academy.

4. Herbert James Draper died 22 September 1920.

5. Draper's most productive period began in 1894.

6. Though Draper was neither a member nor an associate of the Royal Academy he took part in the annual expositions from 1890 on.

7. In his last years his popularity faded, though there has recently been a revival of interest in his work on the art market.

Bibliography:

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   1. 1871 British census entry for 32 New Bond Street, Westminster

   2. Jump up to: The Times, Thursday, Sep 23, 1920; pg. 1; Issue 42523; col A

   3. Jump up ^ Prospero summoning Nymphs and Deities

   4. Jump up ^ At a charity auction for the Red Cross in 1918 his offer to paint a child's portrait brought in a bid of £250:The Times Monday, Jul 15, 1918; pg. 4; Issue 41842; col A

   5. Jump up ^ His painting The Sea Maiden was sold for £937,250 ($1,384,318) in Sale 7856 at Christie's in London, 16 June 2010

   6. Jump up ^ The Independent, 26 July 2010: Jenkins, Tiffany, 'Don't put a price on our national treasures' Independent.co.uk

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