Edward Arthur Fellowes Prynne

Edward Arthur Fellowes Prynne (1854–1921) was a British Pre-Raphaelite painter of portraits and subject pictures, chiefly sacred painting, as well as church decorations, sculpture and stained glass designs.[1][2]

Edward Arthur Fellowes Prynne
Born(1854-10-14)14 October 1854
Plymouth, Devon, England
Died28 December 1921(1921-12-28) (aged 67)
Ealing, London, England
Resting placeChurch of Saint Mary's, Hayes
Notable work
figurative painting
MovementPre-Raphaelite

Early life

Born 14 October 1854 in Plymouth, Prynne was the third son of Emily Fellowes (daughter of Admiral Sir Thomas Fellowes KCB DCL), and the Cornish Revd George Rundle Prynne MA, and the brother of the church Architect George Fellowes Prynne.[3] Prynne was educated at Eastman’s Royal Naval Academy in Southsea, being originally intended for a naval career. At the suggestion of the late Frederic Leighton he studied art, receiving his art education in London, Antwerp; Florence and Paris.[4]

Work
Portrait of Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, by Edward Arthur Fellowes Prynne
'O ye whales and all that move on the waters bless ye the Lord' by Edward Arthur Fellowes Prynne (1899)

Pyrnne was a traditional portrait artist whose works were commissioned by members of the Royal Family and politicians. He specialised in late-pre-Raphaelite religious designs for stained glass windows, sculpture and mosaics for churches in London and across the country.[5][6]

Prynne's work was included in exhibitions at the Royal Academy, Royal Society of British Artists, New Gallery, Grosvenor Gallery, Brussels International, Liverpool, Birmingham, and at Dusseldorf International Exhibition of Religious Art. He also paid a command visit to Osborne House on the Isle of Wight to Queen Victoria in 1891.[7][2]

His work is held in several public collections in the United Kingdom, including St. Mary's Church, Payhembury, Devon and Chastleton House (Oxfordshire) National Trust.[8]

Prynne collaborated extensively with his brother George Fellowes Prynne, providing artwork for a number of the architect's churches. This includes St Peter’s Church Staines, which possesses Edward Arthur Fellowes Prynne windows of remarkable quality and beauty.[9] Other examples include altar panels at Holy Trinity, Roehampton, and St Mary, East Grinstead, and a reredos at St Mary the Virgin Church, Hayes.[10]

Personal life

Prynne married Emma Mary Joll in 1888, with whom he had two sons and three daughters.[11] He lived at Avonmore Road in Kensington Olympia, and subsequently 1 Woodville Road in Ealing.[12] Prynne’s family attended St Peter's Church, Ealing. He died in Ealing on 28th December 1921 and his wife donated a painting Christ Before Pilot to the Church.[13] Edward and his brother George are buried in the churchyard of St Mary the Virgin Church, Hayes.[14][15]

References
  1. Edward Arthur, Fellows Prynne. Who's Who (UK). doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U242928. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  2. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press. 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  3. Felstead, Alison; Girouard, Mark; Franklin, Jonathan (2001). Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780826455147. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  4. Notable Londoners, an illustrated who's who of professional and business men’’, London: London Publishing Agency 1922. p.100
  5. Notable Londoners, an illustrated who's who of professional and business men’’, London: London Publishing Agency 1922. p.100
  6. "Prynne, Edward A. Fellowes". Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Online / Artists of the World Online. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  7. Edward Arthur, Fellows Prynne. Who's Who (UK). doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U242928. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  8. Wright, Christopher; Gordon, Catherine May; Peskett Smith, Mary (2006). British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections. New Haven: Yale University press. ISBN 9780300117301. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  9. St Peter's Church, Staines Parish: A Guide to the Stained Glass Windows. St Peter's Church, Staines.
  10. Sharville, Ruth (June 2012). "George Fellowes Prynne (1853-1927): a dedicated life" (PDF). Ecclesiology Today. 41 (SEVEN CHURCH ARCHITECTS 1830 – 1930): 117–0. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  11. Edward Arthur, Fellows Prynne. Who's Who (UK). doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U242928. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  12. Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Vol. 2 (L-Z) edited by Antonia Brodie, British Architectural
  13. Hayes, R. 'New & Old: A History of St Peter's Church Mount Park, Ealing', 1985
  14. Edward Arthur, Fellows Prynne. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  15. "George Halford Fellowes Prynne". Find A Grave. Retrieved 6 November 2021.


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