Byam Shaw

English, 1872 - 1919

John Byam Liston Shaw, commonly known as Byam Shaw, was a British painter, illustrator, designer and teacher.

Byam Shaw was born in Madras; his father, John, was the registrar of the High Court at Madras. The family returned to England in 1878 where they settled in Kensington, living at 103 Holland Row. He showed early artistic promise, and in 1887 his work was shown to John Everett Millais, who recommended that the 15-year-old should enter the St John's Wood Art School. There, he first met fellow artists Gerald Fenwick Metcalfe (also born in India) and Rex Vicat Cole. He also met Evelyn Pyke-Nott, his future wife, there. From 1890, Shaw studied at the Royal Academy Schools where he won the Armitage Prize in 1892 for his work The Judgement of Solomon.

Throughout his career Byam Shaw worked competently in a wide variety of media including oils, watercolour, pastels, pen and ink and deployed techniques such as dyeing and gilding. He was influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites and took many of his subjects from the poems of Rossetti. He exhibited frequently at Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell's gallery in New Bond Street, where he had at least five solo exhibitions between 1896 and 1916.

Later in his life his popularity as an artist waned, and he turned to teaching for his living. He taught at the Women's Department of King's College London from 1904 and in 1910, with Rex Vicat Cole, he founded the Byam Shaw and Vicat Cole School of Art later renamed simply the "Byam Shaw School of Art".

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King Henry V; And silken dalliance in the wardrobe lies Act II Chorus

King Henry V; And silken dalliance in the wardrobe lies Act II Chorus (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

King Henry V; Good for Harry Act III Scene I

King Henry V; Good for Harry Act III Scene I (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

King Henry V; Headings

King Henry V; Headings (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

King Henry V; Like a mighty whiffler fore the king Act V Chorus

King Henry V; Like a mighty whiffler fore the king Act V Chorus (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

King Henry V; O God of battles Act IV Scene I

King Henry V; O God of battles Act IV Scene I (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

King Henry V; Unwind your bloody flag Act I Scene II

King Henry V; Unwind your bloody flag Act I Scene II (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

King Henry VI, part 1; Before Dead Henry’s corse Act I Scene I

King Henry VI, part 1; Before Dead Henry’s corse Act I Scene I (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

King Henry VI, part 1; God save King Henry Act IV Scene I

King Henry VI, part 1; God save King Henry Act IV Scene I (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

King Henry VI, part 1; Ha Ha Ha Act II Scene III

King Henry VI, part 1; Ha Ha Ha Act II Scene III (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

King Henry VI, part 1; Headings

King Henry VI, part 1; Headings (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

King Henry VI, part 1; Her aid she promised Act I Scene II

King Henry VI, part 1; Her aid she promised Act I Scene II (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

King Henry VI, part 1; No loving token to his majesty Act V Scene III

King Henry VI, part 1; No loving token to his majesty Act V Scene III (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

King Henry VI, part 1; Uncles of Gloster & of Winchester

King Henry VI, part 1; Uncles of Gloster & of Winchester (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

King Henry VI, part 2; Headings

King Henry VI, part 2; Headings (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

King Henry VI, part 2; How fares my lord Act III Scene III

King Henry VI, part 2; How fares my lord Act III Scene III (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

King Henry VI, part 2; O let me view his visage Act V Scene I

King Henry VI, part 2; O let me view his visage Act V Scene I (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

King Henry VI, part 2; She shall not strike Dame Eleanor unrevenged Act I Scene III

King Henry VI, part 2; She shall not strike Dame Eleanor unrevenged Act I Scene III (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

King Henry VI, part 2; The next for me Act III Scene I

King Henry VI, part 2; The next for me Act III Scene I (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

King Henry VI, part 2; Untill the Queen his mistress bury it Act IV Scene I

King Henry VI, part 2; Untill the Queen his mistress bury it Act IV Scene I (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

King Henry VI, part 3; Bear him hence Act IV Scene VIII

King Henry VI, part 3; Bear him hence Act IV Scene VIII (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

King Henry VI, part 3; Headings

King Henry VI, part 3; Headings (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

King Henry VI, part 3; I’ll plant plantagenet Act I Scene I

King Henry VI, part 3; I’ll plant plantagenet Act I Scene I (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

King Henry VI, part 3; No more my king Act III Scene III

King Henry VI, part 3; No more my king Act III Scene III (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

King Henry VI, part 3; Now looks he like a King Act I Scene IV

King Henry VI, part 3; Now looks he like a King Act I Scene IV (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

King Henry VI, part 3; See how my sword weeps Act V Scene VI

King Henry VI, part 3; See how my sword weeps Act V Scene VI (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

King Henry VI, part 3; Tis wondrous strange Act II Scene I

King Henry VI, part 3; Tis wondrous strange Act II Scene I (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

King Henry VIII; And to you all good health Act I Scene IV

King Henry VIII; And to you all good health Act I Scene IV (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

King Henry VIII; As i have a soul she is an angel Act IV Scene I

King Henry VIII; As i have a soul she is an angel Act IV Scene I (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

King Henry VIII; God protect thee Act V Scene V

King Henry VIII; God protect thee Act V Scene V (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

King Henry VIII; Headings

King Henry VIII; Headings (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

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