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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Timon of Athens; La La La La Act III Scene I

Timon of Athens; La La La La Act III Scene I (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

Timon of Athens; Re-enter Cupid Act I Scene II

Timon of Athens; Re-enter Cupid Act I Scene II (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

Timon of Athens; There’s more gold Act IV Scene III

Timon of Athens; There’s more gold Act IV Scene III (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

Timon of Athens; Thou too and thou Act III Scene VI

Timon of Athens; Thou too and thou Act III Scene VI (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

Titus Andronicus; Ah my sweet moor Act II Scene III

Titus Andronicus; Ah my sweet moor Act II Scene III (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

Titus Andronicus; Death for a deadly deed Act V Scene III

Titus Andronicus; Death for a deadly deed Act V Scene III (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

Titus Andronicus; Headings

Titus Andronicus; Headings (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

Titus Andronicus; I’ll bear you hence Act IV Scene II

Titus Andronicus; I’ll bear you hence Act IV Scene II (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

Titus Andronicus; Now masters draw Act IV Scene III

Titus Andronicus; Now masters draw Act IV Scene III (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

Titus Andronicus; Then Aaron arm thy heart Act II Scene I

Titus Andronicus; Then Aaron arm thy heart Act II Scene I (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

Troilus and Cressida; Cry Trojans Cry Act II Scene II

Troilus and Cressida; Cry Trojans Cry Act II Scene II (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

Troilus and Cressida; Get you in Act V Scene III

Troilus and Cressida; Get you in Act V Scene III (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

Troilus and Cressida; Good uncle i beseech you Act IV Scene II

Troilus and Cressida; Good uncle i beseech you Act IV Scene II (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

Troilus and Cressida; Headings

Troilus and Cressida; Headings (1902)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

Troilus and Cressida; I marvel where Troilus is Act I Scene II

Troilus and Cressida; I marvel where Troilus is Act I Scene II (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

Troilus and Cressida; Love nothing but love Act III Scene I

Troilus and Cressida; Love nothing but love Act III Scene I (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

Troilus and Cressida; Thersites

Troilus and Cressida; Thersites (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

Twelfth night; By swaggering could i never have Act V Scene I

Twelfth night; By swaggering could i never have Act V Scene I (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

Twelfth night; He left this ring behind him Act I Scene V

Twelfth night; He left this ring behind him Act I Scene V (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

Twelfth night; Headings

Twelfth night; Headings (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

Twelfth night; I’ll go burn some sack Act II Scene III

Twelfth night; I’ll go burn some sack Act II Scene III (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

Twelfth night; Sweet lady ho ho Act III Scene IV

Twelfth night; Sweet lady ho ho Act III Scene IV (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

Twelfth night; That they may fairly note this act of mine Act IV Scene III

Twelfth night; That they may fairly note this act of mine Act IV Scene III (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

Twelfth night; Would not a pair of these have bred sir Act III Scene I

Twelfth night; Would not a pair of these have bred sir Act III Scene I (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

Two gentlemen of Verona; And seal the bargain with a holy kiss Act II Scene II

Two gentlemen of Verona; And seal the bargain with a holy kiss Act II Scene II (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

Two gentlemen of Verona; And yet you never swom the Hellespont Act I Scene I

Two gentlemen of Verona; And yet you never swom the Hellespont Act I Scene I (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

Two gentlemen of Verona; Fear Not Act V Scene I

Two gentlemen of Verona; Fear Not Act V Scene I (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

Two gentlemen of Verona; Headings

Two gentlemen of Verona; Headings (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

Two gentlemen of Verona; I take your offer Act IV Scene I

Two gentlemen of Verona; I take your offer Act IV Scene I (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

Two gentlemen of Verona; Valentine Act V Scene IV

Two gentlemen of Verona; Valentine Act V Scene IV (1900)

Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

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