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Robert Polhill Bevan
Robert Polhill Bevan

Robert Polhill Bevan

English, 1865–1925
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Robert Polhill Bevan was a British painter, draughtsman and lithographer. He was a founding member of the Camden Town Group, the London Group, and the Cumberland Market Group.

He was born in Brunswick Square, Hove, near Brighton, the fourth of six children of Richard Alexander Bevan (1834–1918), a banker, and Laura Maria Polhill. The Bevans had been a Quaker family with long associations with Barclays Bank. They were descended from Silvanus Bevan the Plough Court apothecary and Robert Barclay the Quaker Apologist. The family, who could trace direct descent from Iestyn ap Gwrgant, had left Wales in the 17th century and settled in London.

His first teacher of drawing was Arthur Ernest Pearce, who later became head designer to Royal Doulton potteries. In 1888 he studied art under Fred Brown at the Westminster School of Art before moving to the Académie Julian in Paris. Amongst his fellow students were Paul Sérusier, Pierre Bonnard, Édouard Vuillard and Maurice Denis. Bevan made his first visit to Brittany with a fellow student Eric Forbes-Robertson in 1890 and stayed at the Villa Julia, in Pont-Aven. He made a second visit in the autumn of the following year before travelling to Morocco by way of Madrid to study Velasquez and Goya at first hand. He appears to have done more fox-hunting in Tangier than drawing in the company of the artists Joseph Crawhall and George Denholm Armour and was Master of the Tangier Hunt in his second season.

Bevan returned to Brittany in 1893. There is no evidence that he had ever met Van Gogh but it is obvious in the swirling trees and landscape of his Breton drawings that he knew his work. It is known that he was friendly with Paul Gauguin, who gave him several prints. Bevan also received encouragement from Renoir, particularly in his drawing of horses. Although not evident in the few paintings that survive from this period it is in his drawings, early prints, and two surviving wax panels that the obvious influence of Pont-Aven synthetism can be seen.

On his return to England in 1894 Bevan went to live on Exmoor where he was able to combine painting with hunting.

In the summer of 1897 Bevan met the Polish painter Stanisława de Karłowska at the wedding of Polish art student Janina Flamm with Eric Forbes-Robertson in Jersey. At the end of the year Bevan and de Karłowska married in Warsaw. Her father had extensive land in central Poland and for the remainder of their married life they would make long summer visits there.

Bevan spent most of his summers painting. Until the First World War this was usually at family homes in Poland or Sussex. However, at about this time, he was first invited down to the Blackdown Hills on the Devon-Somerset border as a guest of landowner and amateur artist Harold Harrison. Until the end of his life Bevan continued to paint in the Bolham valley and nearby Luppitt his angular style sitting well with the strong patterning of the landscape.

His London street scenes, which were largely in the area of St John's Wood and Belsize Park, were generally more favourably reviewed than his landscapes.

After a break of nearly twenty years Bevan returned to lithography. Whilst his earlier prints recall landscapes by Van Gogh the later works are more in the nature of tone translations of oil paintings. "In either instance they are technically superb and notable additions to English lithography of the period."

In 1922 he was elected to the New English Art Club.

Bevan died on 8 July 1925, following an operation for stomach cancer.

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A Morning at Tattersall’s

A Morning at Tattersall’s (1921)

Robert Polhill Bevan (English, 1865–1925)
Figurative
Corn Stooks, Poland

Corn Stooks, Poland (1907)

Robert Polhill Bevan (English, 1865–1925)
Landscape
Near Brimley Hill

Near Brimley Hill (1915)

Robert Polhill Bevan (English, 1865–1925)
Landscape
Landscape with Three Trees

Landscape with Three Trees

Robert Polhill Bevan (English, 1865–1925)
Landscape
A Village in the Sussex Downs

A Village in the Sussex Downs

Robert Polhill Bevan (English, 1865–1925)
Landscape
The Bayhorse, Tattersalls

The Bayhorse, Tattersalls (1921)

Robert Polhill Bevan (English, 1865–1925)
Figurative
‘Quiet with all Road Nuisances’

‘Quiet with all Road Nuisances’ (ca. 1912)

Robert Polhill Bevan (English, 1865–1925)
Figurative
Le Grand Chemin

Le Grand Chemin (1887)

Robert Polhill Bevan (English, 1865–1925)
Landscape
‘Quiet with all Road Nuisances’

‘Quiet with all Road Nuisances’ (ca. 1912)

Robert Polhill Bevan (English, 1865–1925)
Figurative
Over the Bank, Exmoor

Over the Bank, Exmoor (ca. 1895)

Robert Polhill Bevan (English, 1865–1925)
Abstract
The Four-Horse Team

The Four-Horse Team

Robert Polhill Bevan (English, 1865–1925)
Landscape
Under the Hammer

Under the Hammer

Robert Polhill Bevan (English, 1865–1925)
Figurative
The Weigh House, Cumberland Market

The Weigh House, Cumberland Market (ca. 1914)

Robert Polhill Bevan (English, 1865–1925)
Landscape
The Turn Rice-Plough, Sussex

The Turn Rice-Plough, Sussex (ca. 1909)

Robert Polhill Bevan (English, 1865–1925)
Landscape
The Ford

The Ford (1918 to 1919)

Robert Polhill Bevan (English, 1865–1925)
Landscape
The Caller at the Mill

The Caller at the Mill (1918 to 1919)

Robert Polhill Bevan (English, 1865–1925)
Landscape
Hay Carts, Cumberland Market

Hay Carts, Cumberland Market (1915)

Robert Polhill Bevan (English, 1865–1925)
Landscape
Aldwych

Aldwych (1924)

Robert Polhill Bevan (English, 1865–1925)
Landscape
The green house, St John’s Wood

The green house, St John’s Wood (circa 1918)

Robert Polhill Bevan (English, 1865–1925)
Landscape
The Horse Mart

The Horse Mart (1917 to 1918)

Robert Polhill Bevan (English, 1865–1925)
Figurative
Battage du blé

Battage du blé (1893)

Robert Polhill Bevan (English, 1865–1925)
Drawings
The White House (Gould’s Farm Luppitt)

The White House (Gould’s Farm Luppitt) (ca. 1920)

Robert Polhill Bevan (English, 1865–1925)
Illustration
Timber Hauling

Timber Hauling (ca. 1917)

Robert Polhill Bevan (English, 1865–1925)
Drawings
Under the Hammer

Under the Hammer (between 1912 and 1913)

Robert Polhill Bevan (English, 1865–1925)
Drawings
Woman Ironing

Woman Ironing (ca. 1895)

Robert Polhill Bevan (English, 1865–1925)
Drawings
The Ploughing Team

The Ploughing Team (1906)

Robert Polhill Bevan (English, 1865–1925)
Drawings
The Flying Pack

The Flying Pack (1898-99)

Robert Polhill Bevan (English, 1865–1925)
Illustration
Found!

Found! (1898-99)

Robert Polhill Bevan (English, 1865–1925)
Illustration
The Meet

The Meet (1898-99)

Robert Polhill Bevan (English, 1865–1925)
Illustration
Who-o-p!

Who-o-p! (1898-99)

Robert Polhill Bevan (English, 1865–1925)
Illustration
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