W. Blamire Young b. 9 August 1862

Also known as Blamire Young, William Blamire Young
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Originally a mathematics teacher,the English born W. Blamire Young established himself as an illustrator, painter, designer, writer and art critic. An article in 'Art and Australia' in 1921 described Young as being '6' 3" high, aesthetic, virile, uniting the Cambridge manner with the Bohemian Spirit (and with) a picturesque and paradoxical personality'.
Tags: Poster art, Watercolour, Art Nouveau, Art and advertising, Art criticsm, Beggarstaff Brothers
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Name
W. Blamire Young
Also known as:
  • Blamire Young
  • William Blamire Young
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • mathematics teacher (ANZSIC code: 8219) 1885 - c.1893 Katoomba College, Katoomba, NSW, Australia
  • Art critic (ANZSIC code: 9002) c.1920 - 1934 England and Australia
Tags:
Poster art
Watercolour
Art Nouveau
Art and advertising
Art criticsm
Beggarstaff Brothers
Birth date
9 August 1862
Birth place
Londesborough, Yorkshire, England, UK
Death date
14 January 1935
Death place
Lilydale, Vic.
Burial place
Lilydale, Vic.
Active Period
  • c.1885 - c.1934
Arrival
  • 1885
Residence
  • 1862 - c.1885 Londesborough, Yorkshire, England, UK
  • 1885 - 1893 Katoomba College, Katoomba, NSW, Australia
  • 1893 - 1895 Bushey, Hertfordshire (Greater London), England, UK
  • 1895 - 1912 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1912 - c.1923 Sussex, England
  • c.1923 - 1935 Lilydale, Vic.
Training
  • B.A and M.A,, c.1880 - 1887 Pembroke College, Cambridge University, England
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

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See alsos [<ExternalResource: ''A Print from Johnny Fawkner's Press' 1902, woodcut 15.4 x 15.4 cm (ML copy SSV*PRI 3), Lone Hand (source unconfirmed)', A print from Johnny Fawkner's press / Brings thoughts to gentle minds unbidden / If Johnny then had printed less / Should we be now so hard press-ridden.>, <ExternalResource: ''The Poet' (a `Bohemian' to illustrate Victor Daley's verses, Lone Hand, 1 June 1907', His grey wife labored sick and cold / Dreaming of bread his children slept / And o'er the woe of Queen Isold / The poet wept and wept and wept.>, <ExternalResource: Marshall, Stephen (2013), 'The Watercolours of Blamire Young’, Sydney, New South Wales: Meridian.>] [<ExternalResource: ''A Print from Johnny Fawkner's Press' 1902, woodcut 15.4 x 15.4 cm (ML copy SSV*PRI 3), Lone Hand (source unconfirmed)', A print from Johnny Fawkner's press / Brings thoughts to gentle minds unbidden / If Johnny then had printed less / Should we be now so hard press-ridden.>, <ExternalResource: ''The Poet' (a `Bohemian' to illustrate Victor Daley's verses, Lone Hand, 1 June 1907', His grey wife labored sick and cold / Dreaming of bread his children slept / And o'er the woe of Queen Isold / The poet wept and wept and wept.>]