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Adams, William Dacres [1864-1951. UK. Painter/Illustrator]
Adams, William Dacres [1864-1951. UK. Painter/Illustrator]
William Dacres Adams was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire [or Reading, Berkshire - sources differ, England on 19 August 1864. He lived in London and later in Lewes, Sussex. He died on 17 August 1951
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Profile of William Dacres Adams courtesy of Liss Llewellyn Fine Art
Painter and lithographer of portraits and architectural subjects, born in Reading. He studied law in Birmingham, but in 1884 abandoned his studies to train at the Birmingham School of Art. He subsequently (1886–90) studied at Sir Hubert Herkomer’s Bushey School of Art and in Munich, Germany. Adams was a member of NPS and showed extensively at the Fine Art Society (three one-man shows during the 1920s), as well as Leicester Galleries, with Ridley Art Club, ROI and RA. His work was greatly influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites (with whom his father was acquainted from school days). Examples of his work are in the collections of The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; Worcester College, Oxford; Museum of Fine Art, San Francisco and Wellington Art Gallery, New Zealand. Adams Lived in London, then Lewes, Sussex.
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Profile of William Dacres Adams courtesy of Liss Llewellyn Fine Art
Painter and lithographer of portraits and architectural subjects, born in Reading. He studied law in Birmingham, but in 1884 abandoned his studies to train at the Birmingham School of Art. He subsequently (1886–90) studied at Sir Hubert Herkomer’s Bushey School of Art and in Munich, Germany. Adams was a member of NPS and showed extensively at the Fine Art Society (three one-man shows during the 1920s), as well as Leicester Galleries, with Ridley Art Club, ROI and RA. His work was greatly influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites (with whom his father was acquainted from school days). Examples of his work are in the collections of The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; Worcester College, Oxford; Museum of Fine Art, San Francisco and Wellington Art Gallery, New Zealand. Adams Lived in London, then Lewes, Sussex.
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Bibliography
1. Catalogue of an exhibition of water-colour drawings illustrating "The merry wives of Windsor," "As you like it," and "Esmond," by Hugh Thomson, and studies of wild animals by W. Dacres Adams. London: Ernest Brown & Phillips/Leicester Galleries, 1910
2. Catalogue of an exhibition of water-colours of London by W. Dacres Adams. London: Fine Art Society, 1924
3. Catalogue of an exhibition of water-colours of Oxford and its colleges by W. Dacres Adams. London: Fine Art Society, 1925
4. Catalogue of an exhibition of water-colours: Oxford & Cambridge colleges and London, by W. Dacres Adams. London: Fine Art Society, 1927
1. Catalogue of an exhibition of water-colour drawings illustrating "The merry wives of Windsor," "As you like it," and "Esmond," by Hugh Thomson, and studies of wild animals by W. Dacres Adams. London: Ernest Brown & Phillips/Leicester Galleries, 1910
2. Catalogue of an exhibition of water-colours of London by W. Dacres Adams. London: Fine Art Society, 1924
3. Catalogue of an exhibition of water-colours of Oxford and its colleges by W. Dacres Adams. London: Fine Art Society, 1925
4. Catalogue of an exhibition of water-colours: Oxford & Cambridge colleges and London, by W. Dacres Adams. London: Fine Art Society, 1927
