Theodore Blake Wirgman

Theodore Blake Wirgman (29 April 1848 London - 16 January 1925 London), was an English painter and etcher who moved to London, studied at the Royal Academy schools, became a painter of history and genre subjects, and worked as a portrait artist for The Graphic.

Theodore, Charles Wirgman and Francis Wirgman (1837-1870), were sons of Ferdinand Charles Wirgman (1806-57) and Frances Letitia Brereton. Ferdinand Charles' family of successful silversmiths had come to London from Sweden early in the 18th century. Their sister Clara (1841-1905) married into the French family Thevenard. [ [http://books.google.co.za/books?id=bLI9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA54&lpg=PA54&dq=%22Ferdinand+Charles+Wirgman%22&source=web&ots=g0gW9cg4tP&sig=6RkQln8KwkdjtpN6jm431STes5I&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA55,M1 Britain and Japan, 1859-1991: Themes ... - Google Book Search ] at books.google.co.za ] [ [http://www.daao.org.au/main/read/6697 DAAO Charles Wirgman ] at www.daao.org.au]

He worked from a studio at 24 Dawson Place, London, and joined The Arts Club in 1892. [ [http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/biog/Wirg_TB.htm THE CORRESPONDENCE OF JAMES McNEILL WHISTLER] ]

Wirgman was part of a group of avant-garde young artists who emulated Edward Burne-Jones and Simeon Solomon. This group was made up of Walter Crane, Robert Bateman, Harry Ellis Wooldridge and Edward Clifford.

References

* [http://www.daao.org.au/main/read/6697 DAAO Charles Wirgman ] at www.daao.org.au

Bibliography

*Bénézit, E., "Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs", 8 vols, Paris, 1956-61.