George Spencer Watson

George Spencer Watson (8 March 1869 - 11 April 1934) was an English portrait artist of the late romantic school who sometimes worked in the style of the Italian Renaissance. He was elected a Member of the Royal Academy in 1932.

Born in London, Watson studied at the Royal Academy from 1889; he exhibited there from 1891 and also at the Paris salon. Retrospective exhibitions were held at the Galerie Heinemann, Munich in 1912, and at the Fine Art Society in 1914.

His work "A Lady in Black" (1922) is owned by the Tate Collection.

He married Hilda and they had a daughter, Mary Spencer Watson (1913-2006), a sculptor.

He died in London and a memorial exhibition was held at the Fine Art Society in the same year. There is a memorial to him in the north vestibule of St James's Church, Piccadilly, London.

WORKS

* Cynthia - circa 1932 - auctioned Christie's London 6 November 1995
* A Cottage Garden - 1928 (view of Dunshay)
* The Adoration - 19??
* The Creation -1921 -Wolverhampton Art Gallery, West Midlands, UK
* The Birth of Venus - ? - Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth, UK
* Peter and the bear -1915
* Portrait of Monica Boyd - 1909
* Portrait of Esther Harris - 1904
* Portrait of James Harris (accountant) and his dog - ?
* The Fountain - 1900
* Sir Francis Eden Lacey, as Secretary of the MCC, 1928.
* Girl in a Feathered Hat - ?
* Marishka - ?
* The Three Wise Kings - ? - held by Rochdale Art Gallery, Lancashire, UK
* Nude 1927 - Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, Lancashire, UK,
* My lady of the rose - auctioned by Phillips London: Tuesday, November 14, 1989
* George Elkington Past Master Quatuor Coronati Lodge (2076) - ?
* Sir Montague Sharpe - ? - Middlesex Guildhall Collection