- Julian Trevelyan
Julian Otto Trevelyan, RA (
20 February 1910 –12 July 1988 ) was a Britishartist .Trevelyan was the only child of
Robert Calverley Trevelyan and his wife Elizabeth van der Hoeven. His grandfather was the liberal politician SirGeorge Otto Trevelyan and his uncle the historianGeorge Macaulay Trevelyan .Julian Trevelyan was educated at
Bedales School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he readEnglish Literature .He moved to
Paris to become an artist and enrolled atAtelier Dix-Sept ,Stanley William Hayter 's engraving school, where he learned about etching. He worked alongside famous artists includingMax Ernst ,Oskar Kokoschka ,Joan Miró andPablo Picasso .In 1935, Trevelyan bought Durham Wharf, beside the
River Thames inHammersmith ,London . This became his home and studio for the rest of his life and was a source of artistic inspiration to him. He became a confirmed Surrealist and exhibited at the "International Surrealist Exhibition ", held at theNew Burlington Galleries in London.He married
Ursula Darwin , daughter ofBernard Darwin and great-granddaughter ofCharles Darwin , but their marriage dissolved in 1950. Their son is the film-makerPhilip Trevelyan . Julian Trevelyan married the painterMary Fedden in 1951.From 1950 to 1955, Trevelyan taught
history of art andetching at theChelsea School of Art . During 1955–63, he was Tutor of Engraving at theRoyal College of Art , rising to Head of the Etching Department where he was influential to many younger printmakers, includingDavid Hockney .In July 1986, Trevelyan was awarded a senior fellowship at the Royal College of Art and in September 1987 he was appointed a
Royal Academician .Trevelyan died on 12 July 1988 in
Hammersmith ,London .Trevelyan's work has been exhibited at the
Bloomsbury Gallery ,Messum's and the New Burlington Galleries inLondon , and theBohun Gallery andRiver and Rowing Museum inHenley-on-Thames , among other places.External links
* [http://www.connectworks.co.uk/printeurope/pejtbiog.html Julian Trevelyan's Life]
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