William Holt Yates Titcomb

William Holt Yates Titcomb

William Holt Yates Titcomb ( February 22,1858 – September 71930) was an English artist.

Titcomb was the eighth child and first son of the Rev. Jonathan Holt Titcomb and his wife Sarah, he was born in Cambridge.

He was educated at Westminster School "The Times", Friday, Sep 12, 1930; pg. 14; Issue 45616; col E: Obituaries: Mr. W H Y Titcomb. ] . He began his art training at the South Kensington School [South Kensington School: presumably, what is now the Royal College of Art.] .

His father was appointed first Bishop of Rangoon Burma in 1877. Titcomb joined him there in December 1880 and made a series of paintings and sketches of life in the monasteries there.He was taught in Paris by Gustave Boulanger and at the Royal College of Art in Antwerp by Charles Verlat. [Tovey, David "W.H.Y. Titcomb Artist of many parts", Published by The Bushey Museum Trust]

He married Jessie Ada Morison, in 1892 she was also an artist, living at the time in St. Ives, Cornwall [4 Feb 1892 by Banns: William Holt Yates Titcomb 34 bachelor Artist of St. Ives (Father: Jonathan Holt Titcomb, Bishop of Rangoon) married Jessie Ada Morison 25 spinster Artist of St. Ives (Father: John Morison, Shipowner), Witnesses: Alice Cotter Morison, et al. SOURCE: [http://west-penwith.org.uk/ivesmar12.htm West Penwith Resources] ] .

He was a figurative oil painter, particularly known for his depictions of the Cornish fisherfolk.

His painting "Primitive Methodists at Prayer", was displayed at the Dudley Museum and Art Gallery in 1889. It won many international medals and was the first of three paintings that Titcomb completed of the Primitive Methodist congregation of Fore street, St. Ives. [ [http://www.wickersleyweb.co.uk/hist/titcomb.htm William Holt Yates Titcomb in "Families of Note" in the town of Wickersley.] ]

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