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Line 1: {{Short description\|British artist (1846–1917)}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=January 2017}} {{Use British English\|date=January 2017}} [[File:Jesus appears to the disciples.jpg\|thumb\|[[Jesus]] appears to the [[Twelve Apostles\|disciples]]]] '''William Brassey Hole''' ~~[[Royal Scottish Academy~~{{Post-nominals\|country=GBR\|RSA]]}} (7 November 1846 – 22 October 1917) was ana ~~English~~Scottish ~~artist~~[[Victorian painter]], illustrator, [[etcher]], and [[engraver]],. He was known for his industrial, historical and biblical scenes. ==Life== ===Early life and training=== [[File:Salisbury Cathedral- memorial (45) - geograph.org.uk - 1903897.jpg\|thumb\|Monument to Richard Brassey Hole in Salisbury Cathedral]] Hole was born in [[Salisbury]], Wiltshire, the son of a doctor, Richard Brassey Hole and his wife Ann Burn Hole (nee Fergusson); ~~His~~his father died in the [[cholera]] epidemic of 1849, when William was only 3 years of age, and the family relocated to [[Edinburgh]], Scotland, shortly afterwards. He was educated at [[Edinburgh Academy]], then served an apprenticeship as a [[civil engineer]] for 5 years, although he really wanted to be an artist.<ref name="meynell">Meynell, 1887.</ref>▼ In 1869, he sailed from [[Swansea]] to [[Genoa]], and spent the next 6 months travelling and sketching around [[Italy]]. In [[Rome]] he made the acquaintance of [[Keeley Halswelle]] who gave him practical advice on art. It was ~~Halwelle~~Halswelle whose criticism encouraged Hole to endeavour to become a professional painter.<ref name="meynell" />▼ ▲Hole was born in [[Salisbury]], Wiltshire, the son of a doctor, Richard Hole and his wife Ann; His father died in the [[cholera]] epidemic of 1849, when William was only 3 years of age, and the family relocated to [[Edinburgh]], Scotland, shortly afterwards. He was educated at [[Edinburgh Academy]], then served an apprenticeship as a [[civil engineer]] for 5 years, although he really wanted to be an artist.<ref name="meynell">Meynell, 1887.</ref> ▲In 1869, he sailed from [[Swansea]] to [[Genoa]], and spent the next 6 months travelling and sketching around [[Italy]]. In [[Rome]] he made the acquaintance of [[Keeley Halswelle]] who gave him practical advice on art. It was Halwelle whose criticism encouraged Hole to endeavour to become a professional painter.<ref name="meynell" /> On returning to Edinburgh, Hole entered the School of Design, then won admission to the life school of the Royal Scottish Academy, first exhibiting there in 1873; in 1878 he was elected an associate of the Academy. Around this time he took up [[etching]] and was accepted into the [[Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers\|Royal Society of Painters and Etchers]] (RE) in 1885; he was already a member of the [[Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour\|Royal Scottish Watercolour Society]] (RSW) from 1884. He eventually became a full member of the Academy (RSA).<ref name="meynell" /> Line 17 ⟶ 18: [[File:A Window in Thrums.jpg\|thumb\|Illustration from ''A window in Thrums'' (by [[J M Barrie]])]] [[File:The grave of William Hole RSA, Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh.jpg\|thumb\|The grave of William Hole RSA, Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh]] Hole went on to specialise in painting industrial and historical material. Although anborn ~~Englishman~~in byEngland, ~~birth~~his mother was Scottish, he was brought up, studied, lived, worked and died in Edinburgh, and devoted much of his energies to Scottish national subjects and purposes. Principal paintings include ''End of [[the '45]]'' (1879), ''A Straggler of the Chevalier's Army'', '' [[Battle of Culloden\| Culloden]]'', ''[[Prince Charlie]]'s Parliament'' (1882), ''If thou hadst known'' (1885) and ''The [[Canterbury]] Pilgrims'' (1889). Other paintings included ''Medea in the Island of Circe'', several based on [[Arthurian]] legend, and several depicting the life of fishermen on the west coast of Scotland, exhibited in ~~1883-84~~1883–84. Of the latter, ''The Night's Catch'' and ''The fill of the two Boats'' were praised by critics.<ref name="caw">Caw, p. 268 ff.</ref> Hole's etchings were also highly regarded, one critic describing them as "perhaps the most wonderful translations of colour and handling, of design and conception and spirit, into another artistic medium ever made, and entitle their author to rank with creative artists of the highest class".<ref name="caw" /> Around 1900, he travelled to Palestine in order to study the background for biblical painting. There he began working on the 80 watercolours that would eventually appear as illustrations in his book ''The Life of Jesus of Nazareth''.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://bibleillustration.blogspot.com/2008/05/my-favorite-bible-artist-7.html \|title=W B Hole's "Life of Jesus Christ" \|publisher=Bibleillustration.blogspot.com \|date=2008-05-26 \|~~accessdate~~access-date=2012-05-14}}</ref> In April to May 1906 these pictures were shown at an exhibition at the [[Fine Art Society]] in London.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.exhibitionculture.arts.gla.ac.uk/exhibition.php?eid=1669 \|title=Exhibition at the Fine Arts Society, 1906 \|publisher=Exhibitionculture.arts.gla.ac.uk \|date=1906-08-01 \|~~accessdate~~access-date=2012-05-14}}</ref> He also painted scenes from the Old Testament. In 1898 Hole painted a Processional [[Frieze]] for the entrance hall of the [[Scottish National Portrait Gallery]], showing over 150 figures or "heroes" from ~~Scotland’s~~Scotland's past. A critic described this work as "one of the most notable essays in mural decoration ever accomplished in this country". He also provided historical paintings for [[Edinburgh City Chambers]] and ecclesiastical decorations for other buildings.<ref name="caw" /> Hole drew the black and white illustrations for several books including works by [[Robert Louis Stevenson]], [[J M Barrie]], and [[Robert Burns]]. In later life he lived at 13 Inverleith Terrace in north Edinburgh, his neighbour at 15 being fellow-artist [[James Cadenhead]].<ref>Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1911–12.</ref> Hole died in Edinburgh in 1917. He is buried in the [[Grange, Edinburgh\|Grange Cemetery]] in the ground of James Lindsay in the centre of the north wall. His name is listed at the base of the monument along with other members of the Hole family. Line 47 ⟶ 48: ==Gallery== <gallery> File:Luke 2-41-50. Jesus goeth up with his parents to the Passover at the age of twelve years; and tarreith behind the temple, seeking instruction from the doctors of the law LOC matpc.23114.jpg\|"Jesus... seeking instruction from the [[Finding in the Temple\|doctors of the law]]" (Luke 2:41-50) File:Luke 2-51, 52. Jesus returneth with his parents to Nazareth where he is subject unto them LOC matpc.23115.jpg\|"Jesus returneth with his parents to Nazareth" (Luke 2:51-52) File:War of Independence figures by Wm Hole.JPG~~\|thumb~~\|[[First War of Scottish Independence]] File:Roman generals and emperors closeup in the frieze of the Great Hall of the National Galleries Scotland by William Brassey Hole 1897.jpg~~\|thumb~~\|Roman generals and emperors closeup in a frieze at the Great Hall of the [[Scottish National Gallery]] File:Saint Columba converting the Picts.jpg\|~~thumb~~[[Columba\|Saint Columba]] converting the Picts File:Battle of Largs by(detail), ~~William Hole~~1263.~~png\|thumb~~JPG\|Battle of Largs File:Caledonia by Wm Hole.JPG~~\|thumb~~\|Caledonia </gallery> Line 66 ⟶ 67: ==External links== {{commons category\|William Brassey Hole}} {{wikisource author}} * [http://www.williamhole.co.uk William Hole Online. News, biography and general information about the artist.] * [http://bibleillustration.blogspot.com/2008/05/my-favorite-bible-artist-7.html William Hole as Bible artist] * [http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/resources/collections/specdivision/malist.php?view=cat&id=364&cat=Coll-364 William Hole archive] (Edinburgh University Library) * [http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person.php?LinkID=mp10979&role=art Etched portraits by Hole] ([[National Portrait Gallery (London)\|National Portrait Gallery]]) * {{Gutenberg author \| id=~~Hole,+William~~ 36946}} * {{Internet Archive author \|sname=William Brassey Hole \|birth=1846 \|death=1917}} * [http://www.artoftheprint.com/artistpages/hole_william_brassey_leith_docks.htm Leith Docks] (1880 etching) Line 79 ⟶ 81: {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hole, William ~~Brassey~~Fergusson}} [[Category:People educated at Edinburgh Academy]] ~~[[Category:Pre-Raphaelite painters]]~~ [[Category:19th-century English painters]] [[Category:English male painters]] Line 93 ⟶ 94: [[Category:Royal Scottish Academicians]] [[Category:1846 births]] [[Category:20th-century English male artists]] [[Category:19th-century English male artists]]