John Melhuish Strudwick Posters Prints Fine Art

St. Cecilia

Strudwick, John

When Apples were Golden

Passing Days

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John Melhuish Strudwick was born in Clapham and studied art at South Kensington, then later at the Royal Academy Schools. At the Royal Academy he was not particularly successful and it was not until he worked as studio assistant first to John Roddam Spencer Stanhope and later Edward Burne Jones that he found focus in his work. Strudwick was fortunate in that he had two extremely rich patrons, Liverpool ship owners William Imrie and George Holt however they withdrew their support when his career went into decline. The painting When Sorrow comes in Summer Days, Roses Bloom in Vain was left intentionally unfinished as a symbol of his disenchantment. The painting was a part of Strudwick's final exhibition held at the time of the artist's sixtieth birthday.

John Strudwick exhibited only one piece, Song Without Words, at the Royal Academy in 1876, showing his work primarily at the Grosvenor Gallery. His paintings often have a musical theme, his colors deep and rich with an Italian flavor added. He is known for his minute attention to accessories and draperies, making otherwise static, lifeless art highly decorative.

Museums: John Melhuish Strudwick may be found at The National Museums & Galleries at Merseyside or The Manchester City Art Galleries.

- A Golden Thread 1885
- A Symphony
- Acrasia circa 1888
- An Angel 1895-1900
- An Angel 1895
- Angels 1895
- Apollo and Marsyos 1879
- Circe and Scylla 1886
- Elaine
- Elaine
- Evensong 1897
- Falling Leaves
- In the Golden Days
- Isabella
- Isabella and the Pot of Basil
- Isabella and the Pot of Basil 1879
- Love and Time
- Love Story print
- Love's Palace
- My Beloved has gone down to his garden
- Oh Swallow, Swallow 1894
- Saint Cecilia
- Song without Words 1875
- Summer Songs
- The Annunciation
- The Gentle Music of Bugone Day print
- The Good Samaritan 1871
- The Good Samaritan 1871
- The Madonna and Child with attendant Angels
- The music faintly falling, dies away 1893
- The Music of a Bygone Age 1890
- The music room print
- The Ramparts of God's House
- The Ten Virgins
- The ten Virgins
- Thy music faintly falling, dies away. Thy dear eyes dream that Love
- Thy Music, faintly falling, dies away 1893
- When Apples were Golden and Songs were Sweet, But Summer had Passed away 1906
- When Sorrow comes in Summer
- When Sorrow comes to Summerday Roses bloom in Vain circa 1910