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Frederick Morgan
English painter
born 1847 - died 1927

Husband of: Alice Mary Havers (1850-1890).
Son of: John Morgan (1823-1886)

Frederick Morgan was born in London, England in 1847. His father John Morgan (1823-1886) was a genre artist who received his training in Paris France under the French painter and teacher Thomas Couture (1815-1879). Frederick Morgan was known as “Jury Morgan,” after the success of one of his pictures entitled The Gentlemen of the Jury, and was a member of the Society of British Artists, as well as a regular exhibiter at the Royal Academy. (Oldcastle, pg. 4) As John Morgan firmly believed in the importance of learning art at a young age, Frederick Morgan took his son Fred (as Frederick Morgan was called) out of school when Frederick Morgan was fourteen years old to begin his art instruction with him.

Young Fred began his art training with his father and took some art lessons in Edinburgh. However, it was his father that greatly influenced his artistic career, as Frederick Morgan said “He taught me how to make a picture.” (Oldcastle, p. 5) At age sixteen, Fred sent a painting entitled The Rehearsal to the Royal Academy, which depicted two old musicians practicing for the village choir. Much to his astonishment, it was accepted and was “hung in one of the small rooms on the wall, near the ground,” and was purchased by a collector at the Private View, for £20. (Oldcastle, pg. 8) After this initial success, Fred did not progress as Frederick Morgan should have because “perhaps, being the only boy in the town of Aylesbury following the profession, thus lacking emulation, and also not being very robust in health, I seemed to lose heart.” (Oldcastle, pg. 8) Three years later, his father informed him that Frederick Morgan was not qualified to become a painter and that Frederick Morgan should look for another occupation. To that end, Fred’s father gave him five pounds and sent him to London, where Frederick Morgan unsuccessfully searched for various jobs in warehouses or offices. Frederick Morgan then returned home and decided with his family to once more try to become a successful artist. - English Morgan Frederick photo to oil painting from photos - Morgan Frederick oil painting from photo – photo to oil painting Morgan Frederick Bio by English oil paintings from photos art of Morgan oil painting from photo English painting.

Fred worked for three years as a portrait artist in Aylesbury and was engaged by a photographic firm to paint family portraits for those clients who were not satisfied with photographs only. After showing samples of his work to other photographic firms in London, Frederick Morgan received numerous portrait commissions and was thus able to make a sufficient income. The years that Frederick Morgan spent working for the photographers proved to be a good training for Fred, as it “taught him how to observe closely and to give the greatest attention to detail.” (Oldcastle, pg. 15) In addition to portraits, Frederick Morgan painted other subjects that included rustic idealized peasants and domestic genre mostly of happy childhood scenes. Starting 1874 Messers Agnew and Sons purchased all his work for a number of years. During this period Frederick Morgan produced many of his successful paintings such as The Doll’s Tea Party (1874), Emigrants Departure (1875), School Belles (1877), which were mostly painted in the village of Shere close to Guildford, a favorite artists’ retreat. Later, Frederick Morgan produced other paintings in Normandy, which included Midday Rest (1879) and An Apple Gathering (1880).

Fred’s popularity increased, as did the demand for his paintings of children scenes. Although Frederick Morgan was an excellent child portraitist, Frederick Morgan “had a problem painting animals,” as noted by Terry Parker in Golden Hours, The Paintings of Arthur J. Elsley, 1860-1952 (Somerset, England: R. Dennis, 1998, pg. 9) As a result, Frederick Morgan cooperated with other artists for his images that depicted children with their pets. Among them were the artist Allen Sealey (1850-1927) who specialized in canine portraits, and the genre artist Arthur J. Elsley (1860- 1952). The latter took on that role when Frederick Morgan moved into Fred’s studio at 7 North Bank, St, John’s Wood in 1889. Together they produced Ruff Play (c. 1889, once owned by Rehs Galleries), in which Fred painted the little girl and Elsley painted the two terriers, among several other images.

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