Английская Википедия:Frank Feller

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Frank Feller (1848–1908Шаблон:R) was a Swiss artist who settled in England and made a career as an illustrator and painter. He was particularly well known as a painter of military scenes and as a painter of postcards.

Early life

Feller was born on 28 October 1848 in Bümpliz-Oberbottigen,Шаблон:R a district of the city of Bern, Switzerland. He trained in Geneva, Munich, Paris, and London.Шаблон:R

Settling in England

By 1871 Feller was a boarder at 6 Euston Grove, St Pancras, London with the profession of Artist. Ten years later, in 1881, he was now a naturalised British subject. He was lodging at 9 Rowland Street, St. Pancras, London.

Marriage and family

Feller married Christine HeuserШаблон:Refn (Q2 1863Шаблон:Snd15 June 1930),Шаблон:R Шаблон:R on 19 December 1882 at All Saints' Church in Wandsworth, London.Шаблон:R Christine had been born in St. George in the East. Her father, Balthazar Heuser (c. 1832Шаблон:Snd8 June 1887),Шаблон:R ran a Public House here, the Bee-Hive at 71 Christian Street, Whitechapel, London. Her father was a German immigrant who became a naturalised British citizen in 20 April 1874.Шаблон:R

The couple had eight children:

By 1891 Feller was living at Hazeldene, Knight's Park, Kingston-on-Thames, and described himself as an Artist: Military Painter. He had moved again by 1895, this time to 13 Fitzroy Street. He again moved to 3 Charleville Road, Fulham, London by 1901. He and Christina now had six children. Christina was now operating a millinery and employing others in her enterprise.

Feller's body of work

Feller's work can be divided up into a number of categories:

  • Magazine illustration
  • Military paintings
  • Book illustration
  • Postcards

These categories are not clearly defined and even overlap. Thus many of the magazines illustration and the postcards show military scenes. Book illustration and magazine illustration are not that far apart. However, it is still a useful scheme for looking closely at his body of work.

Magazine illustration

Feller was a contribution to many magazines including:

Example of magazine illustration

The July 1894 edition of The Strand Magazine contained an article called Marksmanship by Gilber Guerdon.Шаблон:R The eleven page article had twenty illustrations, ten of which are shown here.Шаблон:Refn The magazine used good quality paper, so there was no signs of the problems that plagued some of Feller's book illustrations for G. A. Henty, even though the illustrations were wash drawings rather than just pen and ink. Feller's hologram is used to sign the illustration of William Tell, where on the top half is visible, and on the skirts of the woman running the Coconut Shy, where it is clearly visible. The other illustrations bear his name in full.

Military paintings

Painting and drawing military scenes was one of the mainstays of Fellers's work, and The Sphere captioned his photograph The Military Artist in its coverage of his death.Шаблон:R In its obituary,Шаблон:R The Boy's Own Paper stated that he would be most remembered for:

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The Last Eleven at Maiwand by Frank Feller

In 1882 Feller completed what is probably his most famous work, The Last Eleven at Maiwand. It depicted the last eleven men from the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot with their regimental mascot, "Bobby", making a last stand as Afghan horseman approach.Шаблон:Refn The original painting has disappeared, Шаблон:Refn but is known from the print published by Henry Graves in April 1884. The painting was unusual in that it was a watercolour of seven feet (over two metres) in length.Шаблон:R The painting received a lot of favourable critical attention:

However Beckett considers the painting to be less skilled than Richard Caton Woodville's Saving the guns at Maiwand.Шаблон:R

After his success with The last eleven Feller exhibited at the Royal Academy with:Шаблон:R

  • Outpost (1883)
  • Bushey Park (1887)
  • Faithful to the last (1895)

Book illustration

1881 was also when he did his first book illustrations. These were for Gipsy Mike or, Firm as a Rock published by John F. Shaw and Co., London,Шаблон:Refn and G. A. Henty's Out on the Pampas.Шаблон:Refn While the illustrations for Gipsy Mike were pen and ink drawings, those for Out on the Pampas were wash-drawings. Unfortunately these drawings . . . were poorly reproduced by halftone blocks made with too fine a screen for the paper they were printed on."Шаблон:R Feller was one of two illustrators whose work for Henty suffered the most from being printed on paper that was too low a quality for the fineness of halftone blocks used.Шаблон:Refn

No complete list of books illustrated by Feller is available. Even comprehensive catalogues such as the Jisc Library Hub DiscoverШаблон:Refn have gaps as the names of illustrators are not always recorded when cataloguing even where the publishers provide that information.Шаблон:Refn

However by using Jisc, Abe Books, and newspaper archives, it is possible to build a partial list of authors whose work was illustrated by Feller. These include:

Example of book illustration by Frank Feller

The following example of book illustration by Frank Feller is from one of the first books he illustrated Gipsy Mike; or, Firm as a Rock. (1881) by an anonymous author. It was published by J. F. Shaw & Co. Illustrations by courtesy of the British Library. These illustrations look static when compared with Feller's later work.Шаблон:R

Postcards

Feller was well known as a post card artist.Шаблон:R His series of card designs for Eyre and Spottiswoode of Sportsmen, Sailors, and Policemen were one of the most popular cards for them in 1881.Шаблон:R

Image searches, and the Tuck Database,Шаблон:R show that Feller contributed to many different series of postcards including:

  • Life in Russia (several series)
  • Life in Spain
  • In the Alps
  • In the Tyrol
  • Angling
  • Life in China
  • Life in Switzerland
  • Cowboys and Indians
  • Soldiers

Unfortunately Raphael Tuck & Sons, for whom Feller did a great deal of work, had their premises destroyed, together with 40,000 original drawings and all their records, on 29 December 1940, during The Blitz.Шаблон:R This naturally limits the number of examples of Feller's work.

Feller also painted postcards for Hildesheimer and Faulkner. The Lancet considered that his 1885 Christmas Cards featuring mounted Hussars were very effective.Шаблон:R The designs had been purchased by the company between November 1883 and November 1884 as it took five to nine months to lithograph and print each set of cards, and the cards had to be available early enough to allow people to send sets to relatives for this use.Шаблон:R

Examples of postcards painted by Frank Feller

The following postcards were painted by Frank Feller for Raphael Tuck & Sons. The Olivine logo on the cards was one of Tuck's trademarks, and refers to the type of board used.Шаблон:R

Later life

Feller was living at 8 Wetherby Terrace, Earls Court, London, when he died from a heart attack on 6 March 1908.Шаблон:R Both The Sphere and the Boys' Own Paper carried obituaries, the first of these with a photograph.Шаблон:R His estate was valued at £500 7s. 6d. and his widow Christina was his executor.Шаблон:R His widow was left looking after 5 minor children, the last of which, Louise, was born after the death of her father. By 1910, Christina was managing the Duke William of Cumberland public house (called the Duke William Hotel in the census returns) This had been her father's occupation. She remained there until at least 1914.Шаблон:R

Christina married Sydney John South Allen at Brentford in the first quarter of 1913.Шаблон:R She died at Willesden General Hospital on 15 June 1930. Her youngest son, Louis Siegfried, was her executor, for an estate valued at only £85 14s.Шаблон:R

Notes

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References

  • Harrington, Peter (1993). British Artists and War: The Face of Battle in Paintings and Prints, 1700–1914. London: Greenhill.

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