SIR EDWARD POYNTER

Evening Star, Issue 16994, 17 March 1919, Page 7

SIR EDWARD POYNTER

ACADEMY PRESIDENTS RESIGNATION. It was announced at a general assembly of academicians recently held that Sir Edward John Poynter. Bart., G.C.V.0., P.R.A., had resigned the presidentship of the Royal Academy. The resignation was accepted with regret. Sir Edward Poynter, who was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1869, and Royal Academician seven years later, haa been president since 1896, when he was knighted. A baronetcy was conferred in ISO2. As a youth he worked in Leighton's studio, and after studying in English art schools went to Paris, where he joined George du Maurier. After his return to England he took part in the revival of wood engraving. He was engaged on the designs for the restoration of vValtham Abbey, and assisted Leighton in tho decorations of South Kensington Museum. Ha was Slade Professor of Art at University College, London, from 1671-75, principal of the National Art Training School, Smith Kensington. till 1881, and director of the National Gallery from 1894 to 1905. For more than 50 years he has exhibited at the Royal Academy, and his works adorn the walls of galleries in every quarter of the globe. An etcher, a sculptor, a designer, a water-color painter, a mural decorator, a worker in stained glass and mosaics, as well as an artist in black and white, Sir Edward may be aptly described as an “ all-round ” artist.