SIR EDWARD POYNTER.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8158, 15 March 1919, Page 1 (Supplement)

SIR EDWARD POYNTER.

ACADEMY PRESIDENT’S RESIGNATION.

It was announced at a general 1 assembly of Academicians recently held that Sir Edward John Poynter, Bt., G.C.V. 0., P.11.A.. had resigned the presidentship of the Royal Academy. Thq resignation was accepted with regret. Sir Edward Poynter, who was elected an Associate of th© Royal Academy in 1869 and Royal Academician seven years later, ha ri been president sinoo 1890, wheln lie was knighted. A baronetcy was conferred in 1902. As a youth he worked in Leighton’s, studio, and, after studying in English art schools, went to Paris, where ho joined George du Manner. Aftar hi* return to England he took part- in the revival of wood engraving; li© was engaged on the designs for the restoration of Waltham Abb?|y. and assisted Leighton in the decorations of South Kensington Museum. H© .was SI ad© Professor of Art at University College. London, from 1871-1875, principal of the National ArtTraining School. South Kenisngton. ti’l 1881, and director of the National Gallery from 1894 to 1905. For more than 50 years h© has exhibited at the Royal Acadeiniy. and his works adorn the walls of galleries in -every quarter of the globe. An etcher, a sculptor, a designer. a water-colour 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.