Charles Wellington Furse
(1868-1904), PainterArtist associated with 7 portraits
Charles Wellington Furse was the son of C.W. Furse, archdeacon of Westminster, and was a distant relative of Joshua Reynolds. He entered the Slade School of Art in 1884, winning the Slade scholarship in the following year, and completed his education at Julian's atelier in Paris. Furse opened a portrait studio in Chelsea in the early 1890s. By the turn of the century, he had gained a reputation as a highly successful portrait painter. However, by this time his health was seriously impaired by the tuberculosis from which he suffered; he died at the young age of thirty-six.
by Charles Wellington Furse
oil on canvas, 1889
NPG 5045
Charles John Darling, 1st Baron Darling
by Charles Wellington Furse
oil on canvas, 1890
NPG 3546
by Charles Wellington Furse
oil on canvas, circa 1891
NPG 1885
Charles William de la Poer Beresford, Baron Beresford
by Charles Wellington Furse
oil on canvas, exhibited 1903
NPG 1935
by Charles Wellington Furse
oil on canvas, 1903
NPG 3916
by William Strang, after Charles Wellington Furse
mezzotint, before 1921 (1889)
NPG D36472
Charles William de la Poer Beresford, Baron Beresford
by Sir Emery Walker, after Charles Wellington Furse
photogravure, 1922 or after, based on a work of 1903
NPG D49676
Related People
- Charles Wellington Furse (father)
- Dame Katharine Furse (wife)
- Michael Bolton Furse (brother)
- (John) Paul Wellington Furse (son)
- Roger Kemble Furse (nephew)
- Sir William Thomas Furse (brother)
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