John William Inchbold

John William Inchbold ( born August 29, 1830 in Leeds, Yorkshire, † January 23, 1888 in Headingley, Leeds ) was an English, influenced by the style of Pre-Raphaelite painter.

His first drawing lessons received Inchbold in his native city. He then went to London and worked as a draftsman in the lithographic institute of Day and Haghe. There, the Belgian lithographer Louis Haghe led him closer to the watercolor painting. 1847 Inchbold finally began studying at the Royal Academy of Arts.

In the beginning of the professional career Inch Bolds was a collection of watercolors, which he participated in the exhibition of the Society of British Artists in winter 1849/50. The style of these early, emerged in London and on the Thames photos was easy and full of atmosphere as the views of Venice, William Turner had published in 1819. In other Inchbold was influenced by John Ruskin, by which he came into contact with William Michael Rossetti and the Pre-Raphaelite artist group. Also, introduce an encouraged in this time of Ruskin, painting mountain landscapes. One of Inchbold 1852 exhibited in the Royal Academy work praised Rossetti already boast as an example to the emerging Pre-Raphaelite landscape painting.

From 1869 to Inchold was in financial difficulties, and its existence was increasingly uncertain. So he left London and lived from 1877 in Montreux on Lake Geneva. Almost all of his later works were Swiss views.