Sidney Richard Percy

Sidney Richard Percy (actually Sidney Richard Percy Williams ) (* 1821 in London, † April 13, 1886 in Sutton ( Surrey ) ) was an English landscape painter.

Biography

Sidney Richard Percy Williams was the fifth son of the painter Edward Williams. Although his first paintings were signed " Sidney Williams", he used from the age of 20 years as a distinction to the many other members of his family painting the artist name " Percy ". From 1842 Percy turned his works at the Royal Academy of Arts and other institutions.

Most of Percy's landscape paintings spread throughout North Wales, Devon and Yorkshire, as well as in the Lake District and the Isle of Skye.

After Percy had married in 1863, he settled in Buckinghamshire. " Hill House " was the new home, undertook expeditions from which the painter through the surrounding forest landscapes. He achieved great popularity during this time and could wagons and a large number of staff afford.

1865 Percy took a study trip to Venice and went on the way home stop in Switzerland and Paris. The war of 1866 between the German Confederation under the leadership of Austria and the Kingdom of Prussia ended Percy's foreign travel activities. New inspiration gave him the landscapes in North Wales; he spent many days in the area around Llanbedr and Arthog, and at the mouth of the Mawddach in Merionethshire.

Family

Sidney Richard Percy Williams married Emily Charlotte Fairlam, daughter of Richard Fairlam, on 30 June 1857 in the Barnes Parish Church. Their children were: