{"title":"Evans, William","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Evans (1809-1858)\u003c\/strong\u003e was an English landscape painter. He was an associate member of the Old Society of Painters in Water-colours, where he exhibited as William Evans of Bristol. Born in Bristol, in his early years he was a pupil of Francis Danby and associated with the artists of the Bristol School.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWishing to perfect his art by the study of nature alone, and to free himself from the influence of schools or individuals, Evans made himself a home for many years in the centre of a grand gorge of mountain scenery in North Wales, at a farm called Tyn-y-Cai, in a large park at the junction of the River Lledr with the River Conwy, near Betws-y-Coed. Here he was able to cultivate a natural impulse for originality and grandeur in the constant contemplation of nature in some of its wildest forms, and he produced some fine works, notably Traeth Mawr; his treatment of the mountain torrents and the cottage scenery of the neighbourhood was also remarkable. William James Müller, a friend from his Bristol days, joined him in painting this area on a visit of 1842.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter 1852 Evans visited Italy, spending the winter successively at Genoa, Rome, and Naples, and he collected numerous materials for working up into landscapes of a very different character from his earlier productions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis work was cut short by illness, and he died in Marylebone Road, London, on 7 December 1858, aged 49. There is a fine watercolour drawing by him in the print room at the British Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"evans-william-1809-1858-sheep-shearing-outside-crofters-cottage","title":"Evans, William (1809-1858) - Sheep-shearing outside Crofter's cottage","description":"\u003cp\u003ePicture by the British artist William Evans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image, in JPEG format, that is 600dpi and 5790 pixels wide by 4440 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/evans-william\" title=\"William Evans\"\u003eWilliam Evans\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53642321854794,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Evans_William_1809-1858_-Sheep-shearingoutsideCrofter_scottage_main.jpg?v=1766416628"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/collections\/Evans_William_1809-1858-5919429.jpg?v=1768960133","url":"https:\/\/www.publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/evans-william.oembed","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}