George Scharf
1820-1895 British art critic, was born in London, the son of George Scharf, a Bavarian miniature painter who settled in England in 1816 and died in 1860. He studied in the schools of the Royal Academy. In 1840 he accompanied Sir Charles Fellows to Asia Minor, and in 1843 acted as draughtsman to a government expedition to the same country. After his return he devoted himself with great industry and success to the illustration of books relating to art and antiquity, of which the best known are Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome (1847); Milman's Horace, (1849); Kugler's Handbook of Italian Painting (1851); and Dr Smith's classical dictionaries. He also engaged largely in lecturing and teaching, and took part in the formation of the Greek, Roman and Pompeian courts at the Crystal Palace. He acted as art secretary to the great Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857, and in that year was appointed secretary and director to the newly founded National Portrait Gallery. The remainder of his life was given to the care of that institution. Scharf acquired an unrivalled knowledge of all matters relating to historic portraiture, and was the author of many learned essays on the subject. In 1885
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George Scharf Interior of the Gallery of the New Society of Painters in Watercolours (mk47) oil painting


Interior of the Gallery of the New Society of Painters in Watercolours (mk47)
1834 V & A Images
Painting ID::  26130 		George Scharf
Interior of the Gallery of the New Society of Painters in Watercolours (mk47)
1834 V & A Images
   
   
     
George Scharf Old and New London Bridges as they appeared in December 1831 (mk47) oil painting


Old and New London Bridges as they appeared in December 1831 (mk47)
NWS 1834 Watercolour and bodycolour 500x680mm Guildhall Library,Corporation of London
Painting ID::  26131 		George Scharf
Old and New London Bridges as they appeared in December 1831 (mk47)
NWS 1834 Watercolour and bodycolour 500x680mm Guildhall Library,Corporation of London
   
   
     
George Scharf Interior of the Gallery of the New Society of Painters in Water Colurs,Old Bond Street oil painting


Interior of the Gallery of the New Society of Painters in Water Colurs,Old Bond Street
1814 1834 Watercolour 29.6 x 36.9cm (11 5/8 x 14 1/2in) Victoria and Albert Museum London (mk63)
Painting ID::  28161 		George Scharf
Interior of the Gallery of the New Society of Painters in Water Colurs,Old Bond Street
1814 1834 Watercolour 29.6 x 36.9cm (11 5/8 x 14 1/2in) Victoria and Albert Museum London (mk63)
   
   
     
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     George Scharf
     1820-1895 British art critic, was born in London, the son of George Scharf, a Bavarian miniature painter who settled in England in 1816 and died in 1860. He studied in the schools of the Royal Academy. In 1840 he accompanied Sir Charles Fellows to Asia Minor, and in 1843 acted as draughtsman to a government expedition to the same country. After his return he devoted himself with great industry and success to the illustration of books relating to art and antiquity, of which the best known are Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome (1847); Milman's Horace, (1849); Kugler's Handbook of Italian Painting (1851); and Dr Smith's classical dictionaries. He also engaged largely in lecturing and teaching, and took part in the formation of the Greek, Roman and Pompeian courts at the Crystal Palace. He acted as art secretary to the great Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857, and in that year was appointed secretary and director to the newly founded National Portrait Gallery. The remainder of his life was given to the care of that institution. Scharf acquired an unrivalled knowledge of all matters relating to historic portraiture, and was the author of many learned essays on the subject. In 1885

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