John Percival Gülich

John Percival Gülich (also Gulich) (26 December 1864 – 11 December 1898) was a British illustrator, engraver and artist.[1]

Photograph of John Percival Gülich[2]

Biography

Gülich was born in Wimbledon in 1864, the son of Hermann Gülich, a London merchant of German origin, and Eleanor. He was educated at Charterhouse School.[3][4] He lived in Bremen for five years, working in his father's office.[5] He became Art Editor of the illustrated newspapers The Pictorial World and The Graphic, and also contributed to Harper's Magazine.[6] In 1897, he was elected as a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. One year later, on 11 December, he died of typhoid fever in West Hampstead at the age of 33.

Works

Arguably Gülich's best known work is a watercolour entitled "A Violin Concerto" (1898), given to the Tate Gallery by Sir Henry Tate in 1899.[7] Four of his works were exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts between 1893 and 1898.[8] Four of his drawings are held in the British Royal Collection.[9][10][11][12]

Arrival of the Emperor of Russia at Balmoral by J.P.Gulich (1896, Royal coll)
A Violin Concerto by J.P.Gulich (1898, Tate Gallery)

References

  1. ^ Descriptive and Historical Catalogue of the Pictures and Sculptures in the National Gallery, British Art. London: HM Stationery Office. 1904. p. 104.
  2. ^ "Personal". Illustrated London News. 24 December 1898. p. 945.
  3. ^ Parish, W. D. (1 January 1879). List of Carthusians, 1800 to 1879. Lewes : Farncombe and Co. pp. 104.
  4. ^ Cundall, H. M. (Herbert Minton) (1 January 1908). A history of British water colour painting, with a biographical list of painters. London : J. Murray. pp. 216.
  5. ^ Thieme, Ulrich; Becker, Felix; Willis, Frederick Charles; Vollmer, Hans (1 January 1907). Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Kunstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart (in German). Vol. 15. Leipzig : Seemann. pp. 199.
  6. ^ Pr, Oxford Univ (11 November 2010). Benezit Dictionary of Artists. ISBN 978-0199773787.
  7. ^ Gulich, John. "A Violin Concerto". Tate. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  8. ^ Graves, Algernon (1 January 1905). The Royal Academy of Arts; a complete dictionary of contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904. London : H. Graves and co., ltd. [etc.] pp. 336–337.
  9. ^ Gulich, John Percival. "The Chinese Ambassador presented to the Queen, 5 August 1896 (RCIN 920861)". Royal Collection Trust. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  10. ^ Gulich, John Percival. "The Diamond Jubilee: the torchlight tattoo in the Quadrangle of Windsor Castle, 19 June 1897 (RCIN 920870)". Royal Collection Trust. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  11. ^ Gulich, John Percival. "The Diamond Jubilee: the Queen at St Paul's Cathedral, 22 June 1897 (RCIN 920879)". Royal Collection Trust. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  12. ^ Gulich, John Percival. "Arrival of the Emperor and Empress of Russia at Balmoral, 22 September 1896 (RCIN 919537)". Royal Collection Trust. Retrieved 21 July 2016.