William Monk (artist)

William Monk R.E. (1863–1937) was a British etcher, wood-engraver and painter in oils and watercolours.[1]

Born in Chester, the son of gunmaker William Henry Monk, he studied art at the Chester School of Art and etching at the Antwerp Academy, Belgium.

Monk's etching of the temporary cenotaph in Whitehall, London, in 1919, published in his calendar for 1920.

He was an Associate of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers from 1884 and elected a full member (R.E.) in 1899.[2]

He lived in London from 1892 and published the "Calendorium Londonense" or "London Almanack" of his illustrations of London from 1903. He returned to Chester in 1933.

Examples of his work can be found in the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Imperial War Museum. He exhibited at the Royal Academy.

In 2013 the Grosvenor Museum, Chester, held an exhibition of his work: 'A Vision of England: Etchings by William Monk'.[3][4]

References
  1. "Mr. William Monk. Etcher and Painter". Times [London, England]. 9 April 1937. p. 16 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  2. "William Monk (1863-1937)". Petley Jones Gallery.
  3. "A vision of England: Etchings by William Monk". Your West Cheshire. 18 April 2013.
  4. "Etchings exhibition celebrates Chester artist". The Chester Standard. 19 April 2013.


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