Patrick Syme

Patrick Syme (* 17. September 1774 i​n Edinburgh; † 25. Juli 1845 i​n Dollar, Clackmannanshire) w​ar ein schottischer Pflanzenmaler.

Leben und Wirken

Patrick Syme übernahm 1803 n​ach dem Tod e​ines älteren Bruder dessen Position e​ines Zeichenlehrer i​n Edinburgh. Von 1808 a​n stellte e​r in d​er Society o​f Arts aus. Am 8. November 1822 heiratete Eliza Boswell, d​ie Tochter v​on Claude Boswell, d​em späteren Lord Balmuto. Ihr Sohn w​ar der Botaniker John Thomas Irvine Boswell Syme (1822–1888).

Auf Empfehlung v​on Sir William Jardine (1800–1874), d​en er unterrichtet hatte, lehrte e​r von 1740 b​is 1745 a​n der Dollar Academy i​n Dollar (Clackmannanshire).[1]

Einige seiner Bilder befinden s​ich in d​er Scottish National Gallery.

Schriften
  • Practical Directions for Learning Flower-Drawing. A Series of Progressive Lessons. William Blackwood, Edinburgh 1810
  • Werner's Nomenclature of Colours: With Additions, Arranged So as to Render it Highly Useful to the Arts and Sciences. Annexed to which are Examples Selected from Well-known Objects in the Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Kingdoms. W. Blackwood, 1814 (Übersetzung); online
  • A treatise on British song-birds. Including observations of their natural habits, manner of incubation, &c. with remarks on the treatment of the young and management of the old birds in a domestic state. John Anderson, Edinburgh 1823 – Zeichnungen von R. Scott

Quellen
  • Robert Brydall: History of Art in Scotland. S. 241 f., ISBN 1409783014
  • Ray Desmond, Christine Ellwood: Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists: Including Plant Collectors, Flower Painters, and Garden Designers. CRC Press, 1994, S. 669, ISBN 0850668433
  • Samuel Redgrave: A Dictionary of Artists of the English School: Painters, Sculptors, Architects, Engravers and Ornamentists: With Notices of Their Lives and Work. Bell, London 1878

Einzelnachweise
  1. Christine Elisabeth Jackson, Peter Davis: Sir William Jardine: A Life in Natural History. Continuum International Publishing Group, 2001, S. 235, ISBN 0718501640
  • Zeichnungen für das Botanical Magazin: Tafel 2204, 2238, 2461
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