Sydney Starr

The City Atlas, 1888-1889

Sydney Starr (Kingston upon Hull 10 June 1857 - New York City, 3 March 1925) was an English painter.

Life and work

Starr did his studies at the Slade School of Fine Art, where Edward Poynter and Alphonse Legros were among his teachers. His early works were influenced by James McNeill Whistler. Later he worked with Walter Sickert and the 'New English Art Club', and began painting in an impressionist style. His most famous work is The City Atlas.

In 1892 Starr went to New York, where his work was populair among collectors. He also made murals and stained glass (for instance at the Grace Chapel). He died in 1925, 62 years old. Some of his works can be seen in the Tate Gallery in London.

Gallery

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  Study in blue and gray
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  Café Royal
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  Beach at Dandwich, Kent

Literature

• Peter H. Feist e.o.: Impressionism, Taschen, Cologne, 2010. ISBN 9783836522908

External links

• Sydney Starr on Tate Gallery
• Biography of Sydney Starr
• Correspondence between Starr and Whistler