Lot 545: John Byam Shaw ARWS RI (1872-1919) Goblin Market

John Byam Shaw ARWS RI (1872-1919) Goblin Market Signed and dated (18)99, oil on panel, 29cm by 24cm See illustration John Byam Liston Shaw spent his early childhood in Madras India until 1878, when he returned to London with his parents. By the age of fifteen Sir John Everett Millais advised that he should become a student at St. John's Wood Art Schools, where he received a stoically academic training. In 1890 he joined the Royal Academy, where he won several awards. Byam Shaw became a Pre- Raphaelite painter, decorator and illustrator and his work has strong echoes of the prevailing Art Nouveau style. His use of unadulterated pigment colours give his paintings a characteristic brilliance and vibrancy, which are often complimented by fantastically inspired compositions and highly skilled figurative portrayals.