Fred Viner
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Frederick Viner (5 March 1858 – 17 August 1940) was an English watercolour artist.[1]
Frederick Viner, known as Fred, and his twin brother Alfred, were born at Gardener's Lodge, Sheen Mount, East Sheen, sons of William Viner and Jane Whiting; their father was gardener to Mr Henry Porter Smith.[2] Their mother died shortly after their births.[3] He was educated at Mortlake Schools.[1]
From 1873 he was a seaman and in 1876 he signed up for ten years service in the Royal Navy but was discharged in 1878.[4] On the 1881 Census he is recorded in Canterbury Prison as a mariner[5] serving 15 months 'hard labour' for housebreaking.[6][7] He said that he had made several crossings of the Atlantic.[8]
In 1899 he returned to live in Richmond and at the time of the 1901 Census was living in Sheen Road.[9] He made his living as a watercolour artist painting local scenes, mostly of Richmond, Kew and Isleworth, but also seascapes and other locations.[10] His paintings are signed F.Viner. He had a studio on the Quadrant set up for him by Mr Thomas Day, the Registrar.[1]
During World War I he was at Aldershot doing war work.[1] He then lived at the Grove Road Institution, Richmond;[11][12] he exhibited watercolours and rugs at the Brabazon Society[1] annual exhibitions and sales.[13][14] He was recorded as an inmate on the 1939 Register,[15] died there in 1940 and is buried in Richmond Cemetery.[1]
Some of his paintings are in the Richmond Borough Art Collection at Orleans House, the Richmond Local Studies collection and in the Hounslow archives.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "82-year-old twin. Death of Mr Frederick Viner. Well-known landscape artist". Richmond Herald. 24 August 1940. p. 3.
- ^ Ancestry.com. 1861 England Census. Class: RG 9; Piece: 461; Folio: 67; Page: 14; GSU roll: 542642
- ^ "Entry for Jane Viner, 16 March 1858. England, Surrey Parish Registers, 1536-1992". Family Search.
- ^ "UK, Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services for Frederick Viner". Ancestry. 5 March 1876.
- ^ "1881 England Census for Frederick Viner. 1881 Canterbury St Augustine Kent England". Ancestry.
- ^ Fred Viner in the England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892, Class: HO 27; Piece: 185; Page: 301. Ancestry. 11 Oct 1880 Kent.
- ^ "Housebreaking in Clarendon Road". The Faversham Mercury and Sittingbourne and Whitstable Journal. 16 October 1880. p. 4.
- ^ "Mayor and old folk. A trip on the Thames". Richmond Herald. 24 September 1932. p. 20.
- ^ Ancestry.com. 1901 England Census. Class: RG13; Piece: 674; Folio: 89; Page: 20
- ^ Darby, Paul (17 July 2020). "Ivy House (1904). A Grade II Listed Building in Southampton, City of Southampton".
- ^ "Grove Road Hospital". Lost Hospitals of London. 2008.
- ^ "A Home From Home. Two Mayors at Grove Road Institution. Gifts for the Inmates". Richmond Herald. 31 December 1932. p. 14.
- ^ "Brabazon Employment Society. Exhibition of work and annual sale". Richmond Herald. 5 November 1927. p. 14.
- ^ "Brabazon Employment Society. Exhibition of works and annual sale". Richmond Herald. 16 October 1937. p. 21.
- ^ Ancestry.com. 1939 England and Wales Register. Reference: RG101/1382G/002/12
- ^ "View of Isleworth". Thames Pilot.
External links
[edit]- Works by F Viner Richmond Borough Art Collection
- Watercolour by Viner, F Richmond Local Studies Collection
