HISTORY
J M W TURNER
Joseph Mallord William Turner
(1775-1851) lived at 119 Cheyne
Walk in his old age and until his
death. The view of the river from
JOHN SINGER SARGENT his Chelsea home was an
Sargent (1856-1925), the hugely inspiration for many of his works
successful portrait and landscape – he had a balcony built so he
painter, lived at 31 Tite Street. could see it better.
Among his many sitters was the When asked about art, Turner,
novelist Henry James, who lived in the greatest English landscape
nearby Carlyle Mansions. painter of all time, replied, “it’s a
rummy business”. Mallord Street
is named after him.
AUGUSTUS JOHN
The bohemian painter and etcher
Augustus John (1878-1961) lived
from 1914 at 28 Mallord Street,
where he had a house designed for WILLIAM DE MORGAN lived at 108 Cheyne Walk. Tweed
him by Robert van’t Hoff. The Ceramic artist De Morgan (1839- sculpted several of London’s well-
house was modelled on 1917) lived at 30 Cheyne Row and known statues, including Lord
Rembrandt’s studio in Amsterdam. 127 Old Church Street. He worked Kitchener at Horse Guards Parade,
He later lived at 33 Tite Street. with William Morris and was a the peers’ war memorial at the
painter and designer of stained House of Lords, and Joseph
glass, but he is best known for his Chamberlain in Westminster
THE GREAVES BROTHERS work with glazed pottery. He also Abbey.
Walter Greaves (1846-1930) and his wrote a novel, which became a
brother Henry (1844-1904) were the best-seller in 1906.
sons of a boat-builder and lived in
Chelsea. They painted the area and JOHN TWEED
its river views extensively. The pair The Scottish portrait and memorial
were disciples of Whistler. sculptor John Tweed (1863-1933)
JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER
The flamboyant American James Whistler (1834-1903)
moved to Chelsea in 1863. The artist was renowned for his
sharp wit, particularly in exchanges with his friend Oscar
Wilde. He signed his pictures with the symbol of a butterfly.
He lived at many addresses in Chelsea. One house, 33 Tite JACOB EPSTEIN
Street, was designed for him by the architect E W Godwin. The American-born British
Whistler later married Godwin’s widow. sculptor Epstein (1880-1959) lived
He also lived in various houses on Cheyne Walk, and a at 72 Cheyne Walk, where he
blue plaque on the wall of number 96 bears his name. created the memorial to Oscar
Nicholas Dimbleby’s sculpture of Whistler can be seen on Wilde erected in the Père Lachaise
Cheyne Walk, near Battersea Bridge. The stretch of river cemetery in Paris. His studio on
here is affectionately known as Whistler’s Reach. the site of Roper’s Garden (72
Cheyne Walk), which he used from
1909 to 1914, was bombed in 1941.
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