John Griffiths (artist)

John Griffiths
Born 29 November 1837
Llanfair Caereinion, Wales
Died 1 December 1918
Residence England, India (Bombay)
Nationality English
Education Royal College of Art
Known for Painter, teacher
Movement Orientalist

John Griffiths (29 November 1837 – 1 December 1918) was a British artist who worked in India, noted for his Orientalist works.

Life and career

He was born in Llanfair Caereinion and trained in what became the Royal College of Art. He became a Professor of Art and moved to Bombay as the principal of the Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art in Bombay. One of his major works was the copying of paintings in the Buddhist temples at Ajanta which were published in two large folio volumes "The paintings in the Buddhist Cave Temples at Ajanta".[1]

He retired in 1895, and moved to Montgomeryshire and later Sherborne, Dorset where he lived until his death. He was married with two daughters.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Llewellyn, Briony (1980) London. John Griffiths (1837-1918). The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 122, No. 926 (May, 1980), pp. 368-371


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