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William Grieve|1800|1844| William Grieve (born 1800 died 1844), scene-painter, one of a family connected for several generations with this branch of art, son of John Henderson Grieve, a scene-painter of repute, was born in London in 1800. He was employed as a boy at Covent Garden Theatre, but subsequently gained his chief celebrity as a scene-painter for Drury Lane Theatre and Her Majesty's opera-house. When Clarkson Stanfield and David Roberts abandoned scene-painting, Grieve was left at the head of the profession. His moonlight scenes were especially notable, and in 1832, after a performance of 'Robert le Diable', the audience called him before the curtain, then an unprecedented occurrence. Grieve also attained some success in small pictures and water-colours. He died at South Lambeth on 12 November 1844, leaving a wife and five children. His younger brother, Thomas Grieve, was also a scene-painter.^{[DNB 1][DNB 2][DNB 3][1]}

References

1. [[Template:Cite DNB|vb=yes|author=Template:DNB LC|title=Grieve, William (DNB00)|work=Dictionary of National Biography|volume=23|pages=0|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Grieve,_William_(DNB00)]]

DNB references

These references are found in the DNB article referred to above.

1. The Art Union, 1845
2. Ottley's Dictionary of Recent and Living Painters
3. Redgrave's Dictionary of Artists.

External links

Grieve, William (DNB00)|Grieve, William

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