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William Shayer Senior Art

British, 1787-1879
William Joseph Shayer, senior was a self-taught artist, who began by painting decorations on rush-bottom chairs, and moved on to painting carriages in the town of Guildford, after which he started doing a heraldic painting. Ultimately he began painting oil on canvas and became skilled at portraying woodland scenes with gipsies, people and animals in front of country inns and farmhouses, and beach scenes crowded with boats and fishermen. He lived mainly in the south of England, in Shirley, Southampton, but painted throughout Hampshire and in a wooded district in the southwest part of Hampshire called the New Forest. Michael Hoy, a wealthy Southampton merchant, was one of his most enthusiastic patrons and bought many of Shayer’s paintings of the area. Shayer lived a long life, during which he had two wives and ten children. His eldest son, William Joseph Shayer, junior (1811-1892) was also a painter and painted in a style very similar to his father. Their paintings are easily confused, which is made all the more difficult by the fact that they probably collaborated on several paintings in the elder Shayer’s later years. Three of Shayer senior’s younger sons – Edward Dasherwood Shayer (1821-1864), Henry Thring Shayer (1825-1894) and Charles Walker Shayer (1826-1914) – became painters as well, and all assisted him at times in his studio. William Shayer, senior died at the age of 92 on 21 December 1879 at his home at Bladon Lodge near Southampton. William Shayer, senior was a competent landscape artist, but he is best known as a figure painter. His work is reminiscent in some respects to the paintings of George Morland, another very popular figure painter. Shayer’s work though has a depth and brightness to it missing from the paintings of many of his contemporaries, due to his skilful application of glaze (i.e., spreading a thin, oily, transparent layer of paint over a dry opaque paint). He exhibited at the Royal Academy (6 works), the British Institution (82 works), and at the Suffolk Street Gallery of the Society of British Artists (338 works). He also exhibited in many of the lesser-known Victorian art venues as well. His works are on display at many museums including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Tate Gallery, the Glasgow Art Gallery, and the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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William Shayer Senior (1787-1879) - Framed Mid 19th Century Oil, A Good Ale
William Shayer Senior (1787-1879) - Framed Mid 19th Century Oil, A Good Ale

William Shayer Senior (1787-1879) - Framed Mid 19th Century Oil, A Good Ale

By WILLIAM SHAYER SENIOR (1787-1879)

Located in Corsham, GB

A very fine example of the work of William Shayer Senior (1787-1879). A Good Ale, oil on panel. Signed to the lower left. Well presented in an ornate gilt-effect frame with floral an...

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Mid-19th Century William Shayer Senior Art

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Oil

Sailboats on a Calm Sea, Sky and Harbor, British 19th century
Sailboats on a Calm Sea, Sky and Harbor, British 19th century

Sailboats on a Calm Sea, Sky and Harbor, British 19th century

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Seascape by famous artist of the period, this fine oil painting on canvas shows us soft hues in skies and waters, with a white-sailed ship in the center. One of Shayer’s more beauti...

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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic William Shayer Senior Art

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Canvas, Oil

19th Century genre oil painting of fisher folk on a beach
19th Century genre oil painting of fisher folk on a beach

19th Century genre oil painting of fisher folk on a beach

By WILLIAM SHAYER SENIOR (1787-1879)

Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire

William Shayer British, (1787-1879) Fisher Folk on the Beach Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1839 Image size: 27.25 inches x 35.25 inches Size including frame: 37.25 inches x 45.25 in...

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19th Century Victorian William Shayer Senior Art

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Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting by William Shayer Snr "An Inn Interior"
Oil Painting by William Shayer Snr "An Inn Interior"

Oil Painting by William Shayer Snr "An Inn Interior"

By WILLIAM SHAYER SENIOR (1787-1879)

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Oil Painting by William Shayer Snr "An Inn Interior" 1787- 1879 Leading regency rural landscape painter from Southampton. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, B.I and 338 times at the ...

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19th Century William Shayer Senior Art

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Victorian Oil on Canvas: Country Village Scene, Framed, 39x49
Victorian Oil on Canvas: Country Village Scene, Framed, 39x49

Victorian Oil on Canvas: Country Village Scene, Framed, 39x49

By WILLIAM SHAYER SENIOR (1787-1879)

Located in St. Albans, GB

William Shayer Senior Oil on Canvas. Signed bottom right Canvas Size: 30 x 40" (76 x 102cm) Outside Frame Size: 39 x 49" (99 x 125cm) 1787-1879 William Shayer was born in Southam...

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Mid-19th Century Victorian William Shayer Senior Art

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Oil

English Antique Landscape Oil Painting “Start of the Day” by William Shayer Sr.
English Antique Landscape Oil Painting “Start of the Day” by William Shayer Sr.

English Antique Landscape Oil Painting “Start of the Day” by William Shayer Sr.

By WILLIAM SHAYER SENIOR (1787-1879)

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WILLIAM SHAYER, SR. British, 1788-1879 "The Start of the Day" Oil on canvas signed lower left "Wm Shayer Sr" Item # 012PGJ11S A bright and atmospheric painting by self-taught lu...

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English Antique Seascape of "Sussex Coast" (1854) by William Shayer, Sr.
English Antique Seascape of "Sussex Coast" (1854) by William Shayer, Sr.

English Antique Seascape of "Sussex Coast" (1854) by William Shayer, Sr.

By WILLIAM SHAYER SENIOR (1787-1879)

Located in Shippensburg, PA

WILLIAM SHAYER, SR. British, 1788-1879 "Sussex Coast" (1854) Oil on canvas signed lower left "William Shayer '54" titled in graphite on stretcher bars verso Item # 404REX19W Th...

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19th Century British Victorian Antique William Shayer Senior Art

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Canvas, Paint

Fisherfolk On The Beach,  19th Century
Fisherfolk On The Beach,  19th Century

Fisherfolk On The Beach, 19th Century

By WILLIAM SHAYER SENIOR (1787-1879)

Located in Blackwater, GB

Fisherfolk On The Beach, 19th Century by William SHAYER (1787-1879) Fine Large 19th Century English scene with fisherfolk on the beach overlooking the coastline, oil on canvas. E...

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19th Century William Shayer Senior Art

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Canvas, Oil

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William Shayer Painting

William Shayer Painting

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H 23.25 in W 27.25 in D 2 in

William Shayer Painting

By WILLIAM SHAYER SENIOR (1787-1879)

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Mid-19th Century English Antique William Shayer Senior Art

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19th Century Pastoral Painting by William Shayer

19th Century Pastoral Painting by William Shayer

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H 30 in W 25.82 in D 2.38 in

19th Century Pastoral Painting by William Shayer

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William Shayer Senior and Edward Williams 'The Skittles Players'
William Shayer Senior and Edward Williams 'The Skittles Players'

William Shayer Senior and Edward Williams 'The Skittles Players'

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Mid-19th Century English Romantic Antique William Shayer Senior Art

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