William Daniels (artist)
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William Daniels is an English
artist.
Based in London
, he produces oil painting
s that recreate iconic historical works—portraits, landscapes, nudes, etc.—using as subjects rough maquette
s constructed from waste card and paper. For instance, his William Blake II is based on the
Thomas Phillips
portrait of William Blake
. Other works recreated include Caravaggio
's David with the Head of Goliath, Courbet
's L'Origine du monde
, and Turner
's The Shipwreck.
He has shown work in many exhibitions including Waste Material at The Drawing Room, London
; The Darkest Hour at Leisure Club Mogadishni, Copenhagen
; William Daniels at Marc Foxx, Los Angeles
; and William Daniels & Fiona Jardine at the Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
. He is represented by Marc Foxx in Los Angeles and Vilma Gold in London.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
artist.
Based in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, he produces oil painting
Oil painting
Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments that are bound with a medium of drying oil—especially in early modern Europe, linseed oil. Often an oil such as linseed was boiled with a resin such as pine resin or even frankincense; these were called 'varnishes' and were prized for their body...
s that recreate iconic historical works—portraits, landscapes, nudes, etc.—using as subjects rough maquette
Maquette
A maquette is a small scale model or rough draft of an unfinished architectural work or a sculpture...
s constructed from waste card and paper. For instance, his William Blake II is based on the
Thomas Phillips
Thomas Phillips
Thomas Phillips was a leading English portrait and subject painter. He painted many of the great men of the day including scientists, artists, writers, poets and explorers.-Life and work:...
portrait of William Blake
William Blake
William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age...
. Other works recreated include Caravaggio
Caravaggio
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on the Baroque...
's David with the Head of Goliath, Courbet
Gustave Courbet
Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet was a French painter who led the Realist movement in 19th-century French painting. The Realist movement bridged the Romantic movement , with the Barbizon School and the Impressionists...
's L'Origine du monde
L'Origine du monde
L’Origine du monde is an oil-on-canvas painted by French artist Gustave Courbet in 1866. It is a close-up view of the genitals and abdomen of a naked woman, lying on a bed with legs spread...
, and Turner
J. M. W. Turner
Joseph Mallord William Turner RA was an English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker. Turner was considered a controversial figure in his day, but is now regarded as the artist who elevated landscape painting to an eminence rivalling history painting...
's The Shipwreck.
He has shown work in many exhibitions including Waste Material at The Drawing Room, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
; The Darkest Hour at Leisure Club Mogadishni, Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
; William Daniels at Marc Foxx, Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
; and William Daniels & Fiona Jardine at the Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
. He is represented by Marc Foxx in Los Angeles and Vilma Gold in London.