Sydney Starr

Life and work

Starr did his studies at the Slade School of Fine Art, where Edward Poynter and Alphonse Legros were among his teachers. His early works were influenced by James McNeill Whistler. Later he worked with Walter Sickert and the 'New English Art Club', and began painting in an impressionist style. His most famous work is The City Atlas.

In 1892 Starr went to New York, where his work was populair among collectors. He also made murals and stained glass (for instance at the Grace Chapel). He died in 1925, 62 years old. Some of his works can be seen in the Tate Gallery in London.

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