Joseph Alfred Terry RBA (1872-1939)
Terry?s early years were spent in York where he was a student at the York School of Art. During the early 1890?s he moved to Paris where he studied at the Academie Julian. There he worked under the eye of Bougereau, J.P. Laurens and Constant. In 1895 he followed Peploe in winning the Colarossi silver medal. He exhibited at the Paris Salons, The Royal Academy, The Royal Institute, The Goupil Salon, Liverpool and held one man shows in London, Manchester and York. One of his works was purchased for the York City Art Gallery. He supported the formation of the Staithes Group of Artists and the Fylingdales Group. He was an accomplished pianist, an avid reader and a keen gardener regularly a prize winner at the Sleights Horticultural Shows. In 1924 he was elected full membership of the Royal Society of British Artists and staged his first large exhibition in York showing ninety oils and watercolours. Contemporary critics thought highly of him. He had a unique ability to combine romance with contemporary ideas. The diversity of styles in which he painted reflected various influences but, at the same time, all have a distinctly romantic flavour.
