Sidney Meteyard (Meatyard) was the second of three sons born to Oswald George Meatyard and Emma Maria Meatyard née Rutland of Audnam, Stourbridge, West Midlands.
Sidney Harold Meteyard RBSA was an English art teacher, he worked in a late Pre-Raphaelite style influenced by Edward Burne-Jones and the Arts and Crafts Movement. Meteyard was born in Stourbridge and studied under Edward R Taylor at the Birmingham School of Art, he exhibited at the Paris Salon and the Royal Academy from 1900 to 1918. He was their Honorary Secretary, Meteyard worked across a wide variety of media from his studio in Livery Street near Snow Hill station. He was one of the pupils at the School of Art to paint a set of murals for Birmingham Town Hall and he produced works in stained glass, he illustrated the Roll of Honour. Meteyard was instrumental in facilitating the donation of Elford Hall to the city of Birmingham. His first marriage was to Lizzie Sarah Wilkes Fairfax Muckley by special licence until November 1939 when she died. He married jeweller Kate Eadie, he suffered with poor eyesight late in life and was blind for his final year. He died at Malt House Farm, Cookhill, Worcestershire and was buried on 11 April at Brandwood End Cemetery.
Death Notice The Times Tuesday 8th April 1947
"METEYARD - On April 4th 1947 at Malt House, Cookhill, Alcester, Sidney Harold Meteyard, devoted husband of the late Kate Muriel (nee Eadie), in his 80th year. Service St. Paul's Church, Cookhill, on Friday April 11th at 1.45. Internment, Brandwood End Cemetery, Birmingham, 2.30. Flowers to Bach and Barker, Old Square, Birmingham, not later than 12 noon."∼Painter and designer of stained glass.Born in the West Midlands (England) Studied at Birmingham School of Art under Edward R. Taylor. Exhibited at Royal Academy, Birmingham, Liverpool and the Paris Salon. Illustrated Longfellow's Golden Legend, and designed a stained glass window for St Saviour's, Scarborough.
All his work shows a strong influence of Burne-Jones. Examples can be seen in Birmingham Art Gallery
Sidney Harold Meteyard RBSA was an English art teacher, he worked in a late Pre-Raphaelite style influenced by Edward Burne-Jones and the Arts and Crafts Movement. Meteyard was born in Stourbridge and studied under Edward R Taylor at the Birmingham School of Art, he exhibited at the Paris Salon and the Royal Academy from 1900 to 1918. He was their Honorary Secretary, Meteyard worked across a wide variety of media from his studio in Livery Street near Snow Hill station. He was one of the pupils at the School of Art to paint a set of murals for Birmingham Town Hall and he produced works in stained glass, he illustrated the Roll of Honour. Meteyard was instrumental in facilitating the donation of Elford Hall to the city of Birmingham. His first marriage was to Lizzie Sarah Wilkes Fairfax Muckley by special licence until November 1939 when she died. He married jeweller Kate Eadie, he suffered with poor eyesight late in life and was blind for his final year. He died at Malt House Farm, Cookhill, Worcestershire and was buried on 11 April at Brandwood End Cemetery.
Death Notice The Times Tuesday 8th April 1947
"METEYARD - On April 4th 1947 at Malt House, Cookhill, Alcester, Sidney Harold Meteyard, devoted husband of the late Kate Muriel (nee Eadie), in his 80th year. Service St. Paul's Church, Cookhill, on Friday April 11th at 1.45. Internment, Brandwood End Cemetery, Birmingham, 2.30. Flowers to Bach and Barker, Old Square, Birmingham, not later than 12 noon."∼Painter and designer of stained glass.Born in the West Midlands (England) Studied at Birmingham School of Art under Edward R. Taylor. Exhibited at Royal Academy, Birmingham, Liverpool and the Paris Salon. Illustrated Longfellow's Golden Legend, and designed a stained glass window for St Saviour's, Scarborough.
All his work shows a strong influence of Burne-Jones. Examples can be seen in Birmingham Art Gallery
Sidney Meteyard (Meatyard) was the second of three sons born to Oswald George Meatyard and Emma Maria Meatyard née Rutland of Audnam, Stourbridge, West Midlands.
Sidney Harold Meteyard RBSA was an English art teacher, he worked in a late Pre-Raphaelite style influenced by Edward Burne-Jones and the Arts and Crafts Movement. Meteyard was born in Stourbridge and studied under Edward R Taylor at the Birmingham School of Art, he exhibited at the Paris Salon and the Royal Academy from 1900 to 1918. He was their Honorary Secretary, Meteyard worked across a wide variety of media from his studio in Livery Street near Snow Hill station. He was one of the pupils at the School of Art to paint a set of murals for Birmingham Town Hall and he produced works in stained glass, he illustrated the Roll of Honour. Meteyard was instrumental in facilitating the donation of Elford Hall to the city of Birmingham. His first marriage was to Lizzie Sarah Wilkes Fairfax Muckley by special licence until November 1939 when she died. He married jeweller Kate Eadie, he suffered with poor eyesight late in life and was blind for his final year. He died at Malt House Farm, Cookhill, Worcestershire and was buried on 11 April at Brandwood End Cemetery.
Death Notice The Times Tuesday 8th April 1947
"METEYARD - On April 4th 1947 at Malt House, Cookhill, Alcester, Sidney Harold Meteyard, devoted husband of the late Kate Muriel (nee Eadie), in his 80th year. Service St. Paul's Church, Cookhill, on Friday April 11th at 1.45. Internment, Brandwood End Cemetery, Birmingham, 2.30. Flowers to Bach and Barker, Old Square, Birmingham, not later than 12 noon."∼Painter and designer of stained glass.Born in the West Midlands (England) Studied at Birmingham School of Art under Edward R. Taylor. Exhibited at Royal Academy, Birmingham, Liverpool and the Paris Salon. Illustrated Longfellow's Golden Legend, and designed a stained glass window for St Saviour's, Scarborough.
All his work shows a strong influence of Burne-Jones. Examples can be seen in Birmingham Art Gallery
Sidney Harold Meteyard RBSA was an English art teacher, he worked in a late Pre-Raphaelite style influenced by Edward Burne-Jones and the Arts and Crafts Movement. Meteyard was born in Stourbridge and studied under Edward R Taylor at the Birmingham School of Art, he exhibited at the Paris Salon and the Royal Academy from 1900 to 1918. He was their Honorary Secretary, Meteyard worked across a wide variety of media from his studio in Livery Street near Snow Hill station. He was one of the pupils at the School of Art to paint a set of murals for Birmingham Town Hall and he produced works in stained glass, he illustrated the Roll of Honour. Meteyard was instrumental in facilitating the donation of Elford Hall to the city of Birmingham. His first marriage was to Lizzie Sarah Wilkes Fairfax Muckley by special licence until November 1939 when she died. He married jeweller Kate Eadie, he suffered with poor eyesight late in life and was blind for his final year. He died at Malt House Farm, Cookhill, Worcestershire and was buried on 11 April at Brandwood End Cemetery.
Death Notice The Times Tuesday 8th April 1947
"METEYARD - On April 4th 1947 at Malt House, Cookhill, Alcester, Sidney Harold Meteyard, devoted husband of the late Kate Muriel (nee Eadie), in his 80th year. Service St. Paul's Church, Cookhill, on Friday April 11th at 1.45. Internment, Brandwood End Cemetery, Birmingham, 2.30. Flowers to Bach and Barker, Old Square, Birmingham, not later than 12 noon."∼Painter and designer of stained glass.Born in the West Midlands (England) Studied at Birmingham School of Art under Edward R. Taylor. Exhibited at Royal Academy, Birmingham, Liverpool and the Paris Salon. Illustrated Longfellow's Golden Legend, and designed a stained glass window for St Saviour's, Scarborough.
All his work shows a strong influence of Burne-Jones. Examples can be seen in Birmingham Art Gallery
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Sidney Harold Meteyard
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