Hector Whistler

{{short description|British painter, muralist and illustrator}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Use British English|date= March 2015}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Hector Whistler | honorific_suffix = | image = | caption = | birth_name = Reginald Hector Whistler | birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|01|22|df=y}} | birth_place = Jersey, Channel Islands | death_date = {{death year and age|1978|1905}} | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | nationality = | other_names = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | employer = | organization = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | television = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | awards = | website = }}

'''Reginald Hector Whistler''' (22 January 1905, in Jersey, Channel Islands<ref>St Helier baptisms record 8/5390</ref> – 1978) was a painter, muralist and illustrator. He was the cousin of artist Rex Whistler and glass engraver Laurence Whistler.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://issuu.com/powershift/docs/24_artists_letter_w/93 |title=ISSUU - Artist Biography W by Goldmark Gallery |website=issuu.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402120920/http://issuu.com/powershift/docs/24_artists_letter_w/93 |archive-date=2015-04-02}}</ref>

==Biography== He was born in Jersey in the family of Herbert Frederick Whistler and Blanche Hasler and educated at Victoria College there, then at the London School of Architecture, and Slade School of Art.<ref name="WhistlerFamily"/><ref>[https://www.geni.com/people/Reginald-Hector-Whistler/6000000019831152338/ Reginald Hector Whistler] Retrieved on 14 March 2018</ref>

He illustrated ''When Poland Smiled'', by Derek du Pré, in 1940, during World War II, with profits going to the Polish Relief Fund.<ref>book jacket</ref>

He moved to Jamaica in 1948.<ref>{{cite book|title=Shared Visions: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the University of the West Indies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ts106v3li8oC&pg=RA1-PA86|year=1997|publisher=Canoe Press, University of the West Indies|isbn=9789768125460|page=86}}</ref>

His paintings are in the collections of All Souls College, Oxford and Jersey Museum and Art Gallery.<ref>{{Art UK bio}}</ref> ''Ascension of the Black Christ'' (1954) is in the First Baptist Church in Toronto, Canada.<ref name="Scott2012">{{cite book|last=Scott|first=Jamie S.|title=The Religions of Canadians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GbZJ2ZszYw8C&pg=PA117|year=2012|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=9781442605169|page=117}}</ref>

Whistler is known for his etched glass panels for the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.<ref name= "AR">{{Cite episode |title= Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral 1 |series= Antiques Roadshow |series-link= Antiques Roadshow |network= BBC Television |date= 22 March 2015 |series-no= 37 |number= 1 }}</ref> and for his illustrations for an edition of ''The Prime Minister'' by Anthony Trollope.<ref name="WhistlerFamily">{{cite web|url=http://www.ocotilloroad.com/geneal/whistler1.html#REGI1905|title=Whistler Family|accessdate=22 March 2015}}</ref> Glass doors panels by Whistler, originally from Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, and depicting musical instruments in art deco style, were featured on the BBC One's ''Antiques Roadshow'' and were shown to Paul Atterbury in March 2015. Thirteen Pilkington glass panels had been purchased from a market in France by a Liverpool dealer, who expressed an interest in donating some to local museums.<ref name= "AR"/>

==Books about him== Alissandra Cummin, ''Hector Whistler''. Publisher: Barbados Museum and Historical Society (1988). {{ASIN| B0007BW3L6}}

==Selected works== '''Sold in auctions'''<ref>[https://www.invaluable.com/artist/whistler-hector-ophj5nbs77/sold-at-auction-prices/ Hector Whistler Auction Price Results] Retrieved on 14 March 2018</ref> * ''The Forum Rome'', 1957, watercolour. * ''Mellons, Tengiers'', 1957, oil on canvas. * ''Market, Tangiers'', 1957, biro watercolour. * ''Grasse, France'', 1957, biro watercolour * ''A scene in the Caribbean, figures on a shore'', watercolour. * ''Rome'', 1956, pencil and crayon * ''Architectural Studies'', 1956. Pencil sketches and colourwash * ''View of a ruined temple in Rome'', pencil and pastel drawing.

'''In museums collections'''<ref>[https://artuk.org/discover/artists/whistler-hector-19051978/ Hector Whistler, 1905–1978] Retrieved on 14 March 2018</ref> * ''Sir Hugh Springer'' (1950). All Souls College, University of Oxford * ''Portrait of a Gentleman in Military Dress'' (1956). Jersey Museum and Art Gallery

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Art UK bio}}

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