Holland Park Circle

The Holland Park Circle was an informal group of 19th-century artists based in the Holland Park district of West London, England, especially in Melbury Road and Holland Park Road. George Frederic Watts, Frederic Leighton, Valentine Prinsep, Luke Fildes, Hamo Thornycroft and William Burges are considered key members of the group.^[1]

Holland Park Circle

Leighton House, 12 Holland Park Road, home of Lord Leighton PRA, member of the Holland Park Circle
Named after	Holland Park
Formation	Late 19th century
Founded at	Holland Park, London
Type	Art group
Legal status	Disbanded
Purpose	Art
Location	London, United Kingdom
Origins	Little Holland House
Region served	Holland Park, London
Products	Artworks
Field	Visual art
Key people	George Frederic Watts, Frederic Leighton, Valentine Prinsep, Luke Fildes, Hamo Thornycroft, William Burges

List of artists' houses of the Holland Park Circle

The following are houses of special interest:^[1]

• 2, 2a, and 2b Melbury Road, designed by John Belcher for Thomas and Mary Thornycroft and their family, built 1876–7
• 6 Melbury Road, designed by Frederick Pepys Cockerell for George Frederic Watts, built 1875–6; gallery extension by George Aitchison, 1878; demolished 1964 and replaced by a block of flats, Kingfisher House
• 8 Melbury Road, designed by Richard Norman Shaw for Marcus Stone, built 1875–7
• The Tower House, 9 Melbury Road (now 29), designed by William Burges for himself, built 1876–8
• 14 Melbury Road for Colin Hunter by J. J. Stevenson, built 1876; destroyed by bombing during the Second World War
• Woodland House, 11 Melbury Road (now 31), designed by Richard Norman Shaw for Luke Fildes, built 1876–7
• 1 Holland Park Road (now 14), designed by Philip Webb for Val Prinsep, built 1864–6
• 2 Holland Park Road (now 12, the Leighton House Museum), designed by George Aitchison for Frederic, Lord Leighton, built 1866, extensions added until 1895
• South House and 3 Holland Park Road (now 10), designed by W. E. and F. Brown for J. J. Shannon, built 1892
• 49 Napier Road, designed by John William Simpson for Herbert Schmalz (Herbert Carmichael), redeveloped and studio added 1893

See also

• Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

References

1. Banerjee, Jacqueline. "Melbury Road, Leighton House, and the Holland Park Artists' Houses". The Victorian Web. Retrieved 24 August 2023.

Further reading

• Dakers, Caroline (1999). The Holland Park Circle: Artists and Victorian Society. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 0300081642.