George Augustus Sala
Nationality: English
Date of birth: 1828.11.24
Place of birth: New Street, Manchester Square, London
Date of death: 1895.12.08
Place of death: Brighton
Category: art critic
Date of birth: 1828.11.24
Place of birth: New Street, Manchester Square, London
Date of death: 1895.12.08
Place of death: Brighton
Category: art critic
Identity:
George Augustus Sala was an artist, journalist and critic. Sala was married twice, to Harriet in September 1859 and to Bessie Stannard in 1891.
Life:
Journalist, critic and illustrator, Sala was the art critic of the Daily Telegraph between about the 1860s and 1890s and a friend of Whistler. He also wrote for Household Words and All the Year Round. He was a war correspondent during the Crimean War (1854-6), the American Civil War (1861-1865) and a foreign correspondent. He lived at 12 The Terrace, Putney from late 1867 to 1876 and 32 Great College Street, Camden Town in 1869.
Bibliography:
Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford, 2004.
