▁old . ▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁Category : 1 9 5 3 ▁birth s ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : Bel g ian ▁male ▁high ▁jump ers ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Wil rijk ▁Category : S ports people ▁from ▁Ant werp <0x0A> </s> ▁Joseph ▁St ann ard ▁( 1 3 ▁September ▁ 1 7 9 7 ▁– ▁ 7 ▁December ▁ 1 8 3 0 ) ▁was ▁an ▁English ▁marine ▁and ▁landscape ▁painter ▁and ▁et cher . ▁During ▁his ▁short ▁life ▁he ▁rose ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁tal ented ▁and ▁prominent ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Nor wich ▁School ▁of ▁pain ters . ▁ ▁After ▁att ending ▁Nor wich ▁Gram mar ▁School ▁his ▁parents ▁paid ▁for ▁him ▁to ▁be ▁trained ▁as ▁an ▁artist ▁by ▁Robert ▁Lad bro oke , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁found ing ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Nor wich ▁Society ▁of ▁Art ists . ▁During ▁St ann ard ’ s ▁working ▁life ▁as ▁an ▁artist ▁he ▁exhib ited ▁in ▁both ▁Nor wich ▁and ▁London , ▁with ▁some ▁success . ▁In ▁ 1 8 1 6 ▁he ▁se ced ed ▁from ▁the ▁Nor wich ▁Society ▁of ▁Art ists ▁to ▁join ▁a ▁rival ▁society ▁in ▁the ▁city , ▁which ▁last ed ▁a ▁few ▁years . ▁As ▁an ▁painter ▁he ▁was ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁earlier ▁Dutch ▁master s , ▁whose ▁works ▁he ▁studied ▁and ▁copied ▁following ▁a ▁visit ▁to ▁Holland ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 1 . ▁His ▁own ▁most ▁important ▁work ▁is ▁Thor pe ▁Water ▁Fro lic , ▁Af ternoon , ▁which ▁was ▁first ▁exhib