British Art: Philip Hermogenes Calderon

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Philip Hermogenes Calderon - Letter from Daddy, 1873

oil on panel
21.9 x 16.8 cm. (8.62" x 6.61")
public collection

Philip Hermogenes Calderon was an English painter of French birth (mother) and Spanish (father) ancestry who initially worked in the Pre-Raphaelite style before moving towards historical genre. He was Keeper of the Royal Academy in London. From the beginning he was inspired by the Pre-Raphaelites, and some of his work showed the detail, deep colors, and realistic forms that characterize the style.

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A blog on my love of Victorian and Edwardian paintings. Please note over 70,000 painters of this period, many very obscure, have been identified and this blog concentrates on those that have come up for auction in the last ten years or so. It is mainly compiled using old auction catalogues with help from the many reference books I own.

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