Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Hastings from the Beach - Francis Frith


1864

Joseph Thors - A Rustic Cottage


oil on canvas
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(including artworks currently for sale)
fl. 1863 - 1884
Joseph Thors lived and worked in London, though he spent a considerable time in the Midlands. He was a member of the Birmingham School, along with W H Mander and David Bates.Thors exhibited in London, at the Royal Academy and the Royal Society of British Artists, Suffolk Street. He also exhibited in Birmingham from 1869 - 1900.Joseph Thors painted landscapes, or rustic scenes with cottages, figures and animals. Although Thors belonged to the Birmingham School his choice of subjects and treatment of them was more akin to the Norwich School of Artists, whose work he much admired.

John Brandon Smith - A Bridge in the Hills


1878
oil on canvas
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James Thomas Linnell - A Thunder Shower


1859
oil on canvas
exhibited at the RA 1859
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Henry H. Parker - On the River Avon


oil on canvas