British Paintings

Monday, May 16, 2016

moved to:

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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Not updating this Blog

I need to have a rest for a while. I know some of you are not keen but I find it easier to post and interact on Facebook. I post a lot more there than here but may return if my health improves. Till then ...

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Father and daughter. Late 1910s

'Hallelujah' by Arthur Hughes. First published in 'The Sunday Magazine.' 'The Brothers Dalziel' (1840 -1890). Published 1901

Arthur Hughes's painting of Marjory and Lettice Wormald

Monday, July 28, 2014

Russian Emperor Nicholas II, left, with son Alexei, center, and daughter Maria, right. 1916

George Spencer Watson Mary, 1932

Mission

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.

It includes painters born in the late 19th century who have painted well into the 20th. I make no pretence that my reproductions are technically accurate but are intended to show the style of the artist.

I rarely know who these paintings were sold to or the price they fetched. I recommend Artnet.com (a subscription service) to those for whom this is important. I am not in the Art trade, just an interested amateur who loves the arts of this period.