Monday, August 4, 2008

William H. Rainey - The Game of Cards in a Dutch Lodging House


[The Game of Cards in a Dutch Lodging House] 1894
Pencil, Watercolour and bodycolour
signed W RAINEY/1894
27 1/4 x 22"
exhibited Brussels Int. Exhib 1897
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1852 - 1936.
Genre and landscape painter and watercolourist. Studied at the RA Schools and exhibited there.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wonderful,just lovely. I am from the Rainey family line in Ga. U.S.A, and was pleased to see this work of art.

Hermes said...

Theres not a lot about him but Artnet has a lovely pic

http://www.artnet.com/artists/lotdetailpage.aspx?lot_id=53374E5D6C9102B2

and

http://www.askart.com/askart/artist.aspx?artist=11063527