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Benjamin Williams Leader RA (1831-1923) was a British landscape painter.
British artist Benjamin Williams Leader RA is predominantly known for meticulous landscapes that capture nature’s various mo...
Emily Caroline (Lily) Bristow was a remarkable British painter of landscapes and genre scenes in oils and watercolours. She trained at Clapham School of Art and Herkomer’s Art School in London. Exh...
Austrian artist Heinrich Hollpein is predominantly known for producing exquisite naturalistic portraits in oil. Born in Vienna, he was trained initially by his father before receiving a formal educ...
German artist Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder is predominantly known for alluring portraiture in the Rococo spirit. He also produced historical works and mythological scenes, often featuring me...
Amos Green was a British painter of still lifes and landscapes. Initially training under Birmingham printer John Baskerville, he’s best known for his sketching tours with wife Harriet.
Humble, acqu...
Julius Paulsen was a highly respected Danish artist who blended a wide range of influences to create skilfully poised, almost timeless, masterpieces.
He was born in Odense, the son of a shopkeeper,...
We recently acquired a fine portrait of Archdeacon Samuel Rutter (d.1663), a chaplain and trusted confidante to James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby. He was also a keen writer and produced numerous poe...
Author: Andy Shield
Invented in 1513 by the Swiss artist Urs Graf, etchings are prints that use acid to bite an incised image into a metal plate. Over the centuries, numerous artists have adopted t...
Author: Andy Shield
If you're new to the world of antique fine art, you may find some of the terminology relating to attributions a little baffling. What does it mean when a painting is 'attributed...
Author: Polly Pyke
When thinking about Norwegian art, perhaps the name Edvard Munch is the first to come to mind. Munch’s influence on western art, as well as his country’s own artistic identity, s...
Author: Andy Shield
Oh, Jane Loftus, how did you cope while cooped up under Queen Victoria’s control for 48 years? Widowed at 36, riddled with illness, yet stoic in the face of a sovereign who drew...
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