William John Wainwright RWS RBA was a celebrated British painter of genre subjects, interiors, portraits, and landscapes.
Born in Birmingham, Wainwright’s pa...
Edith Isabel Barrow was a notable, Royal Academy-exhibited, British painter of still lifes and landscapes.
Born in Bermondsey, Barrow developed advanced draw...
Edward Garraway was an English painter of animals, also a horse dealer and farmer.
Born in Englefield near Egham, Surrey, Garraway was raised among picturesq...
Richard Ball Spencer was a self-taught British marine painter hailing from the east end of London.
Spencer lived, for most of his life, in Mile End Old Town ...
George Garth Fryer was an accomplished British painter of coastal scenes, maritime subjects and landscapes.
Illuminated by the radiant glow of an early sun, ...
Jane Sophia Robson was a talented amateur British watercolourist predominantly known for still lifes. Hailing from Ripon in Yorkshire, her grandfather James ...
William Shayer was an accomplished British painter of figures and rural scenes.
Early Years
Born the son of a publican, Shayer was raised in the ‘Horse and J...
Mary Sophia Hagarty was an accomplished painter/watercolourist predominantly known for landscapes.
Born in Ontario, Canada, Hagarty moved with her family ear...
During the 19th century, animal paintings were particularly sought after, both with the aristocracy and the rising middle classes. Numerous artists worked in...
