Beresford, Frank Ernest. 1881 - 1967. Lancashire Farm
Beresford was born in Derby in 1881 and had a long artistic education. He first studied at the Derby School of Art, then St John's Wood Art School, and finally at the Royal Academy Schools. His talent was rewarded with a travel scholarship that took him to Asia.
Beresford was a war artist for both the American and British air forces. During World War II, Beresford was the second person to be awarded an Exceptional Service Award from the United States Air Force, which also has some of his paintings on permanent display. His portraits include those of the Spitfire designer, Reginald Joseph Mitchell.
Compton, Charles. 1828 - 1884.
Charles Compton was both a civil servant and respected artist in the mid-Victorian period. He worked in oil and exhibited frequently at the Royal Academy. His works include Young Boy with a Recorder of 1851.
Halliday, Edward Irvine 1902 - 1984. Interior. 65 Boulevard Arago, Paris. Artist Commune.
Painter in oil and watercolour mainly of portraits. Born in Liverpool, Halliday studied at the City School of Art there, in Paris at the Atelier Colarossi and at the Royal College of Art. He was awarded the Prix de Rome and worked at the British School there. Exhibited at RA, RBA, Paris Salon and RP, of which for a time he was president. His work is in the collections of HM The Queen, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, the Athenaeum Club, Wolverhampton Royal Hospital and Bootle Dyeworks. His work was reproduced in The Studio, Illustrated London News and The Times and he was interviewed by Stanley Casson for his book Artists at Work, published in 1933. In 1997, the University of Liverpool held an exhibition which concentrated on Halliday's efforts to popularise art between the wars. Halliday's daughter Charlotte is also an artist. He lived in London.
Harlow, George Henry. 10 June 1787 – 4 February 1819. Girl with rabbit.
Harlow was born in St. James's Street, London, the posthumous son of a China merchant, who died about five months before his son's birth, leaving a widow with five infant daughters. Harlow was sent to Dr. Barrow's classical school in Soho Square, and subsequently to Mr. Roy's school in Burlington Street.
He studied for a short time at Westminster School, but showed an aptitude for painting, and he was placed under Henry De Cort, the landscape-painter. He next worked under Samuel Drummond, A.R.A., the portrait-painter, but after about a year entered the studio of Sir Thomas Lawrence (president of the Royal Academy).
Harlow paid Lawrence handsomely for his admission and the right to copy, but according to the contract was not entitled to instruction....
Head, Arthur William, 1861–1930.
Active in London. Painter. History painting, genre scenes.Albert Holden exhibited in London at the Royal Academy and the Suffolk Street Gallery from 1881. Holden was Professor of Fine Art at King's College London 1887-1904.
Müller, Bertha Mathilde. 28 October 1848, 26 January 1937, 1925. Woman in folk dress. Bertha Mathilde Müller worked as a portrait artist. She was the sister of the Austrian genre painter Leopold Carl Müller. She exhibited her work in the rotunda of The Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian; Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. Her paintings include a portrait of the fashion designer Emilie Louise Flöge with a mandolin and her portrait of Queen Victoria is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Lautenschlager, Marie. 14th February 1859 Ravensburg - 1941 Stuttgart. Seated woman in a purple dress.
Russell, John. RA. 29 March 1745 – 20 April 1806. 'My favourite rabbit'. An English painter renowned for his portrait work in oils, and pastels, and as a writer and teacher of painting techniques.
Webb, Byron, 1831–1867.
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