Friday, January 31, 2014

James Paterson

 Castlefern (1880-85)
  
 The Last Turning, Winter, Moniaive (1885)
  
 A Village in East Linton, Haddington
  
Thornhill (1893)

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Charles Napier Hemy

Charles Napier Hemy (1841-1917) was a British painter best known for his marine paintings and his two paintings in the Tate collections. He was born to a musical family at Newcastle-on-Tyne and his two brothers, Thomas and Bernard, were also painters. He trained in the Government School of Design, Newcastle, followed by the Antwerp Academy and the studio of Baron Leys. He returned to London in the 1870s and in 1881 moved to Falmouth in Cornwall. Elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1898 and an Academician in 1910, he was also honoured as an Associate of the Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours in 1890 and became a member in 1897. He died in Falmouth on September 30, 1917. [Wikipedia]

 Ruin of a Northumbrian Keep (1864)
  
 The Fisherman
  
Youth (1889)

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Charles William Wyllie

Charles William Wyllie (1853-1923) was primarily (though not exclusively) a landscape and maritime painter. He was the brother of William Lionel Wyllie, also a maritime painter.


 Bustling Activity on the Thames

 Digging for Bait (1877)
  
 Home with Glory
  
 Tea at the Savoy Hilton, London
  
 The Road to Rochester, Kent (1904)
  
Worcester II

Monday, January 27, 2014

Kate Elizabeth Bunce

Kate Elizabeth Bunce (1856-1927) was associated with the Pre-Raphaelites.

A Chance Meeting
  
Melody (ca. 1895-97)
  
 The Keepsake (1898-1901)
  
The Minstrel

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Albert Ludovici Jr.

Albert Ludovici Jr. was the son of Albert Ludovici Sr.,  a Swiss emigre. Following the profession of his father, Albert Ludovici Jr. spent his life between the cities of Paris and London, painting scenes of society at leisure. His genre paintings were found to be most popular, but he also painted a succession of landscapes and interior scenes, in both watercolor and gouache as well as the more prominent oil.
Ludovici primarily exhibited his paintings in London. He participated in exhibitions from 1884 until 1923, and he joined the Society of British Artists in 1881, an organization of which his father had served as treasurer. He featured his works in the Society’s Winter Shows of 1886-87 and 1889-89, and joined their executive committee during this reign as well. 

His adoption of focusing his subjects primarily on the interaction of couples, whether in public places or from the private moments within their homes and lives, give his paintings universal appeal. His works are reflective of James MacNeil Whistler, a fellow Society member whom Ludovici counted as a close friend and corresponded with about art and life. [Vallejo Gallery]

 Drawing of a Nude Woman
  
 Fantasia in White
  
 Interior with Ladies and Children (1882)
  
 Kept In (1887)
  
 The Four­-in-­Hand, Hyde Park

Mr. Ludovici did a series of illustrations for David Copperfield. The final three images are from this series.
 
 David Copperfield on His Way to School
  
 On the Way to Dingley Dell
  
Mr. Pecksniff Leaves for London

Saturday, January 25, 2014

W. A. Atkinson

I have not even been able to find his first name...

 The First Public Drinking Fountain (1859-60)
[let the cholera begin]
  
The Upset Flower Cart