Saturday, February 22, 2014

Henry Pilleau

Henry Pilleau (1813-1899; I've also seen 1815 as the birth date) was an English watercolorist.

 Hastings
  
 Irish Lough
  
 Suez
  
 The Lock
 
The Thames at Wargrave (1862)

Friday, February 21, 2014

Solomon Solomon

Solomon Joseph Solomon (1860-1927) painted historical and mythological scenes, and portraits.

 A Family Group, The Artist's Wife and Children, 'Papa Painting!'
  
 Ajax and Cassandra
[I have to say, this painting seems to anticipate Frazetta]
  
 Eve
  
Samson (ca. 1887)

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Frederick Edward Joseph Goff

Frederick Edward Joseph Goff (1855-1931) was a watercolorist who did cityscapes, mostly in London.

 Charing Cross
  
 St Paul's from Bankside
  
 The Thames at Battersea
  
 Westminster and Westminster Bridge from the River
  
Whitehall

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

John Robertson Reid

John Robertson Reid (1851-1926) was a Scottish painter who worked mainly in Surrey and Cornwall. His sisters were also painters.

 A Country Cricket Match (1878)
  
 A Friend in Need
  
 Gypsies at the Bell Inn
  
 Springtime (1898)
  
The Pleasures of Childhood

Sunday, February 16, 2014

William Gale

William Gale (1823-1909) painted mostly Orientalist and Biblical scenes.

 A Nazareth Fig Seller
  
 Christ's Entry into Jerusalem
  
 Rocking the Baby (1867)
  
The Wounded Knight

Saturday, February 15, 2014

William Mellor

William Mellor (1851-1931) was a landscape painter - and quite a skilled one, if these examples are typical of his work.

On the Wharfe
  
 Padley Woods, Derbyshire
  
Autumn on the Lledr
  
 On the Rothay, Westmoreland, near Ambleside
  
 Rydal Lake
  
View near Rokeby, Barnard Castle