"and the borough of Sudbury, along with 177 other English towns, was reformed by a Municipal Reform Act (1835). During the 18th century Sudbury became famous for its local artists. John Constable painted in the area, especially the River Stour. Painter Thomas Gainsborough was born in Sudbury in 1727, and was educated at Sudbury Grammar School. His birthplace, now named Gainsborough's House, is a museum to his work and is open to the public. It houses many valuable pictures and some of his family possessions. A statue of Gainsborough was unveiled in the town centre outside St Peter's Church on"
"Richard Phillips (English painter) Richard Phillips or Philips (1681–1741) was a British portrait painter. Phillips was born in London. His portrait of Edmond Halley (1656-1742) hangs in the National Portrait Gallery, and his portrait of William Lowndes (1652-1724) hangs in the Bank of England. He also painted John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston (1616-1698), Elizabeth Cromwell (1650-1731) Oliver Cromwell’s granddaughter (the daughter of Richard Cromwell and Dorothy Mayor), and Sir Thomas Palmer, 4th Baronet, of Wingham (1682-1723)). Mezzotints and engravings after him of Daniel Waterland (1683-1740), Bishop Thomas Wilson (1663-1755), and Mrs Mary Anne Granville are also in the National Portrait"
"public collections, in particular Colchester and Ipswich Museums. William R. Symonds William Robert Symonds (1851 – November 7, 1934) was an English painter. He specialised in genre scenes, often sentimental, or involving children and animals. Born in Yoxford, Suffolk, he studied in Antwerp and settled in London in 1881. He exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy from 1876. His son was the architect and furniture expert Robert Wemyss Symonds. Symonds painted the originals for some famous prints, the most notable being ""Heather"", painted c. 1909. His paintings hang in the Wallace Collection in London and Christchurch Mansion in Suffolk. Twenty-two"
"and Thomas Phillips (1770-1845). Also of note are Jonathan Richardson (1667-1745) and his pupil (and defiant son-in-law) Thomas Hudson (1701-1779). Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797) was well known for his candlelight pictures; George Stubbs (1724-1806) and, later, Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1873) for their animal paintings. By the end of the century, the English swagger portrait was much admired abroad. London's William Blake (1757-1827) produced a diverse and visionary body of work defying straightforward classification; critic Jonathan Jones regards him as ""far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced"". Blake's artist friends included neoclassicist John Flaxman (1755-1826), and Thomas"
"Edgar Bundy Edgar Bundy (1862 in Brighton – 1922 in London) was an English painter. Bundy had no formal training but learned some of his craft at the studio of Alfred Stevens. Bundy specialised in historical paintings in oil and watercolour, usually in a very detailed and narrative style, a genre which was very popular in the Edwardian time Bundy lived in. He exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1915 and at the Paris Salon in 1907. In the Tate Gallery is his Royal Academy painting of 1905 entitled ""The Morning of Sedgemoor"" depicting the Duke of Monmouth's rebels resting"
"for having been the home to two of England's best regarded painters, Thomas Gainsborough and John Constable – the Stour Valley area is branded as ""Constable Country"" – and one of its most noted composers, Benjamin Britten. Other artists of note from Suffolk include the cartoonist Carl Giles (a bronze statue of his character ""Grandma"" to commemorate this is located in Ipswich town centre), poets George Crabbe and Robert Bloomfield, writer and Literary editor Ronald Blythe, actors Ralph Fiennes and Bob Hoskins, actress and singer Kerry Ellis, musician and record producer Brian Eno, singer Dani Filth, of the Suffolk-based extreme"
"Bright's paintings at the Norwich Castle Museum. He is also represented at major art galleries in London, Boston and San Francisco. Henry Bright (painter) Henry Bright (5 June 1810 – 21 September 1873), was a distinguished English landscape painter associated with the Norwich School of painters. Henry Bright was born on 5 June 1810 in Saxmundham, Suffolk, the third son of some nine children of Jerome Bright (1770–1846), a clockmaker, and Susannah Denny, of Alburgh in Norfolk, who were married on 28 June 1790. Jerome and Susannah Bright attended services in the Congregational chapel at Rendham, a few miles from"
"John Constable John Constable, (; 11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English landscape painter in the naturalistic tradition. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for his landscape paintings of Dedham Vale, the area surrounding his home – now known as ""Constable Country"" – which he invested with an intensity of affection. ""I should paint my own places best"", he wrote to his friend John Fisher in 1821, ""painting is but another word for feeling"". Constable's most famous paintings include ""Wivenhoe Park"" of 1816, ""Dedham Vale"" of 1802 and ""The Hay Wain"" of 1821. Although his paintings"
"Henry Bright (painter) Henry Bright (5 June 1810 – 21 September 1873), was a distinguished English landscape painter associated with the Norwich School of painters. Henry Bright was born on 5 June 1810 in Saxmundham, Suffolk, the third son of some nine children of Jerome Bright (1770–1846), a clockmaker, and Susannah Denny, of Alburgh in Norfolk, who were married on 28 June 1790. Jerome and Susannah Bright attended services in the Congregational chapel at Rendham, a few miles from Saxmundham. Bright was apprenticed by his family to a chemist in Woodbridge, Suffolk, but was then transferred to a Norwich chemist,"
"the age of 88. He never married. Edward Francis Burney Edward Francis Burney (1760–1848 ) was an English artist. His middle name is sometimes given as ""Francisco"" or ""Francesco"". Burney was born in Worcester on 7 September 1760, the son of Richard Burney and Elizabeth Humphries. The musicologist Charles Burney was his uncle and the writer Frances (or ""Fanny"") Burney was his cousin. He studied at the Royal Academy Schools from 1776, where he received encouragement from Sir Joshua Reynolds. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1780 until 1803. His work included historical subjects and portraits of friends and"
"Yorkshire coast from Hull to Redcar. He died of heart disease on 11 December 1871 in Whitby. Thomas Sutcliffe (artist) Thomas Sutcliffe (1828 – 11 December 1871) was an English watercolour painter. Sutcliffe was born and lived most of his life in the Leeds area, particularly Headingley. He married Sarah Lorentia Button, and they had a large family, including his eldest son, the famous photographer Francis Meadow Sutcliffe. He was self-taught, but was elected to the Institute of Water-Colour Painters and was a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy. He was said to excel at landscapes but also painted figures"
"they relate to the process of painting, are the best that have hitherto been published"". He did however, find the part on perspective unsatisfactory. A second edition was published in 1773. Thomas Bardwell Thomas Bardwell (1704 - 9 September 1767) was an English portrait and figure painter, art copyist, and writer. Bardwell initially earned his living initially as a painter of decorative panels for his family's business in Bungay, Suffolk. His earliest known portraits are two conversation pieces dated 1736; one, possibly showing the Brewster family of Beccles, is in the collection of the Geffrye Museum. In 1746 he was"
"he enjoyed much of the literary society of that day. He painted an interesting portrait of Charles and Mary Lamb. commissioned by John Mathew Gutch. Francis Stephen Cary Francis Stephen Cary (10 May 1808 – 6 January 1880) was an English painter and art teacher who succeeded Henry Sass as the head of Sass's art academy. Among his subjects was a portrait of Charles and Mary Lamb. Cary was born in Kingsbury in Warwickshire, a younger son of the Rev. Henry Francis Cary, (author, and translator of Dante) who was the local vicar. His brother Henry became a judge in"
"Gallery. He was the father of the painter Charles Phillips or Philips (1708-1748) who became a Rembrandt follower. He had a more prestigious client list than his father. Phillips died in London. Richard Phillips (English painter) Richard Phillips or Philips (1681–1741) was a British portrait painter. Phillips was born in London. His portrait of Edmond Halley (1656-1742) hangs in the National Portrait Gallery, and his portrait of William Lowndes (1652-1724) hangs in the Bank of England. He also painted John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston (1616-1698), Elizabeth Cromwell (1650-1731) Oliver Cromwell’s granddaughter (the daughter of Richard Cromwell and Dorothy Mayor), and"
"meant by the so-called Barnes School, this is a bit of an injustice to his father Edward Williams, whom it might be argued is the founder of the Barnes School of painters, but it illustrates the popularity that Sidney Richard Percy held with the art-buying public of his day. Some examples of his work (arranged chronologically). Sidney Richard Percy Sidney Richard Percy (22 March 1822 – 13 April 1886) was an English landscape painter during the Victorian era, and a member of the Williams family of painters. Sidney Richard Percy was born Sidney Richard Percy Williams on 22 March 1822"
"thirteen finished watercolours of Fuller's house at Brightling and the area around it. In the 19th century landscape watercolourist Copley Fielding lived in Sussex and illustrator Aubrey Beardsley and painter and sculptor Eric Gill were born in Brighton. Gill went on to found an art colony in Ditchling known as The Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic, which survived until 1989. The 1920s and 1930s saw the creation of some of the best-known works by Edward Burra who was known for his work of Sussex, Paris and Harlem and Eric Ravilious who is known for his paintings of the"
"James Gandy James Gandy (1619–1689) was an English portrait-painter, one of the earliest native English painters. Gandy was probably a native of Exeter. He is said to have been a pupil of Anthony van Dyck, and to have acquired some of his style; he may have painted the drapery in Van Dyck's pictures. In 1661 he was taken to Ireland by his patron, the Duke of Ormonde, and remained there until his death. He was father of William Gandy. He executed a number of copies of portraits by Van Dyck for the duke's collection at Kilkenny, some of which were"
"works include ""The Mask of Flora"" (1931), ""The Offering of Cain and Offering of Abel"" (1932), and portraits of Miss Cicely Hamilton (1926), Miss Jean Brady (1933) and Miss Avril Turner (1937). Thomas Esmond Lowinsky Thomas Esmond Lowinsky (2 March 1892 – 24 April 1947) was an English painter of Hungarian and South African descent. Born in India on 2 March 1892, the son of Thomas Herman Lowinsky of Tittenhurst, Sunninghill, Berkshire and elder brother to author and philanthropist Xenia Field, Lowinsky grew up in England and was educated at Eton and at Trinity College, Oxford before studying at the"
"Elizabeth, daughter of John Simmons of Millbank, Westminster and widow of Richard Fortnam, who possessed valuable leasehold property on the Grosvenor estate in London. She died at Chiswick in 1791. etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/4677 Edward Penny Edward Penny RA (1 August 1714 – 16 November 1791) was an English portrait and historical painter, one of the founder members of the Royal Academy. He one of the twin elder sons of Robert Penny, surgeon, by Clare, daughter of William Trafford, of Swythamley, Staffordshire, and was born at Knutsford, Cheshire in 1714. He was sent to London and placed under the tuition of Thomas Hudson;"
"Edward Francis Burney Edward Francis Burney (1760–1848 ) was an English artist. His middle name is sometimes given as ""Francisco"" or ""Francesco"". Burney was born in Worcester on 7 September 1760, the son of Richard Burney and Elizabeth Humphries. The musicologist Charles Burney was his uncle and the writer Frances (or ""Fanny"") Burney was his cousin. He studied at the Royal Academy Schools from 1776, where he received encouragement from Sir Joshua Reynolds. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1780 until 1803. His work included historical subjects and portraits of friends and family. A portrait of his cousin Frances"
"William R. Symonds William Robert Symonds (1851 – November 7, 1934) was an English painter. He specialised in genre scenes, often sentimental, or involving children and animals. Born in Yoxford, Suffolk, he studied in Antwerp and settled in London in 1881. He exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy from 1876. His son was the architect and furniture expert Robert Wemyss Symonds. Symonds painted the originals for some famous prints, the most notable being ""Heather"", painted c. 1909. His paintings hang in the Wallace Collection in London and Christchurch Mansion in Suffolk. Twenty-two of his oil painting portraits are in UK"
"Collection, London, New York Public Library, the Royal Academy of Art, Tate Britain, Tyne and Wear Museums, Newcastle, and the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Henry Woods (painter) Henry Woods (22 April 1846 – 27 October 1921) was an English painter and illustrator, and one of the leading Neo-Venetian school artists. Henry Woods was born to a middle-class family at Warrington. His father, William, was a pawnbroker and for some time a town councillor; his mother, Fanny, a shopkeeper. He was the eldest of nine siblings. Woods studied at Warrington School where he received a Department of Science and Art bronze"
"works for a living: he painted and etched drawings forhis own interest. He died in 1869 and was buried at Brampton, the village in Suffolk where he was born. Robert Leman Robert Orgill Leman (1799–1869) was an English painter of landscapes and a member of the Norwich School of painters. Robert Orgill Leman was born in 1799 as Robert Orgill. His father, the Reverend Naunton Thomas Orgill, succeeded to the estates of the Leman family and was obliged to add the family name to Leman as a result. Studying under John Sell Cotman, he became a talented amateur landscape painter"
"Constable. John 'Mad Jack' Fuller also commissioned Turner to make a series of paintings which resulted in thirteen finished watercolours of Fuller's house at Brightling Park and the area around it. In the 19th century landscape watercolourist Copley Fielding lived in Sussex and illustrator Aubrey Beardsley and painter and sculptor Eric Gill were born in Brighton. Gill later founded an art colony in Ditchling known as The Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic, which survived until 1989. The 1920s and 1930s saw the creation of some of the best-known works by Edward Burra who was known for his work"
"many sources giving it as 1860. However, according to the ODNB, Watts died at home in Hampstead in July 1870, of complications caused by Diabetes. Frederick W. Watts Frederick W. Watts (7 October 1800 – 4 July 1870) was an English landscape painter influenced by Constable. He has been known as ""Frederic William Watts"", ""Frederick Waters Watts"", ""William Watts"" or ""William Frederick Watts"". There is a sparsity of information about this painter which has cast uncertainty over his parentage, training, and date of death. According to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, he was born F. ""William"" Watts, in Bath,"
"by fire in 1810) to be his finest work. Gainsborough died of cancer on 2 August 1788 and is buried in Kew Churchyard. Gainsborough's House Gainsborough's House is the birthplace of the leading English painter Thomas Gainsborough. It is now a museum and gallery, located at 46 Gainsborough Street in Sudbury, Suffolk, England. Some of the pictures on display have been acquired with the help of the Art Fund. The house is now 46 Gainsborough Street and dates back to around 1520. Thomas Gainsborough's parents, John and Mary Gainsborough, probably moved here in 1722 and the artist Thomas Gainsborough was"
"skill. Later works have additionally included a more figurative and semi-abstract style, but without sacrificing the prismatic jewel-like quality of light and colour seen in the landscapes. Harold Hitchcock Harold Hitchcock (23 May 1914 - 8 August 2009), born Raymond Hitchcock, was an English visionary landscape artist. Born in Camden Town, London into a family of artists (descended from the animal artist George Stubbs on his mother’s side), Harold was inspired to paint as a result of an ecstatic experience he had as a young boy whilst living with his grandparents in the Essex village of Thundersley. At the age"
"Flemish Baroque artist and leading court painter in England. Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 1775 – 19 December 1851) was an English Romantic landscape painter, who is commonly known as ""the painter of light"". Claude-Joseph Vernet (14 August 1714 – 3 December 1789) was a French painter whose landscapes, including those of moonlights were popular with English aristocrats. His ""The Port of Rochefort"" (1763, Musée national de la Marine) is particularly notable; in the piece Vernet is able to achieve, according to art historian Michael Levey, one of his most 'crystalline and atmospherically sensitive skies'. Joseph Wright of Derby"
"are named after him. In addition, the house in which he was born (79 High Street, Arnold) is now named ‘Bonington House’ and is Grade II listed. The Wallace Collection has an especially large group of 35 works, representing both his landscapes and history paintings. Richard Parkes Bonington Richard Parkes Bonington (25 October 1802 – 23 September 1828) was an English Romantic landscape painter, who moved to France at the age of 14 and can also be considered as a French artist, and an intermediary bringing aspects of English style to France. Becoming, after his very early death, one of"
"Edwin Henry Boddington Edwin Henry Boddington (1836-1905?) was an English landscape painter during the Victorian era, and a member of the Williams family of painters. He was the son of the well-known landscape painter Henry John Boddington, and he learned to paint from his father. Boddington exhibited at the Royal Academy (11 works), the British Institution (25 works), and Suffolk Street (45 works). He painted mainly views on the Thames River that are illuminated either by sunset or moonlight. Most of his river scenes are painted in very dark greens and browns, and many resemble some of the earlier works"
"Harry Epworth Allen Harry Epworth Allen (27 November 1894 – 25 March 1958) was an English painter. He was one of the twentieth century's most distinctive interpreters of landscape. H. E. Allen was born at 20, Kirkstall Road, in the Hunter's Bar district of Sheffield, England. The city would remain his home for the rest of his life. His father was Henry Allen, a steel mark maker, and his mother, Elizabeth Epworth Allen (née Blacktin). Epworth was the maiden name of Elizabeth's mother, who was also called Elizabeth. Allen showed remarkable artistic talent from an early age and, in 1902,"
"in a barn before the battle. Influences in Bundy's work include Pre-Raphaelites such as John Millais, William Morris and the works of John Ruskin. Edgar Bundy Edgar Bundy (1862 in Brighton – 1922 in London) was an English painter. Bundy had no formal training but learned some of his craft at the studio of Alfred Stevens. Bundy specialised in historical paintings in oil and watercolour, usually in a very detailed and narrative style, a genre which was very popular in the Edwardian time Bundy lived in. He exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1915 and at the Paris Salon in"
"tribute to an exemplary life in art"". Stanley Simmonds Stanley Wilfred Simmonds ARCA (29 October 1917 – 11 June 2006) was a British painter and art teacher. He was born in Droitwich, Worcestershire in 1917, the third and youngest son of a relief signalman and a dressmaker. After a scholarship to the Royal Grammar School Worcester, he attended Birmingham College of Art from 1934 to 1939. During the Second World War, he served in the Royal Navy, where he encountered the poet Charles Causley, who was to remain a lifelong friend. He painted a number of portraits of Causley, and"