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Albert Anker - part 4
Albert Anker (1831–1910) is regarded as the “national painter” of Switzerland. His meticulous paintings of Swiss rural life endeared him to the public and during his heyday, he was regarded as the most...
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Albert Anker - part 5
Albert Anker (1831–1910) is regarded as the “national painter” of Switzerland. His meticulous paintings of Swiss rural life endeared him to the public and during his heyday, he was regarded as the most...
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Charles Gesmar - part 1
Charles Gesmar (born Geismar), simply known as Gesmar, was one of the greatest designers of costumes and posters during the golden age of the Paris music hall during the Jazz Age and was primarily...
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Charles Gesmar - part 2
Charles Gesmar (born Geismar), simply known as Gesmar, was one of the greatest designers of costumes and posters during the golden age of the Paris music hall during the Jazz Age and was primarily...
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Helen Allingham - part 1
Self-Portrait 1885Helen Allingham (née Helen Mary Elizabeth Paterson 1848 – 1926) was an English watercolour painter and illustrator of the Victorian era.Helen Mary Elizabeth Paterson was born in...
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Helen Allingham - part 2
Helen Allingham (1848-1926) was an English watercolour painter and illustrator of the Victorian era.For full biographical notes and for other works in this series, see part 1 also.This is part 2 of a...
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Helen Allingham - part 3
Helen Allingham (1848-1926) was an English watercolour painter and illustrator of the Victorian era.For full biographical notes see part 1. For earlier works in this series see parts 1 and 2 also.This...
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Helen Allingham - part 4
Helen Allingham (1848-1926) was an English watercolour painter and illustrator of the Victorian era.For full biographical notes see part 1. For earlier works in this series see parts 1 - 3 also.This is...
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Helen Allingham - part 5
Helen Allingham (1848-1926) was an English watercolour painter and illustrator of the Victorian era.For full biographical notes see part 1. For earlier works in this series see parts 1 - 4 also.This is...
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Puffin Books - part 1
Four years after Penguin Books had been founded by Sir Allen Lane,the idea for Puffin Books was hatched in 1939 when Noel Carrington, at the time an editor for Country Life books, met him and proposed...
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Puffin Books - part 2
Four years after Penguin Books had been founded by Sir Allen Lane, the idea for Puffin Books was hatched in 1939 when Noel Carrington, at the time an editor for Country Life books, met him and proposed...
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Puffin Books - part 3
Four years after Penguin Books had been founded by Sir Allen Lane, the idea for Puffin Books was hatched in 1939 when Noel Carrington, at the time an editor for Country Life books, met him and proposed...
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John Everett Millais - part 1
1847 Self-Portrait oil on board 27.3 x 22.2 cm Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UKSir John Everett Millais was born in Southampton, the son of John William Millais, a wealthy gentleman from an old Jersey...
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John Everett Millais - part 2
1852 Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt by Charles Robert Leslie oil on panel 30.6 x 25.2 cm © National Portrait GalleryJohn Everett Millais was an English painter and book illustrator (1829 - 1896). A...
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John Everett Millais - part 3
1853 Sir John Everett Millais Self-PortraitJohn Everett Millais was an English painter and book illustrator (1829 - 1896). A child prodigy who was hard-working as well as naturally gifted, he became...
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John Everett Millais - part 4
1860s Sir John Everett Millais albumen silver print 10.2 x 6.3 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkJohn Everett Millais was an English painter and book illustrator (1829 - 1896). A child...
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John Everett Millais - part 5
1860s Sir John Everett Millais albumen silver print The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkJohn Everett Millais was an English painter and book illustrator (1829 - 1896). A child prodigy who was...
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John Everett Millais - part 6
1862 Sir John Everett Millais as Dante albumen print by David Wilkie WynfieldJohn Everett Millais was an English painter and book illustrator (1829 - 1896). A child prodigy who was hard-working as...
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John Everett Millais - part 7
John Everett Millais was an English painter and book illustrator (1829 - 1896). A child prodigy who was hard-working as well as naturally gifted, he became the youngest ever student at the Royal...
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John Everett Millais - part 8
1881 Self-Portrait oil on canvas Uffizi Gallery, FlorenceJohn Everett Millais was an English painter and book illustrator (1829 - 1896). A child prodigy who was hard-working as well as naturally...
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