Richard Dye
master brummie
A very atmospheric work!
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Artists Who Painted Birmingham Landscapes
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Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
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Topographical view of Birmingham, from the Birmingham Museum Trust collection. Ink Wash Drawing St Martin's Church, Bull Ring, Birmingham from the River Rea. By Samuel Lines Snr.
BrummieGeoff
Sparkhill Lad
I don't think this view of "Yardley Wood Dingles" by the artist J Jolly has appeared in this thread yet.
Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
Birmingham and the Old Asylum from the Lozells, 1826.
By: Henry Harris Lines.
“Henry Harris Lines was a landscape artist and archaeologist, and the eldest son of Birmingham artist and drawing master Samuel Lines. There are a number of Henry's works stored in the permanent collections of various provincial museums and art galleries including Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum and the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Gallery. As well as at the Birmingham Society of Arts, Henry also exhibited at the Royal Academy, British Institution and Society of British Artists.” Wikipedia.
But from where was this picture sketched ?
By: Henry Harris Lines.
“Henry Harris Lines was a landscape artist and archaeologist, and the eldest son of Birmingham artist and drawing master Samuel Lines. There are a number of Henry's works stored in the permanent collections of various provincial museums and art galleries including Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum and the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Gallery. As well as at the Birmingham Society of Arts, Henry also exhibited at the Royal Academy, British Institution and Society of British Artists.” Wikipedia.
But from where was this picture sketched ?
Joseph Vincent Barber (1788–1838), known as Vincent Barber Was a Birmingham born artist who painted mainly landscapes including the watercolour View of Aston Hall from the Staffordshire Pool (ca. 1808–1838), see this thread
From Wikipedia:
He was the son of the artist and drawing master Joseph Barber, he took over the running of his father's drawing academy in Great Charles Street on the elder Barber's death in 1811. Barber's students at the academy included Thomas Creswick, James Tibbits Willmore, Thomas Baker and Peter Hollins.
In 1809 he formed a separate academy of life drawing, with his brother Charles Barber and his father's former pupil Samuel Lines, eventually becoming the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists and Birmingham School of Art.
Barber painted mainly landscapes, which he exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1812 and 1830.<a He retired in 1837 and travelled to Italy, dying of malaria in Rome.
From Wikipedia:
He was the son of the artist and drawing master Joseph Barber, he took over the running of his father's drawing academy in Great Charles Street on the elder Barber's death in 1811. Barber's students at the academy included Thomas Creswick, James Tibbits Willmore, Thomas Baker and Peter Hollins.
In 1809 he formed a separate academy of life drawing, with his brother Charles Barber and his father's former pupil Samuel Lines, eventually becoming the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists and Birmingham School of Art.
Barber painted mainly landscapes, which he exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1812 and 1830.<a He retired in 1837 and travelled to Italy, dying of malaria in Rome.