Artists
Some of the famous artists from/connected with the North of England.
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John Gilroy (1898 - 1985)
- Overview About John Gilroy John Gilroy was an English artist and cartoonist, famous for his advertising posters for Guinness. Gilroy was born in Whitley Bay on 30th May 1898. As ...
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Thomas Bewick (1753-1828)
- Overview About Thomas Bewick Thomas Bewick (1753-1828). Bewick, the acclaimed wood engraver, artist and naturalist, was born in August 1753 at Cherryburn House, a small farm in the parish of ...
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Victor Pasmore (1908 - 1988)
- Overview About Victor Pasmore Edwin John Victor Pasmore, CBE, was a British artist and architect who was a pioneer in the development of abstract art in Britain in the 1940s ...
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Ralph Hedley (1848-1913)
- Summary Biography Career Ralph Hedley was a painter and woodcarver, best known for his paintings of everyday life in the North East. Hedley was born near Richmond on 31st December ...
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John Graham Lough (1798 - 1876)
- Overview About ohn Graham Lough John Graham Lough (1798 - 1876) was a notable sculptor, best known for his funerary monuments. He was born on the 8th of January 1798 ...
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James Wilson Carmichael (1800 - 1868)
- Overview About J.W. Carmichael James (aka John) Wilson Carmichael was a noted marine painter. He was born in Ouseburn, Newcastle on the 9th of June, 1800, son to William Carmichael, a ...
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Thomas Miles Richardson Snr (1784–1848)
- Overview About Thomas Miles Richardson Thomas Miles Richardson (1784–1848) was a landscape painter. He was born in Newcastle on the 15th of May 1784. His father, George Richardson (d. 1806) ...
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George Romney (1734 - 1802)
- Overview About George Romney George Romney was a renowned portrait painter during the 18th century. He was born in Dalton-in-Furness in 1734 and spent much of his childhood in High ...
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John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
- Overview About John Ruskin John Ruskin (1819 - 1900) was one of the leading visionaries and thinkers of the Victorian era. John Ruskin (8 February 1819 – 20 January 1900) ...
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W. G. Collingwood (1854 - 1932)
- William Gershom Collingwood (1854 -1932) was an artist and author. For many years Colligwood worked closely with John Ruskin. In 1901, after Ruskin's death, Collingwood sculpted the ornate Celtic style ...
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John George Sowerby (1849 - 1914)
- Overview About John George Sowerby John George Sowerby was born in Gateshead in 1849, to a prosperous family who owned Ellison Glassworks. During the 1880s, Ellison Glassworks was the worlds ...
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Thomas Miles Richardson Jnr (1813-1890)
- Thomas Miles Richardson Jr. was born in 1813 and was the son of the Newcastle landscape painter of same name - Thomas Miles Richardson Snr (1784–1848). He was trained as ...
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John Gilroy (1898 - 1985)
- Overview About John Gilroy John Gilroy was an English artist and cartoonist, famous for his advertising posters for Guinness. Gilroy was born in Whitley Bay on 30th May 1898. As ...
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Thomas Bewick (1753-1828)
- Overview About Thomas Bewick Thomas Bewick (1753-1828). Bewick, the acclaimed wood engraver, artist and naturalist, was born in August 1753 at Cherryburn House, a small farm in the parish of ...
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Victor Pasmore (1908 - 1988)
- Overview About Victor Pasmore Edwin John Victor Pasmore, CBE, was a British artist and architect who was a pioneer in the development of abstract art in Britain in the 1940s ...
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Ralph Hedley (1848-1913)
- Summary Biography Career Ralph Hedley was a painter and woodcarver, best known for his paintings of everyday life in the North East. Hedley was born near Richmond on 31st December ...
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John Graham Lough (1798 - 1876)
- Overview About ohn Graham Lough John Graham Lough (1798 - 1876) was a notable sculptor, best known for his funerary monuments. He was born on the 8th of January 1798 ...
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James Wilson Carmichael (1800 - 1868)
- Overview About J.W. Carmichael James (aka John) Wilson Carmichael was a noted marine painter. He was born in Ouseburn, Newcastle on the 9th of June, 1800, son to William Carmichael, a ...
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Thomas Miles Richardson Snr (1784–1848)
- Overview About Thomas Miles Richardson Thomas Miles Richardson (1784–1848) was a landscape painter. He was born in Newcastle on the 15th of May 1784. His father, George Richardson (d. 1806) ...
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George Romney (1734 - 1802)
- Overview About George Romney George Romney was a renowned portrait painter during the 18th century. He was born in Dalton-in-Furness in 1734 and spent much of his childhood in High ...
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John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
- Overview About John Ruskin John Ruskin (1819 - 1900) was one of the leading visionaries and thinkers of the Victorian era. John Ruskin (8 February 1819 – 20 January 1900) ...
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W. G. Collingwood (1854 - 1932)
- William Gershom Collingwood (1854 -1932) was an artist and author. For many years Colligwood worked closely with John Ruskin. In 1901, after Ruskin's death, Collingwood sculpted the ornate Celtic style ...
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John George Sowerby (1849 - 1914)
- Overview About John George Sowerby John George Sowerby was born in Gateshead in 1849, to a prosperous family who owned Ellison Glassworks. During the 1880s, Ellison Glassworks was the worlds ...
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Thomas Miles Richardson Jnr (1813-1890)
- Thomas Miles Richardson Jr. was born in 1813 and was the son of the Newcastle landscape painter of same name - Thomas Miles Richardson Snr (1784–1848). He was trained as ...
