Eleanor fortescue birkdale biography of christopher

Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale NEAC 25 January — 10 March was an English artist known for her paintings, book illustrations, and a number of works in stained glass. Her father was a barrister. She soon began exhibiting her oil paintings at the Royal Academy, and her watercolours at the Dowdeswell Gallery, where she had several solo exhibitions. When Byam Shaw founded his art school in , Fortescue-Brickdale became a teacher there.

In , Ernest Brown, of the Leicester Galleries, commissioned a series of 28 watercolour illustrations to Tennyson's Idylls of the King , which Fortescue-Brickdale painted over two years. They were exhibited at the gallery in , and 24 of them were published the following year in a deluxe edition of the first four Idylls.

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She lived during much of her career in Holland Park Road, opposite Leighton House, where she held an exhibition in Fortescue-Brickdale exhibited at the first exhibition of the Society of Graphic Art in Later, she also worked with stained glass. She was a staunch Christian and donated works to churches. Amongst her best-known works are The Uninvited Guest and Guinevere.

She died on 10 March and is buried at Brompton Cemetery, London. This is an edited version of Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale's Wikipedia biography. You can find out more and view a selection of her work on her ArtUK website page. We will process the personal data you have supplied to communicate with you in accordance with our Privacy Policy. You can unsubscribe or change your preferences at any time by clicking the link in our emails.

Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale.