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Dyce, William William Dyce (1806-1864) was a Scottish painter, who played a part in the formation of public art education in the United Kingdom, and the South Kensington Schools system. Dyce was associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and played a part in their early popularity. Dyce was born on 19 September 1806 at 48 Marischal Street in Aberdeen, the son of William Dyce of Fonthill and Cuttlehill FRSE and Margaret Chalmers of Westburn. His uncle was General Alexander Dyce FRSE. His older brother w...

Earl, Ralph Ralph Earl (1751-1801) was an American artist known for his landscape paintings and numerous portraits. Ralph Earl was born on 11 May 1751, in either Shrewsbury or Leicester, Massachusetts, the oldest of four children of Ralph Earle and Phebe Whittemore Earl. By 1774, he was working in New Haven, Connecticut, as a portrait painter. In the autumn of 1774, Earl returned to Leicester, Massachusetts, to marry his cousin, Sarah Gates. A few months later, their daughter Phebe was born in January 17...

Edwards, Sydenham Teast Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819) was a natural history illustrator. He illustrated plants, birds and importantly published an illustrated book on the breeds of dogs in Britain, Cynographia Britannica. Edwards was born in 1768 in Usk, Monmouthshire, the son of Lloyd Pittell Edwards, a schoolmaster and organist; and his wife, Mary Reese, who had been married on 26 September 1765, at Llantilio Crossenny Church, and where Syd was christened in 1768. Their son, Richard Reece was an eminent physi...

Dunand, Jean Jean Dunand (1877-1942) was a Swiss and French painter, sculptor, metal craftsman and interior designer during the Art Deco period. He was particularly known for his lacquered screens and other art objects. Dunand was born in Lancy, Switzerland and later adopted the French first name of Jean when he became a naturalised French citizen in 1922. At the age of fourteen, he began studying sculpture at the Geneva School of Industrial Arts, where he won several prizes and received his diploma. In 1...

Dulac, Edmund Edmund Dulac (1882-1953) was a French-born, naturalised British illustrator, celebrated for his contributions to the 'Golden Age of Illustration' (1880s-1920s). Born in 1882 in Toulouse, France, Dulac initially studied law at the University of Toulouse but soon discovered his true passion for art. He won prizes at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, which paved the way for his illustrious career. In 1905, Dulac moved to London, where he quickly gained recognition for his exquisite ill...

Dürer, Albrecht Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), was a German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe in his twenties due to his high-quality woodcut prints. He was in contact with the major Italian artists of his time, including Raphael, Giovanni Bellini and Leonardo da Vinci, and from 1512 was patronized by Emperor Maximilian I. Dürer's vast body of work includes engravings, his preferred technique in his la...

Egley, William Maw William Maw Egley (1826-1916) was an English artist of the Victorian era. The son of the miniaturist William Egley, he studied under his father. His early works were illustrations of literary subjects typical of the period, such as Prospero and Miranda from The Tempest. These were similar to the work of The Clique. William Powell Frith, one of The Clique, hired Egley to add backgrounds to his own work. Egley soon developed a style influenced by Frith, including domestic and childhood subjects...

Drummond, Cecil Cecil Herbert Drummond (1888-1954) was born in Dover, Kent, England to Herbert John Duncan Drummond, a customs officer, and Elizabeth Eveleigh. Cecil became a schoolmaster and worked at John Ruskin school in Croydon, near to where he lived. His tenure there was only interrupted by military service during WWI. After the war, in 1920, he married Florence C. Moore. In 1934 he exhibited a painting called 'An Old London Sketch Club' at the Royal Academy in London. He died in Croydon in 1...

Elsley, Arthur Arthur John Elsley (1860-1952) was an English painter of the late Victorian and Edwardian periods, famous for his idyllic genre scenes of playful children and their pets. He achieved great popularity during his life and much of his work appeared in calendars, magazines and books. Elsley was born in London, one of six children of John Elsley, coachman and amateur artist, and Emily Freer. Elsley's father had exhibited at the British Institution Exhibition in 1845 but later in life contracte...

Emmerson, Henry Hetherington Henry Hetherington Emmerson (1831-1895), commonly known by his initials H.H. Emmerson, was an English painter and illustrator. At the age of 13, he went to Newcastle, where he studied painting and engraving under William Bell Scott at the Government School of Art. After some two and a half years under Scott's tutelage, Emmerson was sent to Paris to study for six months as the beneficiary of a clergyman who had taken an interest in his work. After his return, he was accepted into the Royal...

El Greco El Greco, born Doménikos Theotokópoulos (1541-1614) was a renowned painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. Originating from Crete, which was then part of the Republic of Venice, El Greco began his artistic journey by training as an icon painter, steeped in the traditions of Byzantine art. In 1577 he moved to Spain, where he lived and worked until his death. His name, which means 'The Greek', was a nod to his heritage as he rose to prominence in Spain. El Greco’s ...

Ehret, Georg Dionysius Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770) was a German botanist and entomologist known for his botanical illustrations. Ehret was born in Germany to Ferdinand Christian Ehret, a gardener and competent draughtsman, and Anna Maria Ehret. Beginning his working life as a gardener's apprentice near Heidelberg, he became one of the most influential European botanical artists of all time. His first illustrations were in collaboration with Carl Linnaeus and George Clifford in 1735-1736. Clifford, a wealt...

Eizan, Kikukawa Kikukawa Eizan (1787-1867) was a designer of ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints. He first studied with his father, Eiji, a minor painter of the Kanō school, and subsequently with Suzuki Nanrei (1775-1844), of the Shijō school. He is believed to have also studied with ukiyo-e artist Totoya Hokkei (1790–1850). He produced numerous woodblock prints of beautiful women (bijin-ga) in the 1830s, but then abandoned printmaking in favour of painting. Eizan was the most prolific, longest-lived and...

Elgood, George George Samuel Elgood (1851-1943) was an English artist and illustrator who became well known for his paintings of formal gardens. Elgood was born in Leicester, UK on 26 February 1851, one of a family of seven boys and two girls. After a private education at various schools, including Bloxham, he studied art at Leicester Art School under Wilmot Pilsbury, and then architectural drawing at the South Kensington Schools in London. Elgood's father died in 1874 necessitating a return home to loo...

Enraght-Moony, Robert James Robert Enraght-Moony (1879-1946) was born in Athlone and was educated at Galway Grammar School and in Devon. He was greatly influenced by the Symbolist style of Italian Post-Impressionist Giovanni Segantini, painting landscapes filled with symbolist themes that reflected his interest in Celtic folklore and mysticism. During the 1890s he went to Paris where he studied under Jean-Paul Laurens (1838-1921). He exhibited widely at such prestigious institutions as the Royal Academy, New English Art...

Elcock, Howard Howard K. Elcock (1886-1952) was a Scottish painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Elcock was born on 5 December 1886 in Glasgow, Scotland, to glass manufacturer James and his wife Jane. Motoring artist Reginald Shuffrey was boarding with Elcock at the time of the 1911 census. Elcock died on 4 March 1952.