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  1. Forain, Jean-Louis Jean-Louis Forain (1852-1931) was a French Impressionist painter and printmaker, working in media including oils, watercolour, pastel, etching and lithograph. Compared to many of his Impressionist colleagues, he was more successful during his lifetime, but his reputation is now much less exalted. Forain was born in Reims, Marne but at age eight, his family moved to Paris. He began his career working as a caricaturist for several Paris journals including Le Monde Parisien and Le rire satirique...
  2. Fitch, Walter Hood Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) was a botanical illustrator, born in Glasgow, Scotland, who executed some 10,000 drawings for various publications. His work in colour lithograph, including 2700 illustrations for Curtis's Botanical Magazine, produced up to 200 plates per year. Fitch was involved in fabric printing from the age of 17 and took to botanical art after meeting William Jackson Hooker, Regius Professor of Botany, a competent botanical illustrator, and the editor of Curtis's Bot...
  3. Fabritius, Carel Carel Pietersz. Fabritius (1622-1654) was a Dutch painter. He was a pupil of Rembrandt and worked in his studio in Amsterdam. Fabritius, who was a member of the Delft School, developed his own artistic style and experimented with perspective and lighting. Among his works are A View of Delft (1652), The Goldfinch (1654), and The Sentry (1654). Fabritius was born in February 1622 in Middenbeemster, a village in the ten-year-old Beemster polder in the Dutch Republic, and was baptized on 27 Febru...
  4. Fleming-Williams, Clifford (1880-1940) Clifford Roger Fleming-Williams (1880-1940) went to work at Windermere at the start of 1915 as a ground school instructor and general manager with responsibility for marketing. He also made drawings and designed a seaplane. He left in August 1916 to join the Royal Flying Corps. Fleming-Williams was a pioneer of making drawings from the air so as to prove the use of aeroplanes for military observation. The equipment consisted of a glove for the left hand to protect from the cold, the right han...
  5. Fisher, Harrison Harrison Fisher (1875-1934) was an American illustrator, renowned for his depictions of women, often referred to as the 'Fisher Girl'. Born in 1875 in Brooklyn, New York, Fisher was influenced by his artist father and grandfather. He spent much of his youth in San Francisco where he studied at the San Francisco Art Association. In 1898, Fisher moved to New York City and began his career as a newspaper and magazine illustrator. His illustrations quickly gained popularity, and he became...
  6. Feure, George de Georges de Feure (1868-1943), real name Georges Joseph van Sluijters, was a French painter, theatrical designer, and industrial art designer in the symbolism and Art Nouveau styles. De Feure was born in Paris. His father was an affluent Dutch architect, and his mother was Belgian. De Feure had two sons, Jean Corneille and Pierre Louis, in the early 1890s with his mistress Pauline Domec and a daughter with his first wife Marguerite Guibert (married 7 July 1897). In 1886, de Feure was one of th...
  7. Flemwell, George George Flemwell (1865-1925), was a British artist and writer, known for his floral landscapes, especially those depicting the tranquility and beauty of Alpine regions. Flemwell was born in Croydon, Surrey, England and was a pupil of William Powell Frith RA (1819-1909). Flemwell married Louisa Grace Priddle at the age of 47 (she was 48) in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1912. His books include Alpine Flowers & Gardens (1910), The Flower-fields of Alpine Switzerland (1911), Sub-Alpine Plants (19...
  8. Fragonard, Jean-Honoré Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) was a French painter and printmaker whose late Rococo manner was distinguished by remarkable facility, exuberance, and hedonism. One of the most prolific artists active in the last decades of the Ancien Régime, Fragonard produced more than 550 paintings (not counting drawings and etchings), of which only five are dated. Among his most popular works are genre paintings conveying an atmosphere of intimacy and veiled eroticism. Fragonard was born in Grasse, Alpe...
  9. Francesca, Piero della Piero della Francesca (c.1415-1492) was an Italian painter, mathematician and geometer of the Early Renaissance, nowadays chiefly appreciated for his art. His painting is characterised by its serene humanism, its use of geometric forms and perspective. Piero was born Piero di Benedetto in the town of Borgo Santo Sepolcro, modern-day Tuscany, to Benedetto de' Franceschi, a tradesman, and Romana di Perino da Monterchi, members of the Florentine and Tuscan Franceschi noble family. His fathe...
  10. Fortescue-Brickdale, Eleanor Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872-1945) was a British artist, a late exponent of Pre-Raphaelitism. She produced paintings in oils and watercolour, book illustrations, and a number of designs for works in stained glass. Mary Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale, daughter of Matthew and Sarah Fortescue Brickdale, was born 25 January 1872 in Upper Norwood, Surrey. Her father was a barrister. She was trained first at the Crystal Palace School of Art, under Herbert Bone, and entered the Royal Academy Schoo...
  11. Frees, Harry Whittier Harry Whitter Frees (1879-1953) was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, the younger of two sons born to his father who was a saddler, and his mother who stayed home to care for her two boys. Frees became an animal photographer solely by accident. When Harry was a teen, the Frees family gathered for a birthday celebration. Someone brought a paper hat to the dining table, and it was put on the head of the family cat. Amazingly, the cat held the pose, and Harry Frees was able to photograph her. After...
  12. Forestier, Charles Amédée Charles Amédée Forestier (1854-1930) was an Anglo-French artist and illustrator who specialised in historical and prehistoric scenes, and landscapes. Forestier was born in Paris, France, and studied art under Henri Lehmann at the École des Beaux-arts. In 1882 he began working for the Illustrated London News, producing illustrations for news items and fictional stories. He also produced illustrations for the Windsor Magazine, for the novels of several authors including Walter Besant, and for v...
  13. Fraser, Peter Peter Fraser (1888-1950) was born in Walls, Shetland, on 6 November 1888, the son of a fisherman. He moved to London by 1907 to study art at the Central School of Arts and Crafts. He also took a correspondence course with Percy Bradshaw. By 1911 he was living in London and working as an illustrator. He sold his first cartoon to Punch in 1912, and regularly contributed to the magazine until 1941. Some of his cartoons featured street urchins, probably inspired by his work with deprived children...
  14. Frampton, Reginald Edward Reginald Frampton (1870-1923) was a British painter who specialised in murals, specifically war memorials at churches. He painted in a flat, stately style, and was influenced by French Symbolism. He also worked in stained glass, most probably learning from his father, Edward Frampton, who was a stained-glass artist. His work usually depicted symbolic subjects and landscapes; early in his career he made sculpture. Early in his career he devoted himself to landscape painting; after a len...
  15. Fuseli, Henry Henry Fuseli RA (1741-1825) was a Swiss painter, draughtsman, and writer on art who spent much of his life in Britain. Many of his successful works depict supernatural experiences, such as The Nightmare. He produced painted works for John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery and his own "Milton Gallery". He held the posts of Professor of Painting and Keeper at the Royal Academy. His style had a considerable influence on many younger British artists, including William Blake. Fuseli was bo...
  16. Gendall, John John Gendall (1789-1865) was a British painter known particularly for his landscapes of Devon. Gendall was involved in the early use of lithography in London. He was born and died in Exeter, where he assisted with the creation of the museum and the university. Gendall was baptised in Exeter on 2 January 1790 at St Edmund's Church. He was the son of John and Frances Gendall. Gendall was employed as a servant but his drawings were talent spotted by an employee of the print seller Rudolf Ack...