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20th-century English painters

  • Peter Blake (artist)Peter Blake was born on the 25th of June 1932 in Dartford, Kent. He began his formal training at the Gravesend Technical College school of art before moving…
  • William Powell FrithWilliam Powell Frith was born in Aldfield, near Ripon in the West Riding of Yorkshire on the 9th of January 1819. He had originally intended to be an…
  • Herbert James DraperHerbert James Draper entered the world in 1863 within the bustling heart of London. He was born in Covent Garden, the seventh child and only son of a fruit…
  • William Blake RichmondWilliam Blake Richmond entered the world on the 29th of November 1842 in Marylebone. His father George Richmond was a portrait painter of some note, and his…
  • John Charles DollmanJohn Charles Dollman was born in Hove on the 6th of May 1851. He moved to London to study at South Kensington and the Royal Academy Schools.
  • Richard Hamilton (artist)Richard William Hamilton arrived in the world on the 24th of February 1922 within the London district of Pimlico. He left school without any formal…