Artist. Born Peter Francis Lewis Bourgeois in London. He became an art dealer and collector in association with Margaret and Noel Desenfans, and with them founded the Dulwich Picture Gallery. In 1794 he was appointed court painter to King George III.
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Francis Bourgeois
Dulwich Picture Gallery Dulwich Picture Gallery, England's very first public ...
Painter. Born in East Bergholt, on the Essex/Suffolk border. From 1819 Constable spent much of his time in Hampstead and many of his finest paintings are of Hampstead landscapes. He died in Fitzrov...
Mural artist active in late 1970s - 1983. Â Worked with Binnington on two murals at Royal Oak.
Artist. Born Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson in Hampstead, son of Henry Nevinson. He studied at the Slade School of Art alongside Stanley Spencer and Mark Gertler. In WW1 he joined the Royal Arm...
Born Aberdeen. Winner of the Prix de Rome. Other work in London includes the 1963 Joy of Life group in the Hyde Park fountain, pictured by Ornamental Passions.
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