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Classical hunting fox, Equestrian and Beautiful Horses, 173.
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unknow artist
Related Paintings of unknow artist :. | Portrait of Philip III of Spain | Pescadores de Napoles | Seascape, boats, ships and warships.49 | Still life floral, all kinds of reality flowers oil painting 101 | Called Henry,Prince of Wales | Related Artists: Osborne, WilliamIrish, 1823-1901 Bonnat, LEonFrench, 1833-1922.French portrait and historical painter. He is best known for his portraits of famous men, including Thiers, Victor Hugo, and Dumas fils. Bonnat is represented in the Metropolitan Museum. Thomas Kennington (7 April 1856 - 10 December 1916) was an English genre, social realist and portrait painter. He was a founder member of the New English Art Club (NEAC) and the Imperial Arts League.
Kennington was born in Grimsby in Lincolnshire and trained in art at the Liverpool School of Art (winning a gold medal), the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London, and the Academie Julien in Paris, where he studied under Bougereau and Robert-Fleury. He later moved to Chelsea in London.
He exhibited at the Royal Academy, London from 1880 - 1916, and also regularly showed his work at the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) in Suffolk Street and the Grosvenor gallery. He was a founder member and first secretary of the New English Art Club (from 1886), and also founded the Imperial Arts League, whose stated purpose was to "protect and promote the interests of Artists and to inform, advise and assist...."He won a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1889.
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