Edwin Henry Boddington Jr - Artist Info

About Edwin Henry Boddington Jr

Name variants

Edwin Henry Bodington, Edwin H Bonnington
  • Biography

    Edwin Boddington, son of Henry Boddington, comes from the illustrious Williams family of landscape painters. He was a pupil of his father and became a competent painter in his own right. Edwin was strongly influenced by his father and he often painted similar compositions. Edwin even finished some of his father's canvases after his death.

    Despite his father's influence, Edwin Boddington developed a very personal and recognizable style. He usually painted his river scenes in very dark shades of green and brown, such as in this tranquil depiction of fishermen.

    He exhibited throughout England, most notably eleven times at the famed Royal Academy, 45 times at Suffolk Street, and twenty-five times at the British Institution. Thes...

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