Frederick Lee Bridell - Artist Info

About Frederick Lee Bridell

  • Biography

    Frederick Lee Bridell was a popular painter in 19th century Britain. Bridell lived from 1831 to 1863. He began as a portrait artist, gaining favor with luminaries such as Elizabeth Barrett Browning who entertained Bridell and his wife, Eliza Bridell Fox, a fellow artist, for their wedding meal at Bocca di Leone, Rome in 1859. Bridell began his professional career as an apprentice to picture dealer Edwin Holder, who had him copying pictures by Old Masters and funded his education abroad.

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