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1855 London, England - 1924 London, England. Known for: Bucolic genre and female figure in landscape.
An English Victorian artist who spent most of his career in London, Henry John Yeend King painted numerous bucolic scenes with young farm women, either working at their chores or simply enjoying the... Read full biography
An English Victorian artist who spent most of his career in London, Henry John Yeend King painted numerous bucolic scenes with young farm women, either working at their chores or simply enjoying the serenity of country living. King's formal education was at the Philological School in London and... Read full biography
An English Victorian artist who spent most of his career in London, Henry John Yeend King painted numerous bucolic scenes with young farm women, either working at their chores or simply enjoying the serenity of country living. King's formal education was at the Philological School in London and then at a glass painters, O'Connor's, for three years. Following that period, he studied painting with William Bromley (active 1835-1888), a painter in London, and then studied in Paris with Leon Bonnat... Read full biography
An English Victorian artist who spent most of his career in London, Henry John Yeend King painted numerous bucolic scenes with young farm women, either working at their chores or simply enjoying the serenity of country living. King's formal education was at the Philological School in London and then at a glass painters, O'Connor's, for three years. Following that period, he studied painting with William Bromley (active 1835-1888), a painter in London, and then studied in Paris with Leon Bonnat (1833-1922) and Fernand Cormon (1854-1924). The academic training in France was very influential and "helped mold his fully matured style of carefully modeled figures, plein-air technique and bold coloration.". In 1879, the Royal Society of British... Read full biography
An English Victorian artist who spent most of his career in London, Henry John Yeend King painted numerous bucolic scenes with young farm women, either working at their chores or simply enjoying the serenity of country living. King's formal education was at the Philological School in London and then at a glass painters, O'Connor's, for three years. Following that period, he studied painting with William Bromley (active 1835-1888), a painter in London, and then studied in Paris with Leon Bonnat (1833-1922) and Fernand Cormon (1854-1924). The academic training in France was very influential and "helped mold his fully matured style of carefully modeled figures, plein-air technique and bold coloration.". In 1879, the Royal Society of British Artists elected King to membership, and a frequent RBA exhibitor, he showed 115 paintings at Society venue... Read full biography
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Henry John Yeend King, Henry JY King, John Yeend King, Yeend King
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An English Victorian artist who spent most of his career in London, Henry John Yeend King painted numerous bucolic scenes with young farm women, either working at their chores or simply enjoying the serenity of country living. King's formal education was at the Philological School in London and then at a glass painters, O'Connor's, for three years. Following that period, he studied painting with William Bromley (active 1835-1888), a painter in London, and then studied in Paris with Leon Bonnat (1833-1922) and Fernand Cormon (1854-1924). The academic training in France was very influential and "helped mold his fully matured style of carefully modeled figures, plein-air technique and bold coloration."
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