Philip Hermogenes Calderon - Artist Info

About Philip Hermogenes Calderon

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Phillip Hermogenes Calderon
  • Biography

    Philip Calderon was born in Poitiers in 1833. He began studying engineering, but became more interested in the drawing side of the profession consequently deciding to become a painter. His first painting appeared at the Academy in 1853, but he had little success until his painting, Broken Vows (1857), painted in the spirit of the Pre-Raphaelites was well received with the critics and public alike.

    He was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy until 1897. In 1864, Calderon became an Associate Royal Academician and in 1867 he became a full Royal Academician. Most of his paintings include historical scenes and female figure subjects.

    Studied
    Mr. Leigh's School of Art in London, 1850; Paris under Picot

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