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Richard Langtry Partington BIOGRAPHY
1868 Stockport, England - 1929 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Known for: Portrait, landscape, illustration.
Richard Partington was known as a prolific portrait painter in California during the turn of the century. He was born in Stockport, England in 1868, into a family of artists, and his father gave... Read full biography
Richard Partington was known as a prolific portrait painter in California during the turn of the century. He was born in Stockport, England in 1868, into a family of artists, and his father gave Richard and his sister Gertrude lessons in drawing, poetry, music and painting. In 1889 the Partington... Read full biography
Richard Partington was known as a prolific portrait painter in California during the turn of the century. He was born in Stockport, England in 1868, into a family of artists, and his father gave Richard and his sister Gertrude lessons in drawing, poetry, music and painting. In 1889 the Partington family moved to Oakland, California. Richard Partington and his father founded the Partington Art School across the hall from William Keiths studio on Pine Street in San Francisco. Partingtons father... Read full biography
Richard Partington was known as a prolific portrait painter in California during the turn of the century. He was born in Stockport, England in 1868, into a family of artists, and his father gave Richard and his sister Gertrude lessons in drawing, poetry, music and painting. In 1889 the Partington family moved to Oakland, California. Richard Partington and his father founded the Partington Art School across the hall from William Keiths studio on Pine Street in San Francisco. Partingtons father taught at the school and Richard worked for a time as a quick-sketch artist for the San Francisco Examiner newspaper. He exhibited two of his paintings at the Mid-Winter Fair in San Francisco in 1894. Richard moved back to Oakland after the 1906... Read full biography
Richard Partington was known as a prolific portrait painter in California during the turn of the century. He was born in Stockport, England in 1868, into a family of artists, and his father gave Richard and his sister Gertrude lessons in drawing, poetry, music and painting. In 1889 the Partington family moved to Oakland, California. Richard Partington and his father founded the Partington Art School across the hall from William Keiths studio on Pine Street in San Francisco. Partingtons father taught at the school and Richard worked for a time as a quick-sketch artist for the San Francisco Examiner newspaper. He exhibited two of his paintings at the Mid-Winter Fair in San Francisco in 1894. Richard moved back to Oakland after the 1906 earthquake and fire destroyed the school. He became the curator for the Piedmont Art Gallery and continued to paint portraits locally. He traveled to Philad... Read full biography
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Richard Partington was known as a prolific portrait painter in California during the turn of the century. He was born in Stockport, England in 1868, into a family of artists, and his father gave Richard and his sister Gertrude lessons in drawing, poetry, music and painting. In 1889 the Partington family moved to Oakland, California. Richard Partington and his father founded the Partington Art School across the hall from William Keiths studio on Pine Street in San Francisco. Partingtons father taught at the school and Richard worked for a time as a quick-sketch artist for the San Francisco Examiner newspaper. He exhibited two of his paintings at the Mid-Winter Fair in San Francisco in 1894. Richard moved back to Oakland after the 1906 earthquake and fire destroyed the school. He became the curator for the Piedmont Art Gallery and continued to paint portraits locally. He traveled to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1916 for a portrait commission and ten years later died there, in 1929. He was an active member of the San Francisco Art Association and the Bohemian Club of San Francisco.Biography from the Archives of askART
Born in Stockport, England on Dec. 7, 1868. Partington was a member of a family of artists who played a lively part in the cultural life of the San Francisco Bay area. He immigrated to Oakland with his family in 1889. With his father he established the Partington Art School in San Francisco at 414 Pine Street across the hall from Wm Keith's studio. He also was a quick-sketch artist for the Examiner at the turn of the century. When the fire of 1906 destroyed the school, he returned to Oakland as curator of the Piedmont Art Gallery. He became well known locally for his sensitive portraits. In 1916 he followed a portrait commission to Philadelphia and remained there until his death on June 3, 1929. Member: Athenian-Nile Club (Oakland). Exh: San Francisco Art Association, 1892-1900; Calif. Midwinter Int'l Expo, 1894; Calif. State Fair, 1894-95; Oakland Industrial Expo, 1896; Oakland Library, 1908; Berkeley AA, 1908; Alaska-Yukon Expo (Seattle), 1909; Bohemian Club, 1911-14; Calif. Artists, Golden Gate Park Museum, 1915. In: Oakland Museum.