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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 earthq...But wait, there's more...
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