James Sharples
A blacksmith and self-taught artist whose major work, The Forge, was completed in 1847.
Robert Huskisson, artist
British portrait painter particularly recognised for his fairy paintings.
John Simmons, artist
British painter recognised as a specialist in painting female fairies, frequently nude.
Pierre Adolphe Valette
A French Impressionist painter who taught at the Manchester School of Art from 1906 until 1920.
George Tutill
Artist and entrepreneur who started a business at the age of 20, manufacturing banners and regalia.
Joseph Noel Paton
Scottish artist, antiquary, poet and sculptor
Antoine Wiertz
Antoine Wiertz (1806–1865) was a Belgian Romantic painter and sculptor. His output, featuring such macabre scenes as violent suicide and premature burial has persuaded some critics to consider it the work of a madman.
Victorian painting
Victorian painting refers to the distinctive styles of painting in the United Kingdom during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901).
Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse
English artist, specialist in flower painting; her husband was fellow artist John William Waterhouse
John William Waterhouse
John William Waterhouse was an English artist known primarily for his depictions of women set in scenes from myth, legend or poetry. He is the best known of that group of artists who from the 1880s revived the literary themes favoured by the Pre-Raphaelites.
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