'Return From the Meadows' by John Faulkner, Royal Society of British Artists

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Signed lower left "John Faulkner, RHA" and painted circa 1880.

Substantial nineteenth century watercolor and gouache showing a group of … Read more Signed lower left "John Faulkner, RHA" and painted circa 1880.

Substantial nineteenth century watercolor and gouache showing a group of shepherds, milkmaids and harvesters gathered in a wooded glade and preparing for the end of their work day.

This notable Anglo-Irish painter studied at the Royal Dublin Society School and began exhibiting with the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1852, at the age of seventeen. After moving to London, he exhibited widely and with success, including at London's Royal Academy (The Home of the Red Deer, 1865), the Royal Society of British Artists and the Royal Institute. Faulkner also painted in the United States during the 1880's.

Reference:
Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Vol. V, p. 323; Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Kunstler, Vollmer Supplement, Vol. XI, p. 299;The Dictionary of British Artists ohnson and Greutzner, 1980 Edition, p. 172; The Dictionary of British Art: Victorian Painters, Wood, p. 166; The Royal Society of British Artists, Johnson, 1993 Edition, p. 156, et al. See less