Arthur Romilly Fedden (1875–1939) was an English artist and

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. Romilly studied under

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, at the Académie Julian in Paris, and finally in Spain. He lived and worked in France, in a place called Chantemesle near Vetheuil on the Seine. He was married to Katharine Waldo Douglas, an American writer; their son Robin Fedden was also a writer. Romilly Fedden wrote two books: ''Modern Water Colour'' (1918) and ''Golden Days from the Fishing Log of a Painter in Brittany'' (1919). He also illustrated a book written by his wife on the Basque country. He died from injuries sustained in the crash of the

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in March 1939. His wife, who was also injured, died soon after him.

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