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Denis Eden
William Denis Eden (1878–1949) was a Liverpool-born artist whose lively and idiosyncratic paintings were in a ‘neo-Pre-Raphaelite’ style. He trained at the St John's Wood Art School and the Royal Academy Schools, and went on to exhibit regularly at the Royal Academy. He was married to the poet Helen Parry Eden, and in the interwar years they divided their time between Oxfordshire and Italy. He illustrated a children’s book and provided drawings for his wife’s ‘medieval’ tales. Early life and influences William Denis Eden was born in Liverpool on 20 July 1878. His father, also William Eden (1844–1913), was a landscape painter. By 1885 the family had moved to St John's Wood, London, and Denis attended St John's Wood Preparatory School in Acacia Road – known as 'Oliver's' – which he remembered with some dread. From there he progressed to University College School in Gower Street. The school was a preparatory school for University College, London, and untypically ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool
Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population of (in ), Liverpool is the administrative, cultural and economic centre of the Liverpool City Region, a combined authority, combined authority area with a population of over 1.5 million. Established as a borough in Lancashire in 1207, Liverpool became significant in the late 17th century when the Port of Liverpool was heavily involved in the Atlantic slave trade. The port also imported cotton for the Textile manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution, Lancashire textile mills, and became a major departure point for English and Irish emigrants to North America. Liverpool rose to global economic importance at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century and was home to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
