Edward Pritchett (1807-1876) was a nineteenth-century English painter and man of mystery.
Little is known of Pritchett's life; he has appropriately been described as "elusive."
[''Art Index'', New York, H. W. Wilson Co., 1974; Vol. 21, p. 758.] Pritchett spent periods over three decades living and working in
Venice
Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are li ...
, producing admirable views of the city; he was one of a group of English artists who produced notable records of the scenes of northern Italy, a group that included
John Wharlton Bunney
John Wharlton Bunney (20 June 1828 – 23 September 1882) was an English topographical and landscape artist of the nineteenth century.
His father was a merchant captain whom Bunney, as a boy, accompanied on several voyages around the world. ...
,
James Holland, the brothers-in-law
Luke Fildes
Sir Samuel Luke Fildes (3 October 1843 – 28 February 1927) was a British painter and illustrator born in Liverpool and trained at the Royal College of Art, South Kensington and Royal Academy Schools. He was the grandson of the political act ...
and
Henry Woods, and, in a later generation,
William Logsdail
William Logsdail (25 May 1859 – 3 September 1944) was a prolific English landscape, portrait, and genre painter. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Royal Society of British Artists, the Grosvenor Gallery, the New Gallery (London), and ot ...
.
References
External links
Pritchett's ''The Salute, Venice''''The Ducal Palace from the Piazzetta''
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19th-century English painters
English male painters
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
19th-century English male artists