English Pre-Raphaelite Painter, 1849-1917   Related Paintings of johnwilliam waterhouse,R.A. :. | Portrait of a Woman | Northern Idyll | Details of A Philosopher giving a Lecture on the Orrery | Veduta dell Ospedale Maggiore di Milano | Self-Portrait with Monkey |
Related Artists:
Bertha Worms
painted Missing Naples in 1895
Anicet-Charles-Gabriel Lemonnier
French Painter, 1743-1824
Thomas Kennington
(7 April 1856 - 10 December 1916) was an English genre, social realist and portrait painter. He was a founder member of the New English Art Club (NEAC) and the Imperial Arts League. Kennington was born in Grimsby in Lincolnshire and trained in art at the Liverpool School of Art (winning a gold medal), the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London, and the Academie Julien in Paris, where he studied under Bougereau and Robert-Fleury. He later moved to Chelsea in London. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, London from 1880 - 1916, and also regularly showed his work at the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) in Suffolk Street and the Grosvenor gallery. He was a founder member and first secretary of the New English Art Club (from 1886), and also founded the Imperial Arts League, whose stated purpose was to "protect and promote the interests of Artists and to inform, advise and assist...."He won a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1889. cjr