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- A A Glendening lived at Greenwich in London in the latter half of the 19th century.
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Alfred Augustus Glendening Snr. (b. 25th July 1940 Hampton on Thames – d. 11 Dec 1921, Deptford). From a humble background, he first worked as a railway clerk before devoting his life to landscape painting. He became one of the most popular Victorian landscape artists, painting realistic British Isles scenes.
Born in Hampton on Thames, London, Glendening was raised in an area popular with Victorian artists. The River, with its zig-zagging steamboats and silvery waters, providing ample inspiration for a young impressionable mind.
Although his paintings show a tranquil and unspoiled landscape, his environment was rapidly being transformed by social, scientific, and industrial developments, while advances in transport, photography, and other technical discoveries undoubtedly influenced him and his fellow painters.
Lady Place, Hurley-on-ThamesAlfred Augustus Glendening (1840–1921) Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC) In the Meadow, YoungsburyAlfred Augustus Glendening (1840–1921) Southampton City Art Gallery. Forest Scene with DeerAlfred Augustus Glendening (1840–1921) Atkinson Art Gallery Collection. Head of Grasmere, CumbriaAlfred Augustus ...
Glendening particularly enjoyed painting views of the Thames, Surrey and Sussex in the Southern Counties, and in the Scottish Highlands where he enjoyed painting dramatic landscapes with lochs and cattle. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, British Institution and Suffolk Street between 1865 and 1903.
Feb 22, 2024 · This book represents the culmination of many years of research into the life and work of a lesser-known Victorian landscape painter, Alfred Augustus Glendening. In her introduction to this beautifu...
Alfred Augustus Glendening, Sr. lived in the XIX – XX cent., a remarkable figure of British Romanticism. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
