George Richardson (1808-1840)
Richardson was born at Newcastle upon Tyne, the eldest son of Thomas Miles Richardson senior.
Marshall Hall describes that, ‘by the age of fourteen [he] was advertising his services as ‘historical and landscape painter’ in a local directory. By the age of eighteen he was also offering ‘Drawing Classes for Figure, Landscape and Animal Painting.’' He later opened an Academy on Blackett Street, Newcastle in partnership with his brother and fellow artist Thomas Miles Richardson junior.
George exhibited works at the Northern Academy, the Carlisle Academy and at the British Institution. He showed six works at the latter between 1828 and 1833.
Literature
Child, D (1994), Painters in the Northern Counties of England and Wales, University of Leeds
Graves, A (1969 reprint), The British Institution 1806-1867, Kingsmead Reprints
Hall, M (2005), The Artists of Northumbria, Art Dictionaries
Mallalieu, H L (1988), The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists up to 1920, Antique Collectors’ Club
Richardson was born at Newcastle upon Tyne, the eldest son of Thomas Miles Richardson senior.
Marshall Hall describes that, ‘by the age of fourteen [he] was advertising his services as ‘historical and landscape painter’ in a local directory. By the age of eighteen he was also offering ‘Drawing Classes for Figure, Landscape and Animal Painting.’' He later opened an Academy on Blackett Street, Newcastle in partnership with his brother and fellow artist Thomas Miles Richardson junior.
George exhibited works at the Northern Academy, the Carlisle Academy and at the British Institution. He showed six works at the latter between 1828 and 1833.
Literature
Child, D (1994), Painters in the Northern Counties of England and Wales, University of Leeds
Graves, A (1969 reprint), The British Institution 1806-1867, Kingsmead Reprints
Hall, M (2005), The Artists of Northumbria, Art Dictionaries
Mallalieu, H L (1988), The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists up to 1920, Antique Collectors’ Club
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