AARON EDWIN PENLEY A.N.W.S. (1807 – 1870)
“Henley-on-Thames 1855”
Watercolour over pencil. 12” x 19 ¾” (228mm x 177mm).
Signed, titled and dated IMAGE
Aaron
Edwin Penley was born in 1807. In 1834
he was working as a miniaturist in Manchester and in the following year he exhibited for the first time
at the Royal Academy. He was elected
Member of the New Watercolour Society in 1838 but resigned in 1856 over the
hanging of his works. He was re-elected
Associate in 1859. He was Assistant, and
from 1851, Professor of Drawing at the Addiscombe Military
College, subsequently moving to Woolwich. He was also watercolour painter to William IV
and Queen Adelaide, and taught Prince Arthur.
He lived in London for the most part, but also stayed in Bristol, Southampton and Plymouth. In his early days
he produced portraits and later the landscapes for which he is better
known. He painted in many parts of the
country. His remaining works were sold
at Christie’s on 23rd April 1870. Examples of work
by Aaron Penley are in the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the
National Portrait Gallery, the Tate Gallery, the Government Art Collection, the
Art Fund, Grundy Art Gallery Blackpool, Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, Hove Library,
Leeds City Art Gallery, Maidstone Museum, City C.A. Manchester, National
Gallery Scotland, the Indiana University Art Museum, Paisley Art Gallery and
Ulster Museum.
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