By Charles Leslie
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Charles Leslie
British, (1839–1886)
Admiring the View & Still Waters
Oil on canvas, pair, both signed & dated 1874
Image size: 11.5 inches x 23.5 inches
Size including frame: 16.75 inches x 28.75 inches
Charles Edward John Leslie was born on 27 November 1839 in the Pentonville Road area of Islington, London. He came from the Williams family of artists with his maternal grandfather being Edward Williams (1781–1855) a well-known landscape painter, and the father of six sons all of whom were artists. Leslie developed his talent by studying under his uncles, especially George Augustus Williams, whom he lived with in 1856 and 1857 at 32 Castelnau Villas in Barnes. He specialised in painting views of the lakes and moorlands of Wales and Scotland and was one of the first painters of the subject in the Victorian tradition. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1856 to 1862. He also exhibited at the British Institution, Suffolk Street Gallery and at local and provincial art galleries. Leslie died of liver disease at the age of 46 on 9 September 1886 at Mitcham Road Tooting near Wandsworth, Surrey. Works can be found at the National Library of Wales, the Royal Holloway...
Category
19th Century Victorian Charles Leslie Art
