Frederick William Jackson, or simply known as Fred Jackson, was liked and respected in his day, praised as an artist and renowned for his landscape and marine paintings. It was generally felt that he could have achieved the distinction of RA had it not been for his reticence and modesty. Jackson was born in 1859 in Middleton Junction, Oldham, and was one of three children, whose father was a photographer. His two brothers were Vincent Jackson, a musician trained at Leipzig Conservatoire, and Charles Arthur Jackson, an art dealer and Manchester gallery owner. Charles supported his brother during his career, helping with both money and materials. Many of Jackson's pictures bear labels inscribed with the address of his brother's gallery, 7 Police Street, Manchester.
Jackson had relatively little formal training, however, his interest in painting was evident from an early age. As a boy he went on sketching tours with his friend, the future architect, Edgar Wood. After leaving school, he attended evening classes at Oldham School of Art, where he studied painting under John Houghton Hague. John Hague's brother, Joshua Anderson Hague, was the leader of a group of young artists known as the 'Manchester School.' This group was making a considerable impact in the mid-1870s and Jackson was drawn towards them. Nearly all these artists had been trained at Manchester Academy of Fine Art and they met together in Wales in the early 1870s at the studio of the self-taught Joseph Knight. They were influenced by the Barbizon school of painters, who were mid-19th century painters working in and around the village of Barbizon on the outskirts of the forest of Fontainebleau, southeast of Paris. The Manchester School artists, of which Jackson was also a member, were also influenced by Dutch painters, Anthonij (Anton) Rudolf Mauve and Jozef Israëls, at a time when, in Britain, Dutch paintings were in demand.
Fred Jackson died in 1918, aged 59, and was buried in his native Middleton.
Frederick William Jackson (1859-1918) - Late 19th Century Oil, The Chicken Coop
By Frederick William Jackson
Located in Corsham, GB
This pastoral landscape painting depicts a rural farm scene with chicken coops nestled among towering trees under a soft, cloudy sky. The artist employs loose, impressionistic brushw...
Oil
Fishing Boats Venice - British 19thC Impressionist painting Staithes School Art
By Frederick William Jackson
Located in Hagley, England
A fresh and vibrant watercolour which is signed and dated to circa 1890 by Frederick William Jackson - the Yorkshire Staithes Impressionist who travelled in Europe in the 19th century. It depicts fishing boats in Venice...
Watercolor
$1,062
H 13 in W 16 in
1950's French Impressionist Oil Fishing Boats Anchored Beach Estuary
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Etaples Simone Forge 1950's French Impressionist oil on board unframed board: 13 x 16 inches inscribed verso Provenance: private collection, Paris Condition: overall good and sound...
Oil
$986
H 13 in W 16 in
1930's French Impressionist Harbor Scene with Boats and Billowing Sails
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Harbor Scene Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist oil on board unframed board: 13 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: great condition For more any more info...
Oil
$59,500
H 15 in W 18 in D 4 in
" Summer Evening Southwest Texas " 1909 Texas Hill Country Julian Onderdonk
By Julian Onderdonk
Located in San Antonio, TX
Julian Onderdonk "Summer Evening S. W. Texas" Texas Hill Country (1882 - 1922) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 9 x 12 Frame Size: 15 x 18 Medium: Oil on panel Dated 1909 "Summer Evening S. W. Texas" "A Texas Painter Worked Under the Radar in New York," By Eve M. Kahn, March 6, 2014, The New York Times Onderdonk, a San Antonio native who died of an intestinal ailment in 1922, at 40, is best known for painting swaths of Texas bluebonnets. Those canvases can bring more than $500,000 each, while his New York scenes usually end up in the five-figure range. Onderdonk’s parents were painters in San Antonio, and in 1901, when he was a teenager, they sent him to New York for training. Through 1909, he lived in various Manhattan apartments and Staten Island houses. He then returned to Texas, but continued to spend months at a time in New York. In 1902 he had married a Manhattan teenage neighbor, Gertrude Shipman. While she focused on raising their daughter, Adrienne, and worrying about their strained finances, “he created more than 600 works of art, often producing a painting or two a day,” Eyewitnesses recorded his prolific pace in New York, but Onderdonk works bearing those dates rarely turn up. The puzzling gap in his productivity is explained in family correspondence that the Bakers uncovered: The artist admits that he was signing pieces with pseudonyms. He mostly used Chas. Turner and Chase Turner and occasionally resorted to Elbert H. Turner and Roberto Vasquez. Julian Onderdonk was the son of the important Texas landscapist, Robert Onderdonk. He was the father's pupil at age 16. Sponsored by a Texas patron, he studied at the Art Students League in New York when he was 19, the pupil of Kenyon Cox, Frank DuMond, and Robert Henri. He also studied with William Merritt Chase on Long Island. In 1902, having lost his Texas patron because he married, he asked $18 for 12 paintings at a Fifth Avenue dealer in New...
Oil
$719
H 16 in W 13 in
French Autumn Landscape with Bright Foliage and Figures in the Park Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Autumn Landscape Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist oil on board unframed board: 16 x 13 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: great condition For more any more i...
Oil
$925
H 13 in W 16 in
Colorful Fishing Boats on a Sandy Shore under a Cloudy Sky 1930's French
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fishing Boats Lined Along the Shore Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist signed oil on board unframed board: 13 x 16 inches inscribed verso Provenance: private collection Condit...
Oil
$1,384
H 13 in W 16 in
Mid 20th Century French Impressionist Oil Sand Dunes Coastal Seascape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Beach Scene Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist oil on board unframed board: 13 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: great condition For more any mo...
Oil
$1,384
H 13 in W 18 in
Mid 20th Century French Impressionist Oil Dusty Sand Dunes Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist oil on board unframed board: 13 x 18 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: great condition For more any more information plea...
Oil
$1,144
H 13 in W 16 in
1930's French Post Impressionist Busy French Market Scene Many Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The French Market Simone Forge, 1930's French Impressionist oil on board unframed signed verso "Sim" board: 13 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris Condition: good and ...
Oil
$1,384
H 16 in W 13 in
Mid 20th Century French Post-Impressionist Oil Busy French Town Street Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The French Town Simone Forge 1930-1950's French Impressionist artist oil on board unframed board: 16 x 13 inches inscribed verso Provenance: private collection, Francec Condition: gr...
Oil
$1,062
H 13 in W 16 in
1930's French Impressionist Oil Fishing Boats Beached in Estuary
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fishing Boats Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist oil on board unframed board: 13 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris Condition: overall good and sound condition...
Oil
$1,384
H 13 in W 16 in
French Impressionist Riverside Village with Red Roofs and Verdant Foliage
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Riverside Village Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist oil on board unframed board: 13 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: great condition For more any more...
Oil
1950's French Impressionist Fishing Boats Moored Harbour Estuary
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Simone Forge, 1930's French Impressionist signed oil on board unframed dated 1953 board: 13 x 16.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: great condition For mor...
Oil