John Cheltenham Wake

John Cheltenham Wake

Landing the Catch acquired for Leicester Arts and Museums Service & New Walk Museum & Art Gallery.
Born John Cheltenham Wake
1837
Died 1882
Nationality English
Known for Oil painting

John Cheltenham Wake (1837–1882) was an English oil painter who specialised in seascape and marine art.

Biography

Little is known of Wake's personal life, other than it bridged the Victorian Era.

Work

Leicester Arts and Museums Service[1] owns a painting by Wake titled Landing the Catch.[2] It is housed in The New Walk Museum & Art Gallery. The Public Catalogue Foundation digitised it as an oil painting in public ownership,[3] in the UK's national collection.

Examples of Wake's paintings are the illustrated Landing the Catch and the work Fishermen in coastal waters at the end of the day.

Fishermen in coastal waters at the end of the day by John Cheltenham Wake

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.leicester.gov.uk/your-council-services/lc/leicester-city-museums/museums/nwm-art-gallery/
  2. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/landing-the-catch-81547
  3. ↑ http://www.prints.thepcf.org.uk/image/717747/john-cheltenham-wake-landing-the-catch
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