Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Alfred William Strutt


[Good Sport]
oil on canvas
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1856 - 1924.
Animal, genre and portrait painter. Son and pupil of his father William Strutt (1826 - 1915) [his daughter Rosa S. painted animals and flowers]. Born in New Zealand but studied at the South Kensington School and exhibited at the RA from 1879 and elsewhere. Accompanied King Edward VII on a hunting trip to Scandanavia.

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