Alfred Bennett Bamford
Major Alfred Bennett Bamford (1857 – 21 October 1939) was an English watercolour painter, known for pictures of Essex.
Life[]
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Prittlewell by Bamford
Bamford was born in Romford in 1857. He studied at the private Heatherley School of Art. He was a prolific artist who donated a large quantity of paintings into public ownership on condition that they were displayed. In 1930 when he moved to Cheshire he gave 150 paintings to Romford.[1]
Bamford had been a member of a local voluntary regiment. By 1897 he was an honorary Major. During World War I he was in charge of some prisoners near Chelmsford.[1]
Bamford has a small number of paintings in important public collections.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b Alfred B Bamford Archived 2014-03-01 at the Wayback Machine, LBBD.gov.uk, retrieved 12 July 2014
- ^ 4 artworks by or after Alfred Bennett Bamford at the Art UK site
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Categories:
- 1857 births
- 1939 deaths
- People from Romford
- British male painters
- 19th-century British painters
- 20th-century British painters
- 19th-century male artists
- British painter, 19th-century birth stubs