John Cheltenham Wake
John Cheltenham Wake | |
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 Landing the Catch acquired for Leicester Arts and Museums Service & Leicester 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 Leicester 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.
See also[]
- Public Catalogue Foundation
- BBC Your Paintings
- Leicester Museum & Art Gallery
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