John Syer
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Neath Abbey by John Syer
John Syer (1815–1885) was an English painter. He painted landscape in a style formed chiefly upon that of , but failed as a colourist. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, the British Institution, and with the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol, as well as the British Artists, between 1832 and 1875. He died in July, 1885.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1889). "Syer, John". In Armstrong, Sir Walter; Graves, Robert Edmund (eds.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (L–Z). II (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
External links[]
- 44 artworks by or after John Syer at the Art UK site
Categories:
- 1815 births
- 1885 deaths
- 19th-century English painters
- English male painters
- Artists from Bristol
- British painter, 19th-century birth stubs
- English painter stubs