Painting of Taunton Castle
Harry Frier painted this view of Taunton Castle Courtyard between 1880-1905. He lived and worked in Taunton for over 40 years, producing hundreds of paintings of Somerset buildings and local...
Harry Frier painted this view of Taunton Castle Courtyard between 1880-1905. He lived and worked in Taunton for over 40 years, producing hundreds of paintings of Somerset buildings and local...
In the 1800s Italy was a popular destination for British artists. Keeley Halswelle lived in Italy for a number of years in the 1860s and 1870s. He painted many scenes...
Mrs Harriet Barry is shown peeling potatoes. She was married to the Keeper of Kewstoke Lodge Gate. This is one of a series of 40 paintings of local characters known...
Harry Frier painted this view of Cheddon Fitzpaine Church in 1885. He lived and worked in Taunton for over 40 years, producing hundreds of paintings of Somerset buildings and local...
This was the home of the Doge, the chief magistrate and leader of the Republic of Venice from 700-1797. The details of the building-work are minutely-observed by Edward William Cooke....
John Parsons was a Weston-super-Mare Chairman. Chairmen transported holiday makers across the sands in a special sort of carriage pulled by a donkey. This is one of a series of...
This goat farmer is not mentioned by name in the title of this painting. He is crouched down at the same level as the sheep who flock around him. The...
Norman Parker describes his work as neo-Surrealism; surrealist imagery but without the Surrealist ideology. I like exploring the marvellous and irrational; in finding beauty in strange thingsê. This painting is...
Rachel Reckitt lived and worked in West Somerset. However, she also travelled extensively in Europe. Many of the works Reckitt produced were influenced by her journeys in France, Spain, Ireland,...
John Piper took inspiration from Somersetês remarkable medieval architecture. He painted and made prints of many of the countyês churches. This screenprint is of the magnificent tower at Huish Episcopi....