How old was Frederick Rayner when he became an artist?
In the 1891 census he was recorded as an artist colourman, age 44, born in Sussex, with wife Emma, and son Frederick G. Rayner, also an artist colourman, age 18. Rayner’s canvas mark has been recorded on A.F. De Prades’s Mail Coach in the Snow, 1883 (Walker Art Gallery, see Morris 1996).
When did John Linnell start filling his own paint tubes?
Most of Rand’s business was with the big manufacturing artists’ colourmen, for example with Roberson which made purchases until 1865 (Hamilton Kerr Institute, MS 180-1993). Intriguingly, the artist John Linnell decided to experiment in 1848 with filling his own paint tubes.
Who are the painters in the National Gallery of Art?
Willem van Aelst (1627–1683), Dutch : Still Life with Dead Game, oil on canvas, ID: 1982.36.1 Josef Albers (1888–1976), American, born Germany : Study for Homage to the Square: Light Rising, oil on wood fiberboard, ID: 1992.28.1 Francis Alexander (1800–1880), American : Aaron Baldwin, oil on wood, ID: 1945.11.1
Where did Arthur Rayner live as a child?
He was the son of a coach builder, Samuel Felton Rayner (information from Lisa Turner, née Rayner, great-great-granddaughter of Arthur Rayner, 1 December 2009). In the 1871 census he was recorded as a general commission agent, age 24, lodging with his wife Emma, and young son, at 188 Goswell Road. He then turned to trading as a colourman.
In the 1891 census he was recorded as an artist colourman, age 44, born in Sussex, with wife Emma, and son Frederick G. Rayner, also an artist colourman, age 18. Rayner’s canvas mark has been recorded on A.F. De Prades’s Mail Coach in the Snow, 1883 (Walker Art Gallery, see Morris 1996).
Most of Rand’s business was with the big manufacturing artists’ colourmen, for example with Roberson which made purchases until 1865 (Hamilton Kerr Institute, MS 180-1993). Intriguingly, the artist John Linnell decided to experiment in 1848 with filling his own paint tubes.
Willem van Aelst (1627–1683), Dutch : Still Life with Dead Game, oil on canvas, ID: 1982.36.1 Josef Albers (1888–1976), American, born Germany : Study for Homage to the Square: Light Rising, oil on wood fiberboard, ID: 1992.28.1 Francis Alexander (1800–1880), American : Aaron Baldwin, oil on wood, ID: 1945.11.1
He was the son of a coach builder, Samuel Felton Rayner (information from Lisa Turner, née Rayner, great-great-granddaughter of Arthur Rayner, 1 December 2009). In the 1871 census he was recorded as a general commission agent, age 24, lodging with his wife Emma, and young son, at 188 Goswell Road. He then turned to trading as a colourman.
