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George
Goodwin Kilburne R.I., R.O.I., R.M.S., R.B.A.
(1839
– 1924)
“Little
Nell”
Watercolour
heightened with bodycolour
Signed
& dated 1872
7
¾” x 5 5/8” (198mm x 142mm)
Overall
framed size 18” x 15 ½” (455mm x 400mm)
Framed
fitted with ultra-violet filtering low reflect glass IMAGE IMAGE
George
Goodwin Kilburne was born on the 24th
July 1839 at Hackford near Reepham in Norfolk.
He was educated at his father’s old school in Kent and on leaving at the age of
15 he went to London to serve a five year
apprenticeship with the Dalziel brothers, the engravers and illustrators.
His work was exhibited 37 times at the Royal Academy from 1863 to 1918 and his
work was also exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists, the Royal Insitute, the Royal Insitute of
Oil Painters, the Royal Miniature Society, Walker Art Gallery Liverpool, the
Royal Society of Artists Birmingham, Thomas Agnew & Sons Gallery,
Dowdeswell Gallery, the Glasgow Institute, Manchester City Art Gallery,
Arthur Tooth and Sons Gallery, the Suffolk Street Galleries and the New
Watercolour Society to which he was elected member in 1866. He was also a
member of the Royal Institute, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, the Royal
Society of British Artists and the Royal Miniature Society. He painted many
scenes of Victorian life and his pictures became
popular through prints. His work is in the collections of the
Walker Art Gallery Liverpool, the Sheffield Art Gallery, Hayworth Art Gallery
and Accrington Art Gallery
Shortly after the death of the
Emperor Napoleon III, the Empress Eugenie commissioned Kilburne
to paint several pictures for her. For that purpose he
paid many visits to her at Chislehurst, Kent, to paint pictures of the rooms used by the
late Emperor, which had been kept just as they were during his lifetime.
