Coventry Art and Artists

Thank you for that link Helen. I wonder if the odd angles that the photos are taken is on purpose?

I did wonder if it was to tease me but having been to see the real thing the photographer was struggling to see round coat racks and avoid the worse of the glare from the light sources. Still, I appreciated seeing them and they filled in a few holes in the city images.

Thanks for the link. To do a proper reproduction of the watercolours would be quite an undertaking. The painting would have to be taken down and removed from their frames to avoid reflections from the glass. The photographic exposures would need to be done in a studio with probably 4x studio flash units to achieve even lighting. Then the cover glass would need to be meticulously cleaned prior to the paintings being returned to their frames. Estimated cost = min. £500 but probably closer to £750. The way they have been photographed was at minimal cost. But, it does avoid a big problem - nobody is likely to copy the images for commercial purposes.

Helen, Thanks for sharing the pictures of old Coventry they are great. Coventry Kid Dave Charley (now living in Canada)

What a beautiful collection Helen, thank you for sharing the Link with us.

I thought Bunney lovers might be interested in seeing this early ink drawing by Bunney. At this stage, 1900, he was living at 1 Spring Street, and was drawing at the Coventry School of Art.

A wonderful artist in Coventry a Holbrooks man is Derek Waring, check out some of this mans remarkable paintings in my opinion the best artist in Coventry.

Whitefriars, Coventry, painting by Moses Griffith, not a Coventry artist though - link

This is the interior of Bunney's home at 1, Spring Street. It looks Spartan. Note the painting above the door.

Yes, and I bet the boots were in there somewhere

Chris C the painting above the door looks like the Isle of Wight.

Yes, it looks like the Needles. He visited the Isle of Wight later in life. I have a few small water colours of Sandown from 1927, just a year before he died. Perhaps it was a place he visited often. I find it very odd that with his considerable skill as an artist, that he did not work as a commercial artist.

Was looking on the 1911 census at people who entered 'Artist' as their occupation, thought it may be a good idea to make a list of these people to see if anybody knows of them or if any their work survived: Name- year of birth- occupation 1. Albert Chanler - b. about 1891, Painter - Etcher (artist) [a book with his illustrations?] 2. Florence Amos - b. about 1873, Artist 3. George Bailey - b. about 1883, Artist photo engraving 4. Ernest Alfred Bates - b. about 1891, Artist Painter 5. Wilfred Bocker - b. about 1888, Litho (type?) Artist 6. Arthur Boothway - b. about 1854, Decorative (?) Artist 7. Percy William Butter - b. about 1891, Artist- Photo retouching 8. Herbert B Clemento - b. about 1892, Half(tone?) artist 9. Henry Connor - b. about 1885, Lithographic Artist 10. Laura Northcott Dawkins - b. about 1873, Artist (water colour?) 11. James William Freeman - b. about 1872, Photographer and Artist. 12. Ernest D Fridlander - b. about 1871, Artist Painter (mentioned here) 13. Ethel Fridlander (Wife of Ernest D Fridlander?) - b. about 1874, Painter artist 14. George Thomas Hanthorn - b. about 1879, Lithographic artist and designer 15. Frederick Buster Hart - b. about 1873, Lithographic artist 16. Edwin Hayes - b. about 1891, (process?) artist and designer 17. Henry Haylewood - b. 1869, Lithographic artist 18. Thomas Hine - b. about 1866, Artist Painter 19. Alfred Kemp - b. about 1890, Photo engraving artist 20. Oliver Lewis - b. about 1886, Lithographic artist 21. (Perewal?) Lightwood - b. about 1882, Artist (Painter) 22. Lucy A Newsome - b. about 1867, Artist [think this may be her gravestone in London Road Cemetery] 23. John H Peters - b. about 1891, Photo engraving artist 24. Walter Edward Phillips - b. about 1871, Artist 25. Leonard Reed - b. about 1892, Lithographic artist 26. William Havard Sims - b. about 1881, Artist 27. James Rigby Southworth - b. about 1882, Process Artist (?) 28. William Leonard Weller - b. about 1889, Lithographic artist 29. James Young - b. about 1888, Lithographic artist (not sure if everything is 100% accurate or that all (paid) artists in Coventry are in this list but I've had a go ) Luke.

Thanks Luke. You have compiled a great list there, it must have taken you ages It's a bit too tempting to be in the garden at the moment, but I shall certainly be interested to find out more about them.