Frank Rousse

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Frank Rousse  (before 1897-1917) was an English painter and a representative of Victorian watercolor painting .

Frank Rousse was an oil , but mainly watercolor, painter of English landscapes and coasts . He lived in Ilford , Essex and Hadley, Hertfordshire . Much of his work has been scenes from Yorkshire , particularly Whitby .

In the years from 1897 to 1917 he had demonstrably several exhibitions at the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colors and at the Royal Academy of Arts . Rousse's popularity was and is great; his works are considered to be easily accessible and artistically convincing. His pictures were widely used as postcard motifs .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ HL Mallalieu: The Dictionary of British Watercolor Artists up to 1920. Volume I - The Text . Ed .: HL Mallalieu. Woodbridge, Suffolk 1976, ISBN 1-85149-036-1 , pp. 296 .
  2. ^ John Windsor: The Guardian - Why it's safe to splash out on watercolors again. The Guardian, March 7, 2004, accessed October 26, 2016 .
  3. ↑ John Nicholson: John Nicholson Fine Arte. October 26, 2016, accessed October 26, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Jane McIntire: Artist Biographies. Artist Biographies Ltd, October 26, 2016, accessed October 26, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Rousse, Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English painter
DATE OF BIRTH before 1897
DATE OF DEATH 1917