John Fulleylove

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John Fulleylove (born August 18, 1845 in Leicester , † May 22, 1908 in London ) was a British painter of cityscapes, buildings and landscapes. He primarily used water color for his paintings.

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John Fulleylove was the son of the wagon builder John Fulleylove and his wife Elizabeth, nee Preston, and the youngest of five children. At the age of 16, he began training with Flint and Shenton architects. He started taking pictures of buildings in his hometown. He was assisted by Harry Ward, the drawing teacher at James Duffield Harding's school. At his first exhibition at the Royal Society of British Artists in London in 1871, Fulleylove mainly showed pictures that were influenced by his friend Thomas Collier.

In 1875 Fulleylove went on his first study trip to Italy and married the artist Elizabeth Elgood on June 18, 1878. They made trips to Cheshire (1878), Hampton Court (1879), Versailles (1882), later he traveled to the Middle East and also stayed in Greece , where numerous works were created.

Fulleylove exhibited regularly in London and became a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colors in 1880 and a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Oils in 1883 . In the same year he moved from Leicester to London with his wife .

Between 1886 and 1906, over 400 of his works were shown in eight solo exhibitions in the Fine Art Society . He was also a well-known book illustrator and worked mainly for the publishing house A&C Black. He held a bronze medal at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1889 . In 1907 and 1908 he was President of the Oxford Art Society .

Fulleylove had two daughters and a son. The daughter Joan Fulleylove later became a glass designer, son John Christopher Fulleylove became an architect and illustrator.

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SURNAME Fulleylove, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British painter of cityscapes, buildings and landscapes
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Leicester
DATE OF DEATH May 22, 1908
Place of death London