Gerald Fenwick Metcalfe
Gerald Fenwick Metcalfe (23 August 1871 – 17 October 1953) was a British portrait painter, miniaturist, illustrator and modeller. In 1881 he was living with his widowed mother in Walcot, Somerset. He studied at the South Kensington, St John's Wood (where he met Byam Shaw, also born in India) and Royal Academy Schools.
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Gerald Fenwick Metcalfe
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- 1871
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- painter · illustrator
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- Royal College of Art
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Gerald Fenwick Metcalfe (23 August 1871 – 17 October 1953) was a British portrait painter, miniaturist, illustrator and modeller. In 1881 he was living with his widowed mother in Walcot, Somerset. He studied at the South Kensington, St John's Wood (where he met Byam Shaw, also born in India) and Royal Academy Schools.
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He was working in Chelsea 1902–03 and at Albury, Surrey, 1914–25.
• Pan • Study for the War Memorial at Albury, Surrey • The Molson Brothers: Harold and Eric, sons of John Elsdale Molson
DESIGN FOR THE FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORIAL IN ALBURY CHURCH signed l.l.: GERALD METCALFE watercolour on board 38 x 25cm The artist lived at Westside, Albury Heath. His death is recorded in the Albury parish register. He was born in India and studied at the South Kensington, St John's Wood and R.A. Schools. He was a portrait painter, miniaturist, mural painter and modeler, and exhibited widely. Metcal
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METCALFE, Gerald Fenwick (British 1871-1953) 'On the Tees, near Ovington (Durham)' 1922. Oil on Canvas 40x29cm
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Gerald Fenwick Metcalfe born.
1929
Gerald Fenwick Metcalfe died.
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