Valentine Walter Bromley
Valentine Walter Bromley (14 February 1848 – 30 April 1877) was a British artist. He was born into a well-known family of artists: his father William Bromley was a painter, his grandfather John Charles Bromley was an engraver, and his great-grandfather William Bromley was also an engraver. Valentine Bromley received his art education from his father, William Bromley (III), a member of the Institute of British Artists.
Also recorded as Valentine Walter Lewis Bromley
Valentine Walter Bromley
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- Name
- Valentine Walter Bromley
- Born
- 14 February 1848
- Birthplace
- London
- Died
- 30 April 1877
- Place of death
- Harpenden, Hertfordshire
- Known for
- Painting, drawing
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- painter · draftsperson
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Biography
Biography
At the age of nineteen, he became an Associate of the Institute of Painters in Water-Colours. A frequent art correspondent for the Illustrated London News, Bromley also worked as a book-illustrator; among other works, he illustrated Lord Dunraven's Great Divide. Bromley died unexpectedly at the age of twenty-nine at Fallows Green, Harpenden, after undertaking an important series of illustrations of the Bible and the works of Shakespeare. His brothers John Mallard Bromley and William John Bromley were also painters.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Valentine Walter Bromley • Born — 14 February 1848 • Birthplace — London • Died — 30 April 1877 • Place of death — Harpenden, Hertfordshire • Known for — Painting, drawing • Illustration — Troilus and Cressida in Pandarus' orchard
Documentary record
Valentine Walter Bromley appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Getty Union List of Artist Names as a painter and draughtsman (1848 – 1877). Valentine Walter Bromley was born in 1848 in London and died in 1877 in Harpenden.
Notable artwork
Notable artwork
• Illustration — Flora, 1874
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