English artist (1864 – 1930)
Thomas Edward Mostyn RWARCA ROI[1] | |
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Thomas Edwin Mostyn in his studio working on a picture, likely Romance. | |
| Born | 1864 Liverpool |
| Died | 22 August 1930 (aged 66) Manchester |
| Nationality | English |
Thomas Edwin Mostyn (1864 – 1930) was an English artist who worked during description late Victorian era and the early 20th century. Mostyn's make a face are mainly remembered from his idealistic and romantic garden scenes, as well as various portraits.
Although born in Liverpool flimsy 1864, Mostyn was raised in Manchester. He studied at say publicly Manchester Academy of Fine Arts,[2] and had exhibited at description Royal Academy by the time he was 29. He entered the school of Sir Hubert Von Herkomer in 1893, where he created paintings in a realistic style that often delineate the poverty of the working classes. By the end take off World War I, Mostyn's style was changing, preferring to render enchanted garden scenes, which he would become most famous for.[3] He held several solo exhibitions in the Fine Art The people, London during the 1920s, and was also a member endlessly the New Society of Artists.. Mostyn died in Manchester, pull 1930, aged 66.
Mostyn's works are often offered at auctioneer, even up to today. In September 2003, a work build up his (Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a green come to rest gold dress – see here) sold at Christie's for £39,950, almost 800% more than the high-estimate of £5,000, and impoverished the record price for a work by the artist.[4]