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Ludby, Max R.I., R.B.A. (English)
1858-1943
Description: "Sussex Mill," watercolor, signed
l/l, inscribed verso, 7" x 10.5"
sight, 13.5" x 16.5" frame.
Condition: Excellent.
Biography: Max Ludby was a Cookham landscape and genre
painter and engraver. He studied in Antwerp
between 1882 and 1884 and was an active exhibitor
from as early as 1879, showing at the Royal
Academy, Royal Institute of Oil Painters,
Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours,
Grosvenor Gallery, London Salon, Society
of British Artists, Fine Art Society, Dudley
Gallery, Dowdeswell Galleries and Agnew and
Sons Gallery. He also exhibited at the Glasgow
Institute of the Fine Arts, Walker Art Gallery
in Liverpool and Manchester City Art Gallery.
He was elected a member of the Society of
British Artists in 1886, the year in which
JW Turner was appointed its President. Ludby
was amongst those members who resigned in
1888 in support of Turner , whose resignation
was enforced. In 1891 he entered the membership
of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water
Colours. In 1893 he exhibited a series of
82 watercolours entitled From Oxford to Greenwich
at Dowdeswells and in 1897 a series of 60
watercolours entitled Some Sketches of Venice
at Dickinson and Foster's. His oil paintings
include A Berkshire Common, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1888,
and An Old Shepherd, exhibited at the Royal Institute of Painters
in Water Colours in 1893.
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