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Lilian Cheviot

 
Lilian Cheviot

20th century British artist

English painter, active 1894-1930 October 18, 2006 ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE: Lilian Cheviot fl. 1894 - 1902 Lilian Cheviot was a British artist who studied at Frank Calderon’s School of Animal Painting and Walter Donne’s Life School. She lived in South-Molesey, Surrey and Kensington and she painted figure and animal subjects. Cheviot had distinguished patrons and she produced many illustrations for ‘The Graphic’ as well as other magazines. She exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1895 and 1899 and is best known for her paintings of dogs. She particularly excelled in the portrayal of the Pekingese and the Scottish Terrier. Her most successful portraits are those of single dogs in simple pose.

1 objects

Somewhere in France

1915
chromolithograph on paper
Bequest of Miss Susan Dwight Bliss
1967.39.174