About David Payne
Lived 1843 – 1894 (aged 50–51). David Payne was a British painter.
David Payne (1843 – 1894) was a Scottish landscape painter.
Biography Payne was born in Annan in the old county of Dumfriesshire, Payne's carving of two anglers won the 1882 Derby Art Gallery medal for industrial art and the sculpture and medal have now been repurchased by the gallery.
Payne became a rural landscape and trompe-l'œil artist. The scene in the market place where hundreds of people, soldiers, horses and bunting turned out to meet Queen Victoria was captured by Payne.
Payne married and had 14 children. He died in Sheffield in 1894. Today Payne has paintings in several British institutions including Derby Museum, the Defence Academy and Southampton City Art Gallery.
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Who was David Payne?
Scottish landscape painter (1843-1894)
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David Payne was born in 1843 in Annan.
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David Payne died in 1894 in Sheffield.
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David Payne was a painter.
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David Payne was British.
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