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Edgar Downs

1876 – 1963

British painter

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Lived 1876 – 1963 (aged 86–87). Edgar Downs was a British painter and artist.

Edgar Downs, ROI, (1876–1963) was a British painter, known for painting agricultural scenes.

Downs was born on 12 October 1876 at Claughton, Birkenhead, the son of William Downs. He was educated at Birkenhead School and the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, and received a silver medal there. His other addresses included Arun House at Clymping, West Sussex, and latterly Mudeford, Hampshire He was assigned to the 1st County of London Yeomanry in July 1918. One of his paintings made at this time hangs in the Headquarters of the Inns of Court & City Yeomanry.

Two of his works, Gathering Kelp (1914) and Cattle Ploughing in an Open Landscape , are in the collection of Fordingbridge Town Council at Fordingbridge Town Hall.

He was a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters ("ROI"), the London Sketch Club and Chelsea Arts Club.

In addition to the RA, ROI, and London Sketch Club, he exhibited at Royal Cambrian Academy of Art and the Walker Gallery.

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Birth century
Died
1963
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Education
Birkenhead School, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich

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British painter (1876-1963)

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Edgar Downs was born on 12 October 1876 in Claughton.

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Edgar Downs died in 1963.

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Edgar Downs was a painter and artist.

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Edgar Downs was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Edgar Downs

· Wikidata: Q18168788

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