About Gwilt Jolley
Lived 1859 – 1917 (aged 57–58). Gwilt Jolley was a British painter.
Martin Gwilt Jolley (1859–1916) was an English painter.
He was born in Croydon in 1859, and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1887 to 1916. His work included landscapes and figure paintings, with views from Cornwall and continental Europe.
His picture, Steam Train in Carbis Bay, is one of a number of remarkable works in the exhibition at Penlee House, Penzance, Cornwall: Dawn of a Colony: Lyrical Light (St. Ives 1889-1914), running 14 June to 13 September 2008.
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Who was Gwilt Jolley?
British painter (1859-1916)
When was Gwilt Jolley born?
Gwilt Jolley was born on 9 October 1859 in Croydon.
When did Gwilt Jolley die?
Gwilt Jolley died in 1917.
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Gwilt Jolley was a painter.
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Gwilt Jolley was British.
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