About Paul Jacob Naftel
Lived 1817 – 1891 (aged 74). Paul Jacob Naftel was a painter.
Paul Jacob Naftel (10 September 1817 – 13 September 1891) was a watercolour painter from Guernsey, the only Guernsey-born professional painter of the 19th century.
Biography Naftel was born on 10 September 1817 in Guernsey. He was a self-taught artist and taught drawing at Elizabeth College on Guernsey. In 1856 he was elected to the Society of Painters in Water Colours.
Naftel moved to London in 1870, where he had a highly successful solo exhibition at the gallery of the Fine Art Society. he taught Rose Maynard Barton and Mildred Anne Butler.
He died in Strawberry Hill near London on 13 September 1891.
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Guernsey artist (1817–1891)
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Paul Jacob Naftel was born on 10 September 1817 in Guernsey.
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Paul Jacob Naftel was a painter.
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