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Description: | Henry Challis was born in West Bromwich in 1867. He lived for most of his life in the Bearwood and Smethwick area. He was an amateur painter in both watercolour and oil. He left school when he was 12. He started his career as a bookmaker and repairer and later became a general book dealer. He died in 1962 aged 94.
A landscape painting showing a red brick church and buildings. They are intermingled with trees. In the foreground is a green field with some cattle grazing. The weather is fair and bright. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Sandwell Museums | Rights holder: | SMBC | Subjects: | Black Country Fine arts Landscape Rural life | Temporal: | 1890 - 1950
20th Century | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | Challis; Henry (1867 - 1962) | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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