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Description: | John Syer was born in 1815 in Atherstone, Warwickshire but spent the early part of his life in Bristol. He began his career as a miniature painter. He was heavily influenced by the Welsh landscape and is best known for his landscape paintings. By 1850 sketches of his work were being published by Rowney and Company. John Syer was an active artist throughout his lifeand was a founder member of the Bristol Society of Artists. He died in 1885 during a sketching trip aged 70.
An oil painted landscape showing a tree lined river. Some boats are moored on the left bank. On the right bank in the distance you can see a town with several large spires. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Sandwell Museums | Rights holder: | Sandwell MBC | Subjects: | Rivers Boats Fine arts Landscape Victorian (1837-1901) | Temporal: | 1879
Victorian (1837-1901) | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | Syer; John (1815 - 1885) | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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