Shillingford Bridge, circa 1911, Tate Gallery.

Alfred William Rich (March 4, 1856 between Scaynes Hill and Lindfield , Sussex – September 7, 1921, Tewkesbury) was an English watercolourist, teacher and author. Image File history File links Rich,_Shillingford_Bridge. ... Image File history File links Rich,_Shillingford_Bridge. ... The Tate Gallery in the United Kingdom is a network of four galleries: Tate Britain (opened 1897), Tate Liverpool (1988), Tate St Ives (1993), Tate Modern (2000), with a complementary website Tate Online (1998). ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Lindfield is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. ... Sussex is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. ... September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... The Tewkesbury War Memorial, locally known as the Cross Tewkesbury is a historic town in Gloucestershire, England. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the Queen England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 967 AD  Area  -  Total 130,395 km²  50,346 sq mi  Population  -  2007 estimate 50... Carl Larsson, Crayfishing, watercolor, 1897. ...

A member of the New English Art Club from 1898. His study of art began when he was eight, as a self-taught student impressed by the examples of Turner, Old Crome, and Constable at the National Gallery. His professional art career started as a heraldic painter from 1870-1890. He studied briefly at the Westminster School of Art. But it was his six years of drawing from classical casts and from nature at the Slade School of Art, starting in 1890, which led him to his love of landscape and watercolour. He studied first under Alphonse Legros and subsequently under Professor Fred Brown. The New English Art Club was founded in London in 1885 as an alternate venue to the Royal Academy. ... Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Joseph Mallord William Turner (April 23, 1775 (exact date disputed) – December 19, 1851) was an English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker, whose style can be said to have laid the foundation for Impressionism. ... John Crome (also known as Old Crome) (December 22, 1768 - 22 April 1821) was an artist in the Romantic era. ... A self portrait by John Constable John Constable (11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English Romantic painter. ... Londons National Gallery, founded in 1824, its elegant dome and graceful colonnades,dominating the north side of Trafalgar Square, houses a rich collection of over 2,300 paintings from 1250 to 1900. ... Heraldry in its most general sense encompasses all matters relating to the duties and responsibilities of officers of arms. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... The Slade School of Fine Art is an art school based at University College London in the UK. The school traces its roots back to 1868 when Felix Slade decided to establish three Chairs in Fine Art, to be based at Oxford, Cambridge and London—though with only London offering... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... Alphonse Legros (May 8, 1837 - December 8, 1911), painter and etcher, was born at Dijon. ...

He was influenced by the watercolour techniques of Thomas Girtin, John Sell Cotman and Peter De Wint, especially their use of the rich blooms produced by applying a full wash and allowing it to dry undisturbed. But whilst he referred to the earlier school of watercolourists his works are all his own and were created as much as reaction to French Impressionism but with a peculiarly English slant. As Rich and a number of his contemporaries pointed out (including Roger Fry and Lawrence Binyon) the English watercolour tradition was what had inspired much of the spontaneity of Impressionism in the first place and was where the English artistic tradition could claim to have inspired some great originality. Rich was an advocate of a natural approach to painting, trying to capture the emotion that a subject provoked, rather than simply repoducing a scene. He had little feeling towards what he termed "exhibition pieces", which he viewed as being overworked. He was critical towards even some of the greatest masters who he believed were often guilty of marring their work by polishing over the traces of their original responses to a scene. He also disliked "pretty pictures", a term which he used to refer to the quaint works produced by some of his contemporaries and used this term as a thinly veiled criticism of the work of Helen Allingham. Thomas Girtin (1775 - November 9, 1802), English painter and etcher, was the son of a well-to-do cordage maker in Southwark, London. ... Greta Bridge, c. ... Peter De Wint (21 January 1784 - 30 January 1849) was an English landscape painter. ... Impressionism was a 19th century art movement that began as a loose association of Paris-based artists, who began exhibiting their art publicly in the 1860s. ... River with Poplars, circa 1912, Tate Gallery. ... Laurence Robert Binyon, (August 10, 1869 - March 10, 1943) was a British poet and scholar. ... Helen Allingham (née Helen Mary Elizabeth Paterson) (September 26, 1848 - September 28, 1926), was a well-known watercolour painter and illustrator of the Victorian era. ...

Rich's first public exhibitions were at his studio in Croydon in 1896, followed by showings at the New English Art Club, the Piccadilly Egyptian Hall, the Alpine Club, the Carfax Gallery, the Leicester Galleries and Walker's Galleries. He worked on the Selecting Jury of the NEAC from 1904, and was elected to the Council of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters & Gravers in 1913. He taught and travelled with groups of students, always encouraging them to draw and paint directly from nature rather than copying from classic paintings (contrary to other schools of teaching which emphasized the work of the masters). He eschewed studio work and easels, preferring to work with stretched paper on a board held flat on his knees, seated in a camp chair. It has been suggested that Central Croydon be merged into this article or section. ... Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ... The Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London was originally commissioned by William Bullock as a museum to house his collection (which included curiosities brought back from the South Seas by Captain Cook). ... The Alpine Club was: Today, Alpine clubs stage climbing competitions, operate Alpine huts and paths, and are active in protecting the Alpine environment. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ...

His book Watercolour Painting, 1918 was published as part of the popular New Art Library and remained in print for nearly 50 years as a standard work on the subject. After his death, Walker's Galleries held a retrospective in 1923 and Manchester City Art Gallery a memorial exhibition in 1928. A scholarship in his name was established at the Slade School in 1934 and this is still awarded annually. 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Occupying three buildings, including what was originally the Royal Manchester Institution designed by Sir Charles Barry in 1824, the Manchester Art Gallery houses the civic art collection of Manchester, England. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Written Work

• Water Colour Painting, Seeley Service & Co, London, 1918

Selected Paintings

• Circa 1900- Lewes, Sussex, watercolour on paper [1] - Manchester Art Gallery
• 1909- St Mary's, Oxford , watercolour on paper [2]- Tate Gallery, London
• 1911- Shillingford Bridge, watercolour on paper [3] - Tate Gallery, London
• 1913- Shardeloes Park, Bucks, watercolour on paper [4] - Tate Gallery, London
• 1915- All Saints', Huntingdon, watercolour on paper [5] - Musée du Louvre, Paris, Département Des Arts Graphiques
• Undated- A landcape with figures, watercolour on paper [6], The British Council's Collection

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References

• H R Lock, Alfred W Rich, Walker's Galleries (1923)

External links

• Portrait of Rich by Henry Tonks
• Portrait of Rich at work by Sir William Orpen
• 1912 Group Portrait of the Café Royal Set by Sir William Orpen with William Nicholson, Orpen, Mrs St George, Walter Sickert, James Pryde, Alfred W Rich, Augustus John and George Moore

• Government Art Collection
• Tate Gallery