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School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
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Display artist/maker:

Frederick Charles Richards

Born: 1878, UK, Wales, Newport Died: 1932, London

Painter and etcher. Son of a butcher. Studied at Newport School of Art, c.1900, before teaching in St Ives and at Bruges School of Art. He then later attended the Royal College of Art, 1909-12, where he studied etching under Sir Frank Short. After graduation his work was noticed by the publishers A. & C. Black from whom he won a commission for a series of illustrated sketchbooks. He made numerous drawings on his travels in Italy, North Africa and the Middle East, many of which were later developed into etchings. In 1930 he visited Persia and on his return wrote and illustrated 'A Persian Journey', however, due to illness he only manged to etch around a quarter of the 20-30 plates commissioned. He passionately promoted, and lectured upon, the relevance of art education. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers in 1921

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

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A Gateway, Falaise [or La Porte des Cordeliers, Falaise] PR1603 Prints

Ancora Venezia, Venice PR649 Prints

Back of Borgo San Jacopo, Florence PR2931 Prints

Barney Moor Farm PR2932 Prints

Elvet End, Durham PR659 Prints

Excavation of Thebes PR657 Prints

Fiesole III PR1610 Prints

Fiesole II PR2929 Prints

Fiesole I PR2928 Prints

Florence, No. 18 Borgo S Jacopo PR2924 Prints

Home from Market PR1683 Prints

La Salute, Venice PR1840 Prints

Modern Education PR1609 Prints

Nemi - Outside Rome PR1599 Prints

New Lamps for Old, Venice PR1606 Prints

Old Houses on the Arno, Florence PR1601 Prints

Old Masters PR2925 Prints

On the way up Holly Hill, Hampstead PR1598 Prints

Ponte Vecchio, Florence PR654 Prints

Richmond Town PR660 Prints

Richmond, York PR661 Prints

Saville Row Passage, London W PR2927 Prints

Siena PR655 Prints

Siena PR1607 Prints

St Angelo, Perugia PR2923 Prints

The Antique Shop, Venice PR975 Prints

The Barge Menders, Limehouse PR662 Prints

The Bookshops, Cairo PR658 Prints

The Ferry, Mahmoudieh Canal, Alexandria PR2934 Prints

The Jang PR2935 Prints

The Lagoon Shrine, Venice PR1604 Prints

The Nile at Luxor PR656 Prints

The Nile near Luxor PR2933 Prints

The Pantheon, Rome PR1597 Prints

The Pond, Hampstead Heath [or 'Whitestone Pond, Hampstead'] PR1602 Prints

The Quay, Bristol PR1596 Prints

The Rialto from the Traghetto S. Angelo PR652 Prints

The Rialto from the Traghetto S. Angelo PR653 Prints

The Road to the Town PR2930 Prints

The Smiling Valley of Shiraz, Persia PR2939 Prints

The Wooden Bridge, Venice PR648 Prints

Venezia Picola PR2936 Prints

Venice from the Isle of S. Elena PR650 Prints

Venice, from the Lido [No.1] PR1600 Prints

Venice, On the Zattere PR2926 Prints

Venice, Palazzo Contarini Fasan PR2938 Prints

Venice, the City of Dreams PR651 Prints

Vire, Normandy PR1605 Prints

Washerwomen of the Loire PR2937 Prints

Ye Tuck and Bat Shop, Eton College PR1608 Prints

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