Alfred Lys Baldry (1858 – 18 May 1939) was an English art critic and painter. He was born in

Torquay Torquay ( ) is a seaside town in Devon, England, part of the unitary authority area of Torbay. It lies south of the county town of Exeter and east-north-east of Plymouth, on the north of Tor Bay, adjoining the neighbouring town of Paignton ...

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, the son of Alfred Baldry and Charlotte Whitehead. Baldry studied at the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

and the

Royal College of Art The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It offe ...

, and as a pupil of

Albert Joseph Moore Albert Joseph Moore (4 September 184125 September 1893) was an English painter, known for his depictions of languorous female figures set against the luxury and decadence of the classical world. Life Moore was born at York on 4 September 1841 ...

. He exhibited works during the 1880s. Later he was Moore's biographer, this being an 1892 commission from Montague Marks, editor of ''

Art Amateur ''The Art Amateur'' (1879–1903) was an American magazine published in New York in the 19th century. Editors included Montague Marks and John W. Van Oost.WorldCatThe art amateur/ref> References External links * JstorThe Art Amateur, Vol. 1, ...

''. After Moore's death in 1893 he arranged an exhibition, with

Walford Graham Robertson Walford Graham Robertson (8 July 1866 – 4 September 1948) was a British painter, illustrator and author. He donated over 20 works of art to the Tate Gallery, London. "In the London of Aubrey Beardsley, Beardsley and Max Beerbohm, Beerbohm, ...

, of 100 of Moore's works. He also wrote a biography of

Hubert von Herkomer Sir Hubert von Herkomer (born as Hubert Herkomer; 26 May 1849 – 31 March 1914) was a Bavarian-born British painter, pioneering film-director, and composer. Though a very successful portrait artist, especially of men, he is mainly remembered fo ...

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