Alfred John Keene (1864–1930) was a British

watercolour Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (British English; see spelling differences), also ''aquarelle'' (; from Italian diminutive of Latin ''aqua'' "water"), is a painting method”Watercolor may be as old as art itself, going back to t ...

artist working in

Derby Derby ( ) is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, which is in the East Midlands Region. It was traditionally the county town of Derbyshire. Derby gai ...

Biography

Keene was the fourth son of photographer

Richard Keene Richard Keene (15 May 1825 – December 1894) was an early Derbyshire photographer. He was a founding member of The Derby Photographic Society in 1884 and the Photographic Convention of the United Kingdom in 1886 as well as being an early membe ...

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Derby Telegraph The ''Derby Telegraph'', formerly the ''Derby Evening Telegraph'', is a daily tabloid newspaper distributed in the Derby area of England. Stories produced by the Derby Telegraph team are published online under the Derbyshire Live brand. Histor ...

'' and brother of watercolourist William Caxton Keene and photographer Charles Barrow Keene. Known as "Jack", Keene trained at Derby Central School of Art from 1878 to 1895. Keene managed the family business with his brother Charles after their father's death. Alfred John Keene was a founder member, in 1887, of the

Derby Sketching Club The Derby Sketching Club is a members' club now meeting in Mickleover, Derby, England. It was founded in 1887, and still meets today, providing members with a creative environment and the opportunity to meet up with like-minded local people, shar ...

with F Booty, William Swindell, George Thompson, Charles Terry And Frank Timms. This club late had Keene as its president and it still meets today. Keene's paintings were collected by

Alfred E. Goodey Alfred Edward Goodey (1878–1945) was a collector of paintings, prints and photographs, especially those connected with the English Midlands town of Derby. Biography Alfred Goodey's parents were William Henry Goodey and Rhoda and he was born ...

who eventually purchased 77 of them. Goodey gave his collection of paintings to Derby Museum in 1936.

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