Frederick Clive Newcome (1847–1894), was an English Landscape painter, chiefly in

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.Johnson, J., Greutzner, A. ''The Dictionary of British Artists 1880-1940'' Peat burners near Snowdon

Life and work

Frederick Clive Newcome was christened Frederick Harrison Suker but adopted Newcome to distinguish him from his brother Arthur Suker and father John Suker who were also painters. He studied at the Mount Street School of Art under

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. Frederick received his fair share of recognition during his lifetime, the famous art critic and

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applauded Newcome's painting ''The Head of a Highland Glen'' exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1875, exclaiming 'the best study of torrent, including distant and near water, that I find in the rooms' before adding 'the rest of this mountain scene by Mr. Newcome is also carefully studied, and very right and good.' Newcome's earliest sketching-ground was at

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, and he afterwards worked in

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shire and the

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. The last was his favourite, and in 1880 he made Keswick,

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his headquarters, before moving to Coniston,

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where he died in 1894.Wood, C. ''The Dictionary of Victorian Painters'' p.340

Exhibitions

He exhibited prolifically at all the major exhibitions including: * The Royal Society of Artists, Birmingham * Manchester City Art Gallery * The

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, London * The

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Newcome, Frederick Clive 1847 births 1894 deaths 19th-century English painters English male painters English watercolourists British landscape painters 19th-century English male artists