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John Fulleylove (18 Aug 1845 – 22 May 1908) was an English landscape artist and illustrator.


Life

Born in Leicester, he originally trained as an architect with local firm "Shenton and Baker", before becoming an artist in
watercolours 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 ...
and
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. He exhibited widely in England from 1871 at venues in London such as the Royal Academy, Royal Society of British Artists,
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, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours,
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, and in many other regional towns and cities. He became a member of the RI in 1879 and the ROI in 1883. Abroad, he painted in France, Italy, Greece and the Middle East. His watercolour illustrations appeared in several travel books, such as those by A & C Black (see below). Fulleylove died on 22 May 1908 at his Hampstead home and was buried on the eastern side of
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Family

In 1878, Fulleylove married fellow artist Elizabeth Elgood.Elizabeth Elgood came from a family of artists. She had seven brothers, 5 of whom painted, and a sister. One of the brothers George S Elgood (1851–1943), who received some art tuition from Fulleylove, was a notable historic garden painter
Leicester archaeological society annual report, 1948
.
Their daughter Joan Fulleylove (1886–1947) became a noted stained glass designer, producing windows for the Anglican cathedral in Khartoum. They also had a son, John Christopher Fulleylove, who married Margery Dudeney, daughter of puzzle designer
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Illustrated books

*Various.
The picturesque Mediterranean, its cities, shores, and islands
' (Cassell, 1890). *Martin, B. E. & North, E. D.
In the footprints of Charles Lamb
' (New York, Scribners, 1890). *Kelman, John.
The Holy Land
' (A & C Black, 1902). * Thomas, Edward.
Oxford
' (A & C Black, 1903). *Murray Smith, A.
Westminster Abbey
' (A & C Black, 1906). * M'Clymont, J. A.
Greece
' (A & C Black, 1906). *Moncrieff, A. R. Hope.
Middlesex
' (A & C Black, 1907). * Masson, Rosaline Orme.
Edinburgh
' (A & C Black, 1907). *Poyser, Arthur.
The Tower of London
' (A & C Black, 1908).


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References

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External links



(Hargrave Fine Art).

(Cambridge Fine Art)
John Fulleylove - works
(Government art collection)

(Victorian web)

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fulleylove, John 19th-century English painters English male painters 20th-century English painters Landscape artists English illustrators English watercolourists People from Leicester 1845 births 1908 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery 20th-century English male artists 19th-century English male artists