Philip Eustace Stretton (1865–1919) was a British animal and sporting painter working between 1882 until his death. Stretton painted in oils and

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 ...

and exhibited at the

Royal Academy The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its pur ...

between 1884 and 1904. Stretton was a follower of Sir

Edwin Landseer Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (7 March 1802 – 1 October 1873) was an English painter and sculptor, well known for his paintings of animals – particularly horses, dogs, and stags. However, his best-known works are the lion sculptures at the bas ...

, whose animal paintings had an enormous impact on Stretton.

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* 1865 births 1919 deaths 19th-century English painters English male painters 20th-century English painters Animal artists 20th-century English male artists 19th-century English male artists {{UK-painter-19thC-stub