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The Lines family was a family in
The Lines family was a family in Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1. ...
, England, which included several notable artists, who are considered members of the Birmingham School. These included:
* Samuel Lines
Samuel Lines (1778 – 22 November 1863) was an English designer, painter and art teacher, and an early member of the Birmingham School of landscape painters.
A significant figure in the development of art in Birmingham during its rapid grow ...
(1778–1863) and his sons
** Henry Harris Lines
Henry Harris Lines (born 1800 or 1801, died 1889) was a landscape artist and archaeologist, and the eldest son of Birmingham artist and drawing master Samuel Lines (1778–1863). There are a number of Henry's works stored in the permanent ...
(1800 or 1801–1889)
** William Rostill Lines (1802–1846)
** Samuel Rostill Lines
Samuel Rostill Lines (15 January 1804 – 9 November 1833; sometimes listed as Samuel Restell Lines) was an English painter and illustrator.
Born in Birmingham, he was the third son of Samuel Lines, one of the founders of the academy for the ...
(1804–1833)
** Edward Ashcroft Lines (1807–1875)
** Frederick Thomas Lines (1808-1898)
A significant collection of their work is held by the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists or RBSA is an art society, based in the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham, England, where it owns and operates an art gallery, the RBSA Gallery, on Brook Street, just off St Paul's Square. It is both a ...
; other works are in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (BM&AG) is a museum and art gallery in Birmingham, England. It has a collection of international importance covering fine art, ceramics, metalwork, jewellery, natural history, archaeology, ethnography, local ...
.
References
{{Reflist Culture in Birmingham, West Midlands English families