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John Brett (1831-1902)

Aliases: John (1831) Brett

Professions: Landscape painter

  • John Brett, A.R.A. (1830-1902)

  • JOHN BRETT, A.R.A. 1830-1902

  • JOHN BRETT, A.R.A. 1830-1902

  • JOHN BRETT A.R.A. 1830-1902

John Brett Biography

(b Bletchingley, Surrey, 8 Dec 1831; d London, 7 Jan 1902). English painter. His father was an army veterinary surgeon attached to the 12th Lancers; for the first 15 years of Brett’s life, his family followed the regiment, and when his father was permanently stationed at Maidstone they settled in the nearby village of Detling. During these early years Brett showed an equal enthusiasm for astronomy and painting, but in 1851 he received some drawing lessons from J. D. Harding and noted in his diary, ‘From this circumstance I may date the commencement of my real education in art’.

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