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Percy (William Percy) French

Percy (William Percy) French (1854 - 1920) was active/lived in Ireland, Scotland.  Percy French is known for Watercolor landscape painting, sketching and illustration.

Percy (William) French (1854-1920)

The landscape painter, sketcher and illustrator William French was born in County Roscommon. Quite apart from his artistic talent in drawing and watercolour painting, he was also a writer, banjo-player, opera composer, poet and one of Ireland's most popular songwriters and entertainers.  Hence his reputation as a Renaissance man.

French graduated from Trinity College Dublin as a civil engineer in 1881, joining the Board of Works in County Cavan as an Inspector of Drains.  During this time he combined work with a prolific output of watercolours, one of which - Where ever I go my heart turns back to the County Mayo - was sold by Dublin art auctioneers Whytes for a record €44,000.

In due course, his musical career took off. and he travelled widely, painting constantly.  He painted scenes from Canada, the USA and the West Indies, as well as Switzerland and England. A typical motif was his portrayal of light brea   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4342 characters.]  Artist bio

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