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William Rainey

William Rainey (1852 - 1936) was active/lived in United Kingdom.  William Rainey is known for Painting, illustration.

William Rainey RI RBA ROI (21 July 1852 – 24 January 1936) was a British Artist and Illustrator.

Rainey was born in Kennington, London, on 21 July 1852. He was the third of eight children of the distinguished anatomist and teacher George Rainey (1801 – 16 November 1884) and Martha Dee, a farmer's daughter (c. 1827 – 27 May 1905).  Rainey's parents were married at the parish church in Twyning, Gloucestershire, England on 31 December 1846. Rainey was originally intended for a career at sea, but his father, who had himself run away from an early apprenticeship, allowed him instead to study at the South Kensington School of Art. The 1871 census shows that, by the time Rainey was 18, he was a student at the Royal Academy.

He was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy, starting in 1878 with Lyme Regis. Between 1878 and 1904 he exhibited 17 times (showing two works in both 1884 and 1901) at the Royal Academy, and continued to exhibit thereafter, including two works at the   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1735 characters.]  Artist bio

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