Author: Alfred East
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Sir Alfred Edward East was born in England and studied at the Glasgow School of Art. His romantic landscapes show the influence of the Barbizon school. In April 1888 he had shared an exhibition at the galleries of the Fine Art Society with T.C. Gotch and W. Ayerst Ingram, and was commissioned the following year by Marcus Huish, Managing Director of the Society, to spend six months in Japan to paint the landscape and the people of the country. When the exhibition of 104 paintings from this tour was held at the Fine Art Society in 1890 it was a spectacular success.
In 1906 he was elected President of the Royal Society of British Artists, a position he held until his death. His The Art of Landscape Painting in Oil Colour was published in 1906. East was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1899, having been a regular exhibitor since 1883 and elected to full membership in 1913. He was awarded a Knighthood in 1910 by King Edward VII.
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