From:Williamson Art Gallery and Museum

Name/TitleA Dead Bullfinch

About this objectThis is the artist’s first oil painting, completed at the age of 15.

The year before he painted this work, Steer had joined the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum. However, he found the Civil Service examinations too demanding so he quit. He became an artist by 1878 and studied at the South Kensington Drawing Schools (now known as the Gloucester School of Art) from 1880 to 1881. He then trained in Paris at the Académie Julian.

MakerSteer, Philip Wilson

Maker Rolepainter

Date Made1876

Period19th century

Medium and Materialsmedium: oil
support: board

Style and IconographyStill Life

Techniqueoil on board

Measurementssupport height: 16.3 cm
support width: 25.3 cm

Credit LineBequest from the late WR Hornby Steer, 1993

Object Typepainting

Object numberBIKGM.8156

Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved