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Warwick Castle
Books
The life story of John Fullwood - Landscape Artist.
“These Are My Designs” by Paul & David Fullwood
John Fullwood’s (RBA) story begins with an overview of the Victorian
Wolverhampton where he grew up and his training as an artist. His move
to Birmingham, initially to work in the jewellery trade, led to his
emergence as an artist after he attended Birmingham Art School. He
became an influential figure in three of that city’s artistic institutions and
was subsequently elected a member of the Royal Birmingham Society of
Artists. Before he left the city he illustrated ‘Remnants of Old
Wolverhampton and its Environs’, the work for which he is probably best
known in his home town.
This book explores his overlooked role in founding of the Newlyn Art Colony alongside Walter
Langley and others and his stay in Paris as he developed his style. On his return to England he
stayed in Sussex to explore his fascination with the natural world, reflected in his membership of
natural history societies, matching the Victorian taste for landscape and nature and led to his
popular success.
In Paris he met an influential American art dealer, leading to promotion and sales across the
Atlantic, seemingly setting him up for reward and recognition as he moved to live in London and
his work was accepted by the Royal Academy. However, family connections with Australia led to a
misjudged investment and his final years were troubled by ill health. After the First World War he
was still sufficiently recognised to be asked to contribute a miniature painting to hang in the
Queen Mary’s Dolls House, still on display in Windsor Castle. He died, in London, in 1931.
This book brings previously unknown detail to the story of John Fullwood and attempts to place
him back into the public consciousness.
ISBN: 9781912694433
Available from these book shops:
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Thank You
I would like to express my thanks to the following people and organisations who helped in the
compilation of this web site: -
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Barbara Fullwood of North Carolina USA
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Donnie Fulwood of Georgia USA
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Karen James of the UK
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Anne Robertson of Australia
I am grateful to them for their help and assistance enabling me to develop this web site. I would
also like to thank my fellow genealogists who have provided useful tips and historical information.
In addition, I wish to thank the following people and organisations for allowing me to publish their
material on this web site:
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Gary Wersky author of “PICTURING A NATION: THE ART AND LIFE OF A.H. FULLWOOD
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Historian - Carl Chinn
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Wolverhampton Express & Star
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Wolverhampton Wanderers FC Archives
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Wolverhampton History & Heritage Society
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Philip Tennant author of “The Civil War in Stratford-upon-Avon”
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Church Recorders Group of Huntingdon Decorative and Fine Arts Society
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Karen James, Valma Ross, Allan Churchman
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Christine Charlesworth
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All Saints Church Huntingdon.
Born in Wolverhampton, author’s Paul (left
above) and David (on right) Fullwood are
cousins and family historians. After both
attending St Peter’s School in
Wolverhampton, Paul, worked for several
Government Departments and David
attended Wolverhampton Art College before
working for an international public limited
company.
Picturing a Nation - The art and life of A.H. Fullwood
by Gary Werskey
The untold story of a major Australian artist. Regarded in his day as an
important Australian impressionist painter, A.H. Fullwood (1863–1930) was
also the most widely viewed British–Australian artist of the Heidelberg
era.
Fullwood’s illustrations for the popular Picturesque Atlas of Australasia
and the Bulletin, as well as leading Australian and English newspapers,
helped shape how settler—colonial Australia was seen both here and
around the world. Meanwhile his paintings were as celebrated as those of
his good friends Tom Roberts and Arthur Streeton. So why is Fullwood so
little known today?
In this pioneering, richly illustrated biography, Gary Werskey brings Fullwood and his
extraordinary career as an illustrator, painter, and war artist back to life, while casting a new
light on the most fabled era in the history of Australian art. More information here.
UK and EU
ISBN: 9781742236681, June 2021 Hardback, 352pp £28.50 NewSouth Publishing
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Waterstones.com
Australia
Ordering Details
ABN: 40 000 382 669
UNSW Bookshop ph: (02) 9385 6689 orders@bookshop.unsw.edu.au
UNSW Bookshop Quadrangle Building College Rd Kensington NSW 2033
Special 20% discount offer off the RRP when ordering this title from the UNSW Bookshop
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Gary Werskey is a Harvard-trained
biographer and cultural historian, who has
held academic positions at Edinburgh
University, Imperial College, and the
University of New South Wales.
For the past decade he has promoted the
study of Australian history to a wider
audience as a cofounder of the Blackheath
History Forum.
He is currently an Honorary Associate in the
University of Sydney’s Department of
History. His best known work is The Visible
College: A collective biography of British
scientists and socialists of the 1930s.
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