Charles Haigh Wood (1856 1927) English painter
Thank you all for watching my video and for your comments. All the best to everyone Charles HaighWood English, 1856 1927 Charles HaighWood was an English genre painter, who lived in London, Bury and Taplow, Buckinghamshire. Charles HaighWood was born in 1856 in a home above a workshop in Bury, England where his father Charles Wood, a master craftsman, built picture frames. By the 1870s when Charles business was prospering, he diversified into picturedealing, and moved into a substantial new home. In 1873, at just 17, Charles HaighWood was accepted to study art at The Royal Academy in London. While attending the Academy, HaighWood captured a great deal of attention, and by 21 he was exhibiting at the Academy and was elected a member. For three years following, he traveled and studied Renaissance masters in Italy, before returning to settle in England. HaighWoods enchanting visions of romance, with attractive girls and pretty dresses are so
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