(1845 - 1932)
Albert Goodwin, oil and watercolour painter of landscapes, biblical and imaginative subjects, was the son of a builder. His elder brother, Harry, and younger brother, Frank, were also artists. Goodwin trained as a pupil of the painters Ford Madox Brown and Arthur Hughes. Brown introduced Goodwin to the art critic John Ruskin and Goodwin travelled to Italy with Ruskin and watercolour painter Arthur Severn in 1872. He later travelled widely, visiting India, Egypt and the South Seas, as well as Europe. The city of Venice became a major theme in his paintings. Goodwin was elected a member of the Royal Watercolour Society in 1881. He lived for much of his life in Arundel.
