(1826 - 1913)
George Lennard Lewis was a member of a family of artists. He was the cousin of the better known Victorian artist John Frederick Lewis. His father George Robert Lewis was also a professional watercolour painter. Lewis exhibited his work regularly in London at the Royal Academy from 1848 to 1898 and also at the Royal Institution and at the Royal Society of British Artists. At He lived at 26 Upper Park Road, Hampstead in London. Lewis apparently travelled widely in Europe, but his favourite subject seems to have been picturesque scenes of towns in France. His wife, who painted figure subjects and views in Brittany, presumably accompanied him on some of his painting trips.
