Mr. Brewtnall was born in London in November 1846, and was elected an Associate of the Royal WaterColour Society in 1875, and a full member in 1883.... At the outset of his career, when, as one of the staff of the Graphic, he was associated with many whose names have since become household words, his talents and his chances were considered to rank higher than those of most of his comrades. And when, only last year, after his death, his sketches were ranged round his studio, there were those who estimated his work as not far behind the highest names in Water-Colour Art. — Marcus Huish, pp. 89, 88
Brewtnall was particularly interested in folk tales and ballads as stimulus for his highly romantic watercolours. — Sotheby's Catalogue Note
Discussion
Works
- Illustrations (sitemap with somemore biographical details)
- Paintings (oil paintings and watercolours)
Bibliography
Catalogue Note. Sotheby's. Web. 18 September 2026. https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2005/victorian-edwardian-art-l05133/lot.15.html
Baldry, A.L. "Artists' Treasures." The Studio, Vol. 18 (1899): 91-104. Google Books. Web. 18 September 2026.
Hardie, Martin. "Brewtnell, Edward Frederick." Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 (supplement): 221-22.
Huish, Marcus Bourne. British Water-colour Art in the First Year of the Reign of King Edward the Seventh and during the Century Covered by the Life of the Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours. Illustrated by the collection of drawings dedicated by that Society to Their Majesties the King and Queen at their coronation. London: Fine Art Society, A. and C. Black, 204. Internet Archive, from a copy in the collection of Robarts — University of Toronto. Web. 18 September 2026.
Created 18 September 2026