	Site Map \| FAQ in Daily Almanac for Nov 8, 2009 Search White Pages
Skip Navigation Home American Indian Heritage Month Atlas Encyclopedia Dictionary Thesaurus Features Quizzes Timelines Countries Slideshows

Fact Monster Kid's reference,
games, quizzes

Editor's Favorites

Encyclopedia

Fildes, Sir Luke

Fildes, Sir Luke (fīldz) [key], 1844–1927, English genre and portrait painter, b. Liverpool. He made drawings for the Graphic and other periodicals and illustrated Dickens's Edwin Drood. As a painter he excelled in depicting the life of the London poor. Later he specialized in portraiture and painted the coronation portraits of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra and a state portrait of George V. His Doctor (Tate Gall., London) is a well-known work.

See more Encyclopedia articles on: European Art, 1600 to the Present: Biographies

Premium Partner Content

Related content from HighBeam Research on: Sir Luke Fildes

The patient, burnout, and the practice of surgery (The American Surgeon)

Earth's endless forms: the fascinating interchange between the revolutionary theories of Charles Darwin and art of the late 19th and early 20th centuries is explored in a groundbreaking interdisciplinary exhibition.(Science & Technology) (USA Today (Magazine))

The Founder of the Tate Gallery Dies.(Brief Article) (History Today)

Handover day in the City as Cazenove gives up its war of independence (The Spectator)

Infoplease Tools