Artist

Frederick Smallfield

Frederick Smallfield is an Impressionism artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Frederick Smallfield kept sketching the same East End alleys even after dark, lantern in one hand and pencil in the other. His 1867 drawing of a gas-lit cobblestone lane shows every shadow and soot stain he could squeeze onto a scrap of paper. Tap into his world by hunting down his pencil sketch called “19/06/1867” in the Tate’s Pre-Raphaelite room, where every speck of dirt feels like a quiet rebellion against the stuffy Royal Academy.

Works by Frederick Smallfield

Collections represented

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