Artist

William Perring Hollyer

William Perring Hollyer is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Derby Museum and Art Gallery.

English painter William P. Hollyer made small oil scenes of rural life in the 1800s. One of them is “A Scotch Farm,” a quiet study of stone barns and rolling fields. His work belongs to the quiet realism of British genre painting before photography took over. Tap “A Scotch Farm” to zoom in on the worn walls and soft northern light.

Works by William Perring Hollyer

Collections represented

Derby Museum and Art Gallery

Museum

Derby Museum and Art Gallery

Derby Museum and Art Gallery is a museum and art gallery in Derby, England. It was established in 1879, along with Derby Central Library, in a new building designed by Richard Knill Freeman and given…

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