Alfred William Parsons: A Life in Art and Gardens Born: Laverton, Australia (1847) Died: 1920 Nationality: English Known for: Landscape Painting, Botanical Illustration, Garden Design Early Life and Artistic Training Born in Beckington, Somerset, the son of a surgeon and keen gardener. Initially worked as a clerk in the Post Office but left to pursue art. Studied at the Kensington School of Art. Began exhibiting his work at various galleries from 1874, including the Royal Academy. Early influences likely included the Barbizon school and English landsc…
A chart of Alfred Parsons's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
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