Alfred Augustus Glendening, Jr. (1861 - 1903/07) Watercolor on paper, signed lower right, measures 12 x 16 inches and 28 x 32 inches w/frame. Alfred Illman Glendening (b. 8th February 1861. Greenwich – d. 6th January 1907. Southend) (“AIG”) mostly was a genre painter. The son of Alfred Augustus Glendening (1840-1921) (“AAG”) by whom he was taught landscape painting, he later developed as a figurative artist working in both oils and watercolours. Between 1880 to 1905 he exhibited at the Royal Academy, Suffolk Street and elsewhere. Before moving to France in 1895 he painted theatrical scenery in London and New York. “Haymaking” was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1895 and bought by the Chantry Bequest for the nation’s Tate Gallery. AIG’s paintings were very popular during the Victorian age, especially those depicting French markets or attractive girls. He painted several portraits and a commissioned portrait painted by him of Viscount Sydney hangs in Sydney Town Hall, Australia

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