John Faulkner RHA (1835-1894) Landscape with a View towards a Town and Grazing Cattle in

John Faulkner RHA (1835-1894) Landscape with a View towards a Town and Grazing Cattle in Foreground oil on canvas signed lower left 43 x 81cm (16.93 x 31.89in) Provenance: Private Collection John Faulkner was admitted as a pupil in the Royal Dublin Society's School in 1848, and four years later, in 1852 began to exhibit at the Royal Hibernian Academy. On the 18th July, 1861, he was elected an associate, and on 7th September following, a member. He was a regular exhibitor of landscapes in oil and watercolour down to 1870, and was esteemed as an artist of considerable power and ability. He went to America, and after some time returned and settled in London, and there found employment in painting watercolours for the dealers. In 1880 he again began to contribute to the Royal Hibernian Academy and his name appears as an exhibitor down to 1887 A Dictionary of Irish Artists, W.G. Strickland