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[[File:Dutch Boats in the North Sea.jpg|thumb|”Dutch Boats in the North Sea” (1864)]]

[[File:Dutch Boats in the North Sea.jpg|thumb|”Dutch Boats in the North Sea” (1864)]]

He was born in 1850,<ref name=”BFA”>{{cite web|title=Frederick James Aldridge (1850-1933)|url=http://bellfineart.co.uk/?artist-profile=frederick-james-aldridge-1850-1933-2|publisher=Bell Fine Art|accessdate=12 September 2017}}</ref> he did not take up painting until he was twenty years old.<ref name=”GotM”>{{cite web|title=Aldridge Frederick James|url=http://www.galleryofthemasters.com/a-folder/aldridge-frederick-james-gallery.html|publisher=Gallery of the Masters|accessdate=12 September 2017}}</ref> He lived and worked in [[Worthing]],<ref name=”BFA” /> where he had a gallery shop.<ref name=”GotM” /> He signed his works ‘F J Aldridge’.<ref name=”Bonhams”>{{cite web|title=Bonhams : Frederick James Aldridge (British, 1850-1933) Setting off 35.6 x 52.7cm. (14 x 20 3/4in.)|url=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/10693/lot/26/|publisher=[[Bonhams]]|accessdate=12 September 2017|language=en-gb}}</ref>

He was born in 1850,<ref name=”BFA”>{{cite web|title=Frederick James Aldridge (1850-1933)|url=http://bellfineart.co.uk/?artist-profile=frederick-james-aldridge-1850-1933-2|publisher=Bell Fine Art|accessdate=12 September 2017}}</ref> he did not take up painting until he was twenty years old.<ref name=”GotM”>{{cite web|title=Aldridge Frederick James|url=http://www.galleryofthemasters.com/a-folder/aldridge-frederick-james-gallery.html|publisher=Gallery of the Masters|accessdate=12 September 2017}}</ref> He lived and worked in [[Worthing]],<ref name=”BFA” /> where he had a gallery shop.<ref name=”GotM” /> He signed his works ‘F J Aldridge'<ref name=”Bonhams”>{{cite web|title=Bonhams : Frederick James Aldridge (British, 1850-1933) Setting off 35.6 x 52.7cm. (14 x 20 3/4in.)|url=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/10693/lot/26/|publisher=[[Bonhams]]|accessdate=12 September 2017|language=en-gb}}</ref>

He attended [[Cowes Week]] many times over a period of around fifty-years.<ref name=”BFA” />

He attended [[Cowes Week]] many times over a period of around fifty-years.<ref name=”BFA” />

Three of his works were exhibited at the [[Royal Academy]] and twelve at the [[Suffolk Street Galleries]].<ref name=”BFA” /> His painting of the harbour at [[Littlehampton]] is in the collection of [[Littlehampton Museum]].<ref name=”ArtUK”>{{Art UK bio}}</ref>

Failing eyesight forced him to stop painting in 1927.<ref name=”GotM” /> He died in 1933, aged 83.<ref name=”BFA” />

Failing eyesight forced him to stop painting in 1927.<ref name=”GotM” /> He died in 1933, aged 83.<ref name=”BFA” />


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Frederick James Aldridge

Born 1850 (1850)
Died 1933 (aged 83)
Occupation Painter

Frederick James Aldridge (1850–1933) was a British painter in oils and watercolourist, known for painting marine scenes, which made up the great majority of his large output. He was very prolific, and his paintings appear frequently at auction. Typical subjects include a small number of mid-size vessels at sea or in a harbour, in a variety of weathers.

Dutch Boats in the North Sea (1864)

He was born in 1850,[1] he did not take up painting until he was twenty years old.[2] He lived and worked in Worthing,[1] where he had a gallery shop.[2] He signed his works ‘F J Aldridge’,[3] and sometimes dated them.

He attended Cowes Week many times over a period of around fifty-years.[1] Three of his works were exhibited at the Royal Academy and twelve at the Suffolk Street Galleries.[1] His painting of the harbour at Littlehampton is in the collection of Littlehampton Museum.[4]

Failing eyesight forced him to stop painting in 1927.[2] He died in 1933, aged 83.[1]

1 artwork by or after Frederick James Aldridge at the Art UK site

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