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Alfred East 1844-1913 is in Painters.
On 13th October 1817 [his father] Benjamin East (age 21) and [his mother] Elizabeth Wright (age 18) were married.
On 15th December 1844 Alfred East was born to Benjamin East (age 48) and Elizabeth Wright (age 45) at Lower Street, Kettering. He was their youngest child. Alfred attended the local grammar school and took up his father's occupation as a shoe clicker before becoming a commercial traveller in boots & shoes and was a partner in Charles East & Co., shoe manufacturers at Kettering.
In 1871 Alfred East (age 26) was boarding at 5 Queen Street, St George's, Glasgow and studying at the Glasgow School of Art, later studying at Académie Julian and L'Ecole Des Beaux Arts, under William-Adolphe Bougereau (1825-1905), in Paris.
In 1874 Alfred East (age 29) and Sarah Annie Heath (age 29) were married.
In 1876 [his mother] Elizabeth Wright (age 77) died.
In 1882 [his father] Benjamin East (age 86) died.
. Around 1885. Alfred East (age 40). "An English Farmstead".
. 1897. Alfred East (age 52). "The Sleepy River Somme".
In 1899 Alfred East (age 54) was elected Associate of the Royal Academy.
. Around 1903. Alfred East (age 58). "Château Gaillard [Map]".
In 1906 Alfred East (age 61) was elected President of the Royal Society of British Artists, which position he held until his death.
1907. Philip de László (age 37). Portrait of Alfred East (age 62).
In 1910 Alfred East (age 65) was knighted.
. 1912. Alfred East (age 67). Self-portrait.
. Before 1913. Alfred East (age 68). "Kirkstall Abbey, West Yorkshire [Map]".
In 1913 Alfred East (age 68) was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy.
On 28th September 1913 Alfred East (age 68) died at his London residence in Belsize Park.