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G. A. (George Adolphus) Storey
1834–1919
A Victorian painter and illustrator with a gift for storytelling, this Royal Academician moved between portraiture, genre scenes, and art writing with ease. His long career captures both the polish of the academy and the charm of everyday life.
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The Theory and Practice of Perspective
by G. A. (George Adolphus) Storey
About the author
Born in London on January 7, 1834, George Adolphus Storey trained in Paris and later studied at the Royal Academy Schools. He began exhibiting at the Royal Academy while still young and went on to build a strong reputation as a painter of portraits and genre scenes, with early work touched by Pre-Raphaelite influence before his style shifted in a different direction.
Storey worked in North London and became known not only as a painter but also as an illustrator and writer on art. Over the course of his career he was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1876 and, much later, a full Royal Academician in 1914. He also served the Academy as a teacher and then Professor of Perspective.
He remained active well into later life, combining practical studio work with thoughtful writing about artistic practice. Storey died in London on July 29, 1919, leaving behind a varied body of work that reflects the tastes and ideals of Victorian and Edwardian British art.