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John Anster Fitzgerald

John Anster Fitzgerald

John Anster Fitzgerald painted fairies, and his fairy world is a strange one: tiny figures, birds, mice and goblins crowded into jewel coloured scenes of reds, blues and purples. Some pictures are sweet, others nightmarish, and they have been compared to Hieronymus Bosch. He was nicknamed “Fairy Fitzgerald”.

He was born in London in 1819 and was largely self taught. He first showed at the Royal Academy in 1845 and exhibited there for many years, and his pictures are now some of the most sought after in Victorian fairy painting.

Fairy Lovers in a Bird’s Nest Watching a White Mouse is typical: a tiny drama set among twigs and feathers, painted in minute detail.

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Ariel by John Anster Fitzgerald, hand-painted oil painting reproductionArielJohn Anster Fitzgerald$249Christmas Eve by John Anster Fitzgerald, hand-painted oil painting reproductionChristmas EveJohn Anster Fitzgerald$249Fairy Lovers in a Bird’s Nest watching a White Mouse by John Anster Fitzgerald, hand-painted oil painting reproductionFairy Lovers in a Bird’s Nest watching a White MouseJohn Anster Fitzgerald$259In Fairyland by John Anster Fitzgerald, hand-painted oil painting reproductionIn FairylandJohn Anster Fitzgerald$249Your own photo?

People, pets, houses and places, painted in oil by hand.

Commission a painting Pipe Dreams by John Anster Fitzgerald, hand-painted oil painting reproductionPipe DreamsJohn Anster Fitzgerald$259Rabbit Among the Fairies by John Anster Fitzgerald, hand-painted oil painting reproductionRabbit Among the FairiesJohn Anster Fitzgerald$249The Artist’s Dream by John Anster Fitzgerald, hand-painted oil painting reproductionThe Artist’s DreamJohn Anster Fitzgerald$259The Captive Robin by John Anster Fitzgerald, hand-painted oil painting reproductionThe Captive RobinJohn Anster Fitzgerald$259The Chase of the White Mice by John Anster Fitzgerald, hand-painted oil painting reproductionThe Chase of the White MiceJohn Anster Fitzgerald$249The Enchanted Forest by John Anster Fitzgerald, hand-painted oil painting reproductionThe Enchanted ForestJohn Anster Fitzgerald$249The Fairies’ Banquet by John Anster Fitzgerald, hand-painted oil painting reproductionThe Fairies’ BanquetJohn Anster Fitzgerald$259The Fairy’s Barque by John Anster Fitzgerald, hand-painted oil painting reproductionThe Fairy’s BarqueJohn Anster Fitzgerald$259The Fairy’s Funeral by John Anster Fitzgerald, hand-painted oil painting reproductionThe Fairy’s FuneralJohn Anster Fitzgerald$259The Nightmare by John Anster Fitzgerald, hand-painted oil painting reproductionThe NightmareJohn Anster Fitzgerald$249The Old Hall, Fairies by Moonlight by John Anster Fitzgerald, hand-painted oil painting reproductionThe Old Hall, Fairies by MoonlightJohn Anster Fitzgerald$259The Release of Ariel by John Anster Fitzgerald, hand-painted oil painting reproductionThe Release of ArielJohn Anster Fitzgerald$249The Stuff that Dreams are Made Of by John Anster Fitzgerald, hand-painted oil painting reproductionThe Stuff that Dreams are Made OfJohn Anster Fitzgerald$259