Helen Allingham was a British artist best known for her genre paintings. She created watercolors and illustrated children's books. Her parents supported her artistic talent from an early age. Helen Allingham attended the Female School of Arts in London. A year later, she was among the first women allowed to study at the prestigious Royal Academy School. At that time, it was still unusual for women to attend an academy. She also became the first female member of the Royal Watercolour Society.
Genre painting was devoted to depicting mostly rural scenes and village idylls. The style of painting had a centuries-old tradition. Painted were people and actions that had a real relation to everyday life. The subjects were mainly inhabitants of the countryside, their daily work and their homely environment. The figures did not bear individual features, as in portraits. They were rather a characteristic image of their rural surroundings. The books of hours of the 15th century and peasant scenes and family pictures of Dutch painting in the 16th century are considered the models of genre painting. Their negative portrayal of behaviors such as drunkenness and quarrels disappeared from genre painting in the 19th century. From then on, genre paintings showed a romantic and idealized view of country life.
To earn money, Helen Allingham created numerous illustrations for magazines and children's books. For example, she was the only woman to work as an illustrator for the weekly magazine The Graphic. Her growing fame brought her into contact with other well-known artists in London. She eventually married the Irish publisher and poet William Allingham. His circle of friends included the writers Thomas Carlyle and Alfred Lord Tennyson. After marriage, the painter left the weekly magazine and devoted herself to watercolor painting. In 1874, two watercolors of hers were exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Helen Allington continued to create works after the birth of her three children. Over the years, more than a hundred watercolors were exhibited. Helen Allingham painted old houses and yards that disappeared over time to make way for the advancing industrialization. The extension of the lines for the steam locomotive and the influx of workers and their families changed the landscape. Houses were built to meet the demands of the new era. Due to the artist's attention to detail, it is possible today to get an idea of the original appearance of old cottages from her time. The paintings of the painter often serve as models for the restoration of the remaining old houses. Helen Allingham worked on her paintings until her death. She died after a sudden illness at the age of 78.
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.jpg "The Kitchen Garden, Farringford by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Under the Old Malthouse, Hambledon, Surrey by Helen Allingham")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-599150).jpg "The Staircase, Whittington Court, Gloucestershire by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "At the Cottage Gate by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Near Haslemere by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "A Garden In October, Aldworth, 1891 by Helen Allingham")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-599235).jpg "Walled Garden in Springtime by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Hindhead from Sandhills, Witley by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Bluebells by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Springtime by Helen Allingham")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1106918).jpg "The Kitchen Garden, Farringford by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "A Child at the Doorway of a Thatched Cottage by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "A Surrey Cottage by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "In the Primrose Wood by Helen Allingham")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1099286).jpg "Cottage near Paignton, Devon by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "An Old Well, Brook, Surrey by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "A Cottage at Pinner, Middlesex by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "A Cottage near Brook, Witley, Surrey by Helen Allingham")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-897737).jpg "The Old Fish Shop, Haslemere by Helen Allingham")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1099211).jpg "Cottage at Witley, Surrey by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "At Sandhills, Witley by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "At School Green, Isle of Wight by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "A Cottage near Witley, Surrey by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Cottage near Brook, Witley, Surrey by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "The Dairy Door, Farringford, Lord Tennyson")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1099212).jpg "Oxeye Daisies, near Westerham, Kent by Helen Allingham")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-897856).jpg "Hindhead from Sandhills, Witley by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Cottage at Brook, Near Witley by Helen Allingham")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1010488).jpg "Rhymes for the Young Folk by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Young Girl by Helen Allingham")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-997017).jpg "By the Old Cottage by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "The Old Men")
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.jpg "A Cottage at Pinner, Middlesex by Helen Allingham")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1099284).jpg "Old Cottage at Freshwater, Isle of Wight by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "A Cottage near Godalming, Surrey by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Flower Border, Hollyhock and Dahlias by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Cottage near Wells, Somerset by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "The Cottage with Beehives by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Hill Farm, Symondsbury, Dorset by Helen Allingham")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-983110).jpg "Under the Old Malthouse, Hambledon, Surrey by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Old Cottage at Freshwater, Isle of Wight by Helen Allingham")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-897817).jpg "A Kentish Cottage by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Blake")
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.jpg "Valewood Farm under Blackwood, Surrey by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "The Old Fish Shop, Haslemere by Helen Allingham")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1112484).jpg "Spring Copse, Witley, Surrey by Helen Allingham")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1315752).jpg "Cottages at Quidhampton, near Salisbury by Helen Allingham")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-897823).jpg "A Cottage near Godalming, Surrey by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Dry Dock by Helen Allingham")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1106903).jpg "Picking Flowers by the Pond by Helen Allingham")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1099229).jpg "Manor Farm Garden, Yorkshire, c.1901 by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Rose Cottage, Shottermill by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Our Primrose Wood by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Cottage near Freshwater by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Master Hardy, Gardener at Witley by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Near Witley, Surrey by Helen Allingham")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-372278).jpg "Springtime at Crocken Hill, Kent by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "A Cottage at Farringford, Isle of Wight by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "East End Farm, Moss Lane, Pinner by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Girl with kitten by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Springtime by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Children Outside a Cottage by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Cottage at Witley by Helen Allingham")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1133256).jpg "A Surrey Cottage by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Girl in a Pink Bonnet by Helen Allingham")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1122039).jpg "Fetching Water by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "A Cottage near Brook, Witley, Surrey by Helen Allingham")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-944181).jpg "Sketches of Henry Allingham, c.1884 by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "The Priest")
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.jpg "Alfred, Lord Tennyson by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Cottage at Chiddingfold by Helen Allingham")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1099218).jpg "Cottage at Witley, Surrey by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "A Cottage at Haslemere by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Gertrude Jekyll")
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.jpg "A Village Street, Kent by Helen Allingham")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1099213).jpg "Oxeye Daisies, near Westerham, Kent by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "The Orchard in Spring by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "At Symondsbury, Near Bridport, Dorset by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Six Bells, Hollingbourne, Kent by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Rhoda by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Washing Day at Sandhills, Witley by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Old Post Office, Brook, near Witley, Surrey by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Near Haslemere by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "A Surrey Cottage by Helen Allingham")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1041645).jpg "At the Cottage Door by Helen Allingham")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-897691).jpg "Old Cottage, Witley by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Cottage at West Horsley, Surrey by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "In a Witley Lane by Helen Allingham")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1132406).jpg "An Old Farm at Didcot, c.1918 by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "At East Hagbourne by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "The Cottage Gate by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "By the Old Cottage by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "Cottage at Broadham Green, Surrey, in Sunset Light by Helen Allingham")
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.jpg "A Cottage at Haslemere by Helen Allingham")
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