George Goodwin Kilburne

George Goodwin Kilburne,[1] R.I., R.O.I, R.M.S, (24 July 1839 – 1924 London) was an English genre painter specialising in accurately drawn interiors with figures.

[2] George was born at Hackford near Reepham in Norfolk, the eldest of the three children of Goodwin Kilburne (1812–1887) and Rebecca Button (1801–1880).

He remained with the firm for a further year before leaving to take up watercolour and oil painting professionally, quickly becoming one of the most sought after and well-known artists in England.

He lived for many years at Hawkhurst House, 39 Steeles Road, Haverstock Hill, Hampstead in London and was a member of the Artists' Society Club at Langham Chambers.

George's paintings often portrayed the upper classes and ultra-fashionable female beauties in opulent late 18th- and early 19th-century settings.

During that period his paintings would have been considered traditional, especially compared to the work of contemporaries such as James McNeill Whistler and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

Towards the end of the 19th century, Kilburne designed and executed a great number of greeting and Christmas cards for the firms of Raphael Tuck & Sons and De La Rue.