Alfred John Keene

English painter

Alfred John Keene: Derby silk mill, 1895.

Alfred John Keene (1864-1930) was a British watercolour artist working in Derby.

## Biography[edit]

Keene was the fourth son of photographer Richard Keene[1] who published the Derby Telegraph and brother of watercolourist William Caxton Keene and photographer Charles Barrow Keene. Known as "Jack", Keene trained at Derby Central School of Art from 1878 to 1895.[2]

Keene managed the family business with his brother Charles after their father's death. Alfred John Keene was a founder member, in 1887, of the Derby Sketching Club with F Booty, William Swindell, George Thompson, Charles Terry And Frank Timms. This club late had Keene as its president and it still meets today.[3] Keene's paintings were collected by Alfred E. Goodey who eventually purchased 77 of them. Goodey gave his collection of paintings to Derby Museum in 1936.[2]

## Sources[edit]

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1. ^ Payne, Brett (2002–2007). "Derbyshire Photographers' Profiles: Richard Keene (1825-1894), Richard Keene Junior (1852-1899) and Charles Barrow Keene (1863-1937) of Derby & Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire". Retrieved 2 February 2011.
2. ^ a b Allard, Sarah; Nicola Rippon (2003). Goodey's Derby. pp. 9–13. ISBN 1-85983-379-9.
3. ^ "History of Derby Sketching Club". Derby Sketching Club. Archived from the original on 27 September 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2011.

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Derby Museum and Art Gallery

Artists|

* Francis Leggatt Chantrey
* Ernest Ellis Clark
* W. J. Coffee
* Derby Sketching Club
* Harry Fidler
* Harold Gresley
* Count Holtzendorff
* Richard Hurleston
* Alfred John Keene
* Henry Lark Pratt
* David Payne
* Ronald Pope
* Samuel Rayner
* Louise Rayner
* Thomas Smith
* William Tate
* Ernest Townsend
* George Turner
* Joseph Wright of Derby

Geology|

* Ashford Black Marble
* John Farey
* William Martin
* Matlockite
* John Mawe
* White Watson
* John Whitehurst

Decorative arts|

* Bonnie Prince Charlie Room

Military history|

* 9th/12th Royal Lancers
* William Goate
* Robert Kells
* Francis O. Grenfell
* David Rushe
* David Spence
* Gen. Johnson Saving Officer from Tomahawk

Natural history|

* Allenton hippo
* King of Rome
* William Richardson Linton
* William Hunt Painter
* Joseph Whittaker

Joseph Wright
paintings and drawings|

* Richard Arkwright
* Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno
* A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery
* Indian Widow
* Romeo and Juliet: the Tomb Scene
* Miravan Breaking Open the Tomb of his Ancestors
* The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus
* Virgil's Tomb
* The Blacksmith's Shop
* The Earthstopper
* A Philosopher by Lamplight
* Samuel Ward
* The Captive
* The Captive King
* Dovedale
* Thomas Borrow and Ann Borrow
* Vesuvius in Eruption

Porcelain|

* Chelsea porcelain factory
* Derby Porcelain
* Royal Crown Derby
* Pinxton Porcelain
* André Planché
* William Billingsley
* William Duesbury

Ancient Britain|

* Creswellian culture
* Derventio
* Strutt's Park Roman fort
* Derby Racecourse Roman settlement
* Hanson Log Boat
* Great Heathen Army
* Heath Wood barrow cemetery
* Codnor Castle
* Duffield Castle
* Icknield St.
* The Street
* The Long Lane

Science and engineering|

* Atlas Coelestis
* Benjamin Vulliamy
* Whitehurst & Son sundial

Related|

| Organisations|

* Andrew Handyside & Co.
* British Rail Research Division
* Derby Philosophical Society
* Derby Exhibition (1839)

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People|

* Alkmund
* P. P. Burdett
* D'Ewes Coke
* Erasmus Darwin
* 6th Duke of Devonshire
* James Ferguson
* Arthur Keily
* R. K. Freeman
* Alfred E. Goodey
* Sir George Harpur Crewe
* Llewellynn Jewitt
* John Lombe
* William Mundy
* Joseph Pickford
* 5th Earl Ferrers
* George Sorocold
* Joseph Strutt
* Charles Sylvester

* Derby Silk Mill (Lombe's Mill)
* Pickford's House Museum
* Central Library

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