Sir Samuel Luke Fildes was a British painter and illustrator born in Liverpool and trained at the South Kensington and Royal Academy Schools. He was the grandson of the political activist Mary Fildes.
Self-portrait, 1911
The Widower, c. 1875-1876
Fildes' painting of his son Paul Fildes, 1919
The grave of Luke Fildes in Brookwood Cemetery
The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It offers postgraduate degrees in art and design to students from over 60 countries.
Royal College of Art in South Kensington
The Darwin Building in Kensington Gore
Entrance
Alumnus Sir Ridley Scott being made an Honorary Doctor at the college during a ceremony in July 2015.