Education
Studied at private school. Studied South Kensington Art Schools and Royal Academy, London.
Studied at private school. Studied South Kensington Art Schools and Royal Academy, London.
Illustrator of books and magazines for several years. Fildes' illustrations appeared in mass-circulation periodicals: Sunday Magazine, The Cornhill Magazine, and The Gentleman's Magazine. He also illustrated a number of books in addition to Dickens' Edwin Drood, such as Thackeray's Catherine (1894). Fildes soon became a popular artist and by 1870 he had given up working for The Graphic and had turned his full attention to oil painting.
Clubs: Athenaeum, Arts.