John Varley (1778–1842) was an English landscape painter and influential teacher of watercolour. Born in Hackney, London, he studied drawing and made sketching tours to Wales and other parts of Britain. His early watercolours combined direct observation with carefully arranged compositions of hills, rivers and bridges.
His Under the Bridge, Bathing (1803) belongs to his early period, when he was exploring the possibilities of light, reflections and figures within the landscape. His younger brother Cornelius Varley also became a watercolourist and later invented optical drawing instruments.
John Varley was a founder member of the Society of Painters in Water Colours. He taught many younger artists, including William Henry Hunt and Copley Fielding. Alongside painting, he developed interests in astrology and published instructional works on landscape drawing. He died in London in 1842.
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