Edmund Marriner Gill aka Waterfall Gill, was an English landscape painter favouring waterfalls. He was the son of portrait painter Edmund Ward Gill (1794–1854) and brother to painters William Ward Gill (1823–1894) and George Reynolds Gill

George Reynolds Gill

George Reynolds Gill was a noted English portrait painter, son of Edward Ward Gill and brother of Edmund Marriner Gill and William Ward Gill ....

 (1827–1904).

He was a student at the Royal Academy

Royal Academy

The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...

 and produced watercolours and oils of the English, Welsh and Scottish countrysides, being much influenced by David Cox

David Cox (artist)

- David Cox Junior :David Cox had a son of the same name who followed his calling as a watercolour painter. He was born in Dulwich, but educated in Hereford. He exhibited in London from 1827, although today he is known mainly through association with his father. He died in Streatham on 4 December...

 after meeting him in Birmingham

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

 in 1841.

He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1842 and 1886, and lived variously in London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

, Ludlow

Ludlow

Ludlow is a market town in Shropshire, England close to the Welsh border and in the Welsh Marches. It lies within a bend of the River Teme, on its eastern bank, forming an area of and centred on a small hill. Atop this hill is the site of Ludlow Castle and the market place...

 and Hereford

Hereford

Hereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, southwest of Worcester, and northwest of Gloucester...

.

External links

• E M Gill (AskArt)
• On the Lledr, North Wales (oil on canvas, 1864 - V&A)