Biography

Gresley was born in Sandiacre

Sandiacre

Sandiacre is a town in the Borough of Erewash in Derbyshire, in the East Midlands region of England adjoining the border with Nottinghamshire....

 in Derbysire. His son was Frank Gresley

Frank Gresley

Frank Gresley was a British artist. He painted mainly landscapes, most famous are those of the river Trent in Swarkestone, Barrow and Ingleby. His father was the artist, James Stephen Gresley and his two sons Harold and Cuthbert also became artists.Gresley lived most of his life in Chellaston,...

 who had, in turn, two sons, Harold

Harold Gresley

Harold Gresley was a British artist, following his father and grandfather. He was a painter of landscapes and portraits in watercolour and oil. He served in the Royal Fusiliers in the First World War and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal...

 and Cuthbert who were noted artists. Gresley had a number of paintings included in the "Goodey Collection

Alfred E. Goodey

Alfred E. Goodey was a collector of paintings, prints and photographs, especially those connected with the English Midlands town of Derby.-Biography:...

" and in the related book.

Gresley lived at Draycott, Borrowash and Chellaston in Derbyshire, but he also lived in Yorkshire where he created watercolours of the counties where he lived. Gresley died in Wakefield

Wakefield

Wakefield is the main settlement and administrative centre of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district of West Yorkshire, England. Located by the River Calder on the eastern edge of the Pennines, the urban area is and had a population of 76,886 in 2001....

 in Yorksire in 1908 after exhibiting in galleries in London and locally. He has several paintings in Derby Museum and Art Gallery

Derby Museum and Art Gallery

Derby Museum and Art Gallery was established in 1879, along with Derby Central Library, in a new building designed by Richard Knill Freeman and given to Derby by Michael Thomas Bass. The collection includes a whole gallery displaying the paintings of Joseph Wright of Derby; there is also a large...

 with one currently (2011) on display in the Goodey Room in Derby Central Library

Derby Central Library

Derby Central Library was established in 1879 with Derby Museum and Art Gallery, in a red brick building designed in the Domestic Flemish Gothic style by Richard Knill Freeman and given to Derby by Michael Thomas Bass...

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