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Scrisse il suo primo studio di storia dell'arte, \"I taglialegna dei Paesi Bassi\", nel 1884, ma continuò a pubblicare ampiamente su altri argomenti come Dürer e i dipinti storici del Parlamento, dove in seguito fu deputato tra il 1900 e il 1918.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuesta collezione testimonia due influenze chiave che affascinarono Conway da giovane: la chiesa e la montagna. In omaggio a suo padre, cattura numerose scene di chiese grandiose e locali, principalmente a Westminster, ma anche in Inghilterra, nel Suffolk e nel Kent. Ci sono anche scene giovanili delle montagne e dei laghi delle Alpi Bernesi in Svizzera, dove viaggiò durante le vacanze scolastiche nei primi anni '70 dell'Ottocento. Affascinato dalla loro bellezza incontaminata, Conway divenne un alpinista provetto, mappando in seguito l'Himalaya e le Ande boliviane negli anni '90 dell'Ottocento. A un certo punto conquistò il record mondiale scalando i 7000 metri della catena del Karakorum in India, e pubblicò diversi romanzi su queste avventure nel corso della sua vita. La sua vita successiva vide una costante passione per le ricerche storiche. Oltre a restaurare castelli, dal 1901 fu anche professore di Belle Arti a Cambridge e fu il primo direttore dell'Imperial War Museum. La sua collezione di fotografie, donata al Courtauld negli anni '30, costituì il nucleo della collezione che oggi è chiamata Conway Library, così chiamata in suo onore.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLe sue opere pubblicate si trovano in numerose collezioni, tra cui la National Portrait Gallery, il British Museum e la Royal Collection. Morì a Londra nel 1937.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"m-conway-cottage-earlswood-common-original-1889-watercolour-painting-jt-448","title":"M. 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