Venetian Seascape Signed oil on canvas Clifford Montague was a British painter of landscapes and seascapes in oils and watercolours. Much information about him is given in the Pontgarreg, Wales newspaper The Gambo. Montague was born in March 1858 in Tilehurst, Berkshire, England. He received his training at the London School of Arts. He is typically described as having exhibited between 1883 and 1900 He exhibited at the Royal Society of Artists, Birmingham (19), Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (2), Manchester City Art Gallery (2), Royal Hibernian Academy (1) and Royal Scottish Academy (1). Montague was a well- known landscape artist and received commissions to paint in Britain, Ireland, France, and the Netherlands.