Alfred Vickers: The Painter of Pale Skies Alfred Gomersal Vickers (1810-1837) remains a captivating enigma in the annals of 19th-century British art, a master of atmospheric seascapes and evocative landscapes who tragically cut short his promising career. Born into a family steeped in artistic tradition – his father, Alfred Vickers, was himself a respected landscape painter – young Alfred was nurtured under the tutelage of this establ…