early life and education charles lucy, a british painter, was born in hereford, england in 1814. his family, the lucys of charlecote, warwickshire, had a strong artistic inclination, which influenced his early interest in art. with no formal training, charles lucy's natural talent led him to study at the école des beaux-arts under the romanticist paul delaroche, and later at the royal academy of arts in london. artistic career charles lucy's artistic career began with portrait painting, as evident from his early work, oliver cromwell (1599-1658), part of a series of portraits of eminent figur…