John Fitz Marshall (1859 – 1932): A Quiet Master of British Animal Art John Fitz Marshall was a prolific Croydon-based artist who quietly established himself as one of Britain’s foremost painters of animal subjects during the Victorian era. Born in London in 1859, Marshall possessed an innate fascination with the natural world and honed his artistic skills through diligent self-study and experimentation before embarking on a distinguished career that spanned over seven decades. While he remained largely unrecognized by mainstream art critics of his time, Marshall’s enduring legacy resides in…