Thomas Bush Hardy
Thomas Bush Hardy (1842, Sheffield – 1897, Maida Vale, London) was a British marine painter and watercolourist.
Biography[edit]
Hardy was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire on 3 May 1842.[1] As a young man he travelled in the Netherlands and Italy.
In 1884 Hardy was elected a Member of the Royal Society of British Artists. He exhibited with the Society[1] and also at the Royal Academy.[2] His paintings feature coastal scenes[1] in England and the Netherlands,[3] the French Channel ports and the Venetian Lagoon.[4]
He died on 15 December 1897 in Maida Vale, London[1] and was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.[5] His grave has no headstone or marker.
Hardy had nine children.[2] His son Dudley Hardy was a painter, illustrator and poster designer. His daughter Dorothy received an MBE after working as a nurse in the First World War.[2]
Works[edit]
- Schevening, the Netherlands (1873) is at Lamport Hall in Northamptonshire.[6]
- Towing Boats out of Calais (1878) is held at Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne.[6]
- Seascape (circa 1880) is held at Rotherham Museum and Galleries.[6]
- Landscape (1882) is held at The National Library of Wales.[6]
- Museums Sheffield holds Seascape (1887).[6] It also holds two paintings, each called Sea Piece. One is dated 1880[6] and the other is undated.[6]
- Portsmouth Harbour (1891) is in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.[7]
- Off the Dutch Coast (1896) is in the collection of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council.[8]
- A French Paddle Tug Bringing a Barque into Boulogne Harbour in Heavy Weather is in the National Maritime Museum.[6]
- View on the Grand Canal, Venice (1871),[9]Calais (1886),[10]Boulogne Harbour,[11] and Fishing Boats at Sea[12] are in the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection.
Notes and references[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Thomas Bush Hardy, 1842–1897". The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler. University of Glasgow. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ^ a b c Dyduch, Amy (7 March 2014). "Keeping the memory of a family of artists alive". Richmond and Twickenham Times.
- ^ He belongs to the Katwijk School which was part of the Hague School — the latter belongs to the international movement of the Impressionism.
- ^ "Thomas Bush Hardy RBA (1842–1897)". www.thomasbushhardy.com. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ^ Highgate Cemetery records, square 118, Grave no.21234
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Thomas Bush Hardy". Art UK. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ "Thomas Bush Hardy". Collection. Art Gallery of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ^ "Off the Dutch Coast by Thomas Bush Hardy". Art UK. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ^ "View on the Grand Canal, Venice". Collections. Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ^ "Calais". Collections. Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ^ "Boulogne Harbour". Collections. Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ^ "Fishing Boats at Sea". Collections. Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
External links[edit]
- 10 artworks by or after Thomas Bush Hardy at the Art UK site
Further reading[edit]
- Kirby-Welch, David H; Morton Lee, Commander John. Thomas Bush Hardy RBA (1842–1897): A master painter of marine and coastal watercolours, Antique Collectors' Club, 2009, 245 pp.
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