Heywood Hardy
Heywood Hardy was a well known English oil painting artist
of equestrian, hunting and genre scenes often set in the eighteenth
century, as well as a distinguished portraitist,
He began his career as an animal artist in Keynsham; however,
following initial failure, he joined the 7th Somerset Volunteers
for a brief period. In 1864, Hardy went to Paris and entered the
Ecole des Beaux-Arts, where he studied with the battle painter,
Pielse. He then visited Antwerp, returning to England shortly
before 1868.
In 1870, Hardy settled in London and shared a studio with Briton
Riviere. His career flourished and he was elected a member of
several societies, including the Royal Society of Painters and
Etchers, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Royal Society
of Portrait Painters. He was an Associate of the Royal Watercolour
Society. Hardy also worked as an illustrator, contributing to The
Illustrated London News and The Graphic Magazine.
Famed for his sensitive portrayal of animals, Hardy was invited to
many country estates and commissioned by several distinguished
patrons, including Colonel Wyndham Murray, the Marquis of Zetland
and the Sitwells of Renishaw.
He died in 1933 at age of 91.
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