Boats on Hardanger fjord Norway by Sydney Ernest Hart
December 25, 2023Hargangerfjord by Sydney Ernest Hart
December 25, 2023Odda Norway by Sydney Ernest Hart
£120.00
Odda Norway by Sydney Ernest Hart
Watercolour on Paper
Frame Size 34cms by 29cms
Image Size 13.8cms by 8.6cms
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Sydney Ernest Hart
Born 1867 The Lizard, Cornwall. Died 1921 Bergen, Norway
Sydney was the 4th child of Thomas Hart the eminent Cornish artist.
Tutored by his father, and at 17 years he was exhibiting and selling them.
Several newspaper reports praise the quality of his pictures.
His works include this watercolour View over Penryn Flushing and Falmouth Painted by Sydney Ernest Hart
Sydney joined his father on trips to Odda Norway and settled there earning a living by selling his art.
Postcards
In 1911 Raphael Tuck and sons Ltd of London included in there “Oilette” World Wide range of postcards 6 paintings by Sydney, these remained in there catalogue up to 1930.
The sales of art dropped due to the loss of visitors to Odda because of the First World War,
and the death of his father in 1916 had an effect on him. He became Reclusive and did not get on with the local people, 20 plus years in Odda he lived in 2 hotels.
In 1921 a chambermaid went in to his room in the morning and found him in his room bleeding from a wound.
Sydney was taken to hospital in Bergen by boat. On the 4th July he died
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