‘St Ives’ from Porthminster Point by Thomas Hart F.S.A

‘St Ives’ from Porthminster Point by Thomas Hart F.S.A

Watercolour on Paper Painted in 1870

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Overall Frame Size   578 mm by 475 mm

Image size   425 mm by 265 mm

Thomas Hart

Born 1830 Crowan Cornwall, Died 1916 The Lizard, Cornwall

Moved to Falmouth in the 1840’s

He was a prolific painter in watercolours and oil. He lived up to 1862 in Falmouth, Cornwall, the home of several known artists.

Married Louisa Hallamore in 1862 in Falmouth, Cornwall. Initially they set up home in Plymouth

Thomas had one of the very first photographic studios at 10 Flora Place, Union Road, Plymouth.

Louisa travelled to Falmouth for the births of Herbert and Horace (artists)

1865 the family moved to the Lizard Point in Cornwall,

‘St Ives’ from Porthminster Point by Thomas Hart F.S.A

Painted a large volume of work including this watercolour ‘St Ives’ from Porthminster Point by Thomas Hart F.S.A

Exhibited at the Royal academy, Grosvenor Gallery and at numerous venues in the UK.

His work sold from the 1850’s. Thomas travelled widely in the UK and Europe gathering ideas and working “Plein Air”.

From 1880 to the early 1900’s Thomas spent 2 months in Odda Norway where he set up a studio.

They had 11 children, 6 of them became professional Painters.  In the late 1800’s numerous Titled people in the UK and throughout Europe purchased his paintings.

https://kerrier.org/artists/thomas-hart-works/

St Ives

(Cornish: Porth Ia,^[1] meaning “St Ia’s cove”) is a seaside town, civil parish and port in Cornwall. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne on the coast of the Celtic Sea. In former times it was commercially dependent on fishing. The decline in fishing, however, caused a shift in commercial emphasis, and the town is now primarily a popular seaside resort, notably achieving the title of Best UK Seaside Town from the British Travel Awards in both 2010 and 2011.^[2][3][4] St Ives was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1639.^[5][6] St Ives has become renowned for its number of artists. It was named best seaside town of 2007 by The Guardian newspaper.^[7] It should not be confused with St Ive, a village and civil parish in south-east Cornwall.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Ives,_Cornwall