Portrait Oil on Board dated 1900 Signed RHJ
November 13, 2023Dartmouth Castle by Thomas Hart FSA
November 18, 2023‘Midnight Boat in Sight’ 23rd July 1897, at 11.45pm by Thomas Hart FSA
£230.00
‘Midnight Boat in Sight’ 23rd July 1897, at 11.45pm by Thomas Hart FSA
Watercolour on Paper
Frame Size 38cms by 31cms
Image Size 24cms by 15.5cms
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,
Painted a large volume of work including this watercolour Near Capel Curig, North Wales 1874 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
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