Thomas Bush Hardy

Bragozzi off the Ducal Palace, 1882
Clearing a Wreck, near Boulogne

Thomas Bush Hardy (3 May 1842 – 15 December 1897) was a British marine painter and watercolourist.

Biography

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 in an unmarked grave on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.[5]

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

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c d "Thomas Bush Hardy, 1842–1897". The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler. University of Glasgow. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Dyduch, Amy (7 March 2014). "Keeping the memory of a family of artists alive". Richmond and Twickenham Times.
  3. ^ He belongs to the Katwijk School which was part of the Hague School — the latter belongs to the international movement of the Impressionism.
  4. ^ "Thomas Bush Hardy RBA (1842–1897)". www.thomasbushhardy.com. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  5. ^ Highgate Cemetery records, square 118, Grave no.21234
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h "Thomas Bush Hardy". Art UK. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Thomas Bush Hardy". Collection. Art Gallery of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  8. ^ "Off the Dutch Coast by Thomas Bush Hardy". Art UK. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  9. ^ "View on the Grand Canal, Venice". Collections. Victoria and Albert Museum. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  10. ^ "Calais". Collections. Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  11. ^ "Boulogne Harbour". Collections. Victoria and Albert Museum. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  12. ^ "Fishing Boats at Sea". Collections. Victoria and Albert Museum. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
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Further reading

  • 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.