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The Property of a private Canadian Collector (lots 17-21) Heywood Hardy grew up in a family of artists based in Bristol - he was the youngest son of the artist James Hardy, and the brother of David Hardy and James Hardy Junior. He went to study at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris in 1864 and later also studied in Antwerp. He returned to England in 1868, where he began to receive commissions for portraits, sporting pictures and animal studies. He painted 'The Cleveland Hounds Exercising by the Sea' in 1891 for the Wharton family, and other patrons included Sir Frederick Millbank, Bt. (1820-1890), Colonel Maxwell Rouse of Thirby Hall, Bedale, The Marquis of Zetland and the Sitwells of Rennishaw. Hardy exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1861, and also at the Society of British Artists, the British Institution and the Old Watercolour Society. Working in both oil and watercolour, he painted predominantly hunting and coaching scenes, often in period costume. His work became increasingly popular in his lifetime, partly through his sketches published in the Illustrated London News and The Graphic. His work has become even more well known due to numerous prints, cards and calendars published since his death in 1933.

Heywood Hardy (1843-1933)

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Heywood Hardy (1843-1933)
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signed 'Heywood Hardy' (lower left)
oil on unlined canvas
20 x 30 in. (50.8 x 76.2 cm.)

Provenance

with James Adam, Dublin, 1971, from whom purchased by the present owner.

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