'Mind His Nippers Jack' by Henry Garland. Oil on canvas.

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:34:54 +0000

HENRY GARLAND fl.1854-1890. Painter of landscape and genre. Lived in Winchester and London. Exhib. at RA, 1854-90, BI and SS. Works by him are in Leicester, York and Sunderland AG. Also recorded as living in Winchester are T. Valentine, Valentine Thomas and William Garland, all painters of domestic genre. Graves’s Dictionary lists T. Valentine, Valentine Thomas (q.v.) and T.W. Garland separately, but it seems probable that they are all the same artist.

Although not a picture of animals this is on of our favourite pictures.

Available as a Limited Edition Print or as a Greeting Card.

‘Young Shrimpers’ by Robert Gemmell Hutchison. Watercolour.

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:04:11 +0000

ROBERT GEMMELL HUTCHISON RSA RSW 1855-1936.
Scottish genre and portrait painter. Born in Edinburgh where he studied at the Board of Manufacturers School of Art. Began to exhibit at RSA 1879, RA 1880, and GG. Using a broad and vigorous style, Hutchison painted children, sailors, workmen, homely domestic scenes and landscapes. His work shows influence of Dutch painters such as Israels and Blommers, and is anti-sentimental, literal and realistic. Elected RSW 1895, ARSA 1901, RSA 1911.

'Idle Days' by Fred Hall. Oil on board.

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:03:00 +0000

FREDERICK HALL 1860-1948. Painter of landscape and rustic genre. Studied at Lincoln School of Art and at Antwerp under Verlat. From 1883-98 he was a member of the Newlyn School in Cornwall, with Stanhope Forbes and F. Bramley (qq.v.), etc. His pictures show identification with their ideas about social realism and plein-air painting, but Hall also pandered to the popular taste for storytelling pictures, e.g. ‘The Result of High Living’, RA, 1892. Exhib. at RA from 1887, SS, GG and NG. Also exhib. in Paris and Venice. Hall was also known for his caricature drawings.

'The Uninvited Lunch Guest' by Robert Morley. Oil on board.

Thu, 1 Jan 2009 12:01:45 +0000

ROBERT MORLEY RBA 1857-1941. Painter of animal subjects, landscapes, genre and historical subjects. Lived in Frensham, Surrey and Stroud, Gloucestershire. Son of Professor Henry Morley, LLD. Educated at the Slade School under Pynter and Legros, and afterwards at Munich and Rome. Was Slade Scholar and Painting Medallist. Exhib. from 1879, at the RA from 1884, SS and elsewhere. At first he largely exhib. figure subjects but after 1888 turned to animal painting and landscape. RBA 1889; Hon. Sec. RBA and subsequently Hon. Treasurer 1890-6. In 1921 he exhib. at the Society of Animal Painters “half a dozen ‘anecdotes’ rendered with his wonted taste for the whimsicalities of animal life!”; and in 1922 at the SBA ‘The Manor Farm 1693’ – “a sincere record of a charming stone-built house”.