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DESCRIPTION:
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Heywood Hardy was a painter and watercolourist of animals, sporting subjects and genre. He was born in Bristol where he later studied, also studying in Paris and Antwerp. He moved to London in 1870 and later settled in Worthing. Hardy was also an engraver and illustrator who contributed to the Illustrated London News and the Graphic.
One of Hardy’s trademarks is his ability to paint his animals with a notable degree of sensitivity, demonstrating a great understanding of horses. However, this unusual subject matter identifies his ability to accurately portray other forms of wildlife and in this example his peacocks are to be much admired.
Hardy exhibited thirty works at the Royal Academy, British Institution, Suffolk Street, Old Watercolour Society and the New Gallery. He also exhibited at the Baillie Gallery, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Dowdeswell Galleries, Fine Art Society, Grosvenor Gallery, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Manchester City Art Gallery, New Gallery, Royal Society of Painter Etchers and Engravers, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Arthur Tooth & Son’s Gallery.
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