Philip Connard

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Philip Connard
CVO RA RWS
Self-portrait of Connard (c. 1910/1920)
Born(1875-03-24)24 March 1875
Southport, England
Died8 December 1958(1958-12-08) (aged 83)
Twickenham, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materRoyal College of Art
Known forOil paintings, Watercolour paintings, War art
Spouse(s)Mary Collyer (m. N/A; died 1927)
Georgina Yorke
​
(m. 1933)​

Philip Connard,

RA, RWS
(24 March 1875 – 8 December 1958) was a British painter known particularly for his paintings of decorative landscapes. Connard rose from humble origins to become an eminent artist in oils and watercolours whose commissions brought him royal recognition.

Life and career

Making an Attack (circa. 1918)

Connard left school with the minimum state education and went into the building trade as a house painter.

Lambeth School of Art where he taught artists such as Edmund Blampied. While teaching at Lambeth he submitted pictures to the New English Art Club and became known as a painter in oils of romantic decorative landscapes with figures such as pierettes or birds. His compositions were said to be ‘graceful, airy and highly individual in conception’.[1]

Although he was nearly 40 years old when the

Zeebrugge raid.[2] This work for the Navy is in the Imperial War Museum
in London.

Connard was given a number of important decorative commissions: murals at

National Museum of Wales.[citation needed
]

Connard was elected an associate of the

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. Connard, meanwhile, did not forget his hometown: he was the founding President of The Southport Palette Club, established in 1921 to hold annual exhibitions of the work of local artists, and he retained this position until his death in 1958.[4]

Connard married twice: his first wife, Mary Collyer, with whom he had two daughters, died in 1927; in 1933 he married Georgina Yorke, whom he depicted in many of his later paintings of interiors.[1] He lived for several years in Richmond, Surrey with Scottish artist Anne Finlay.[5]

Collections

Connard's works are housed all over England. Several of his works are also housed around Wales. His work is in numerous public and private collections worldwide, including:

Gallery

Several of the paintings done by Connard during World War I.

References

  1. ^ a b c Anonymous (1958). Mr. Philip Connard. An accomplished painter. The Times 9 December 1958,No. 54,329, p 16
  2. ^ Tennyson, Charles (1958). Mr. Philip Connard. The Times 15 December 1958, No. 54,334, p 14
  3. ^ a b British Art in French Collections, Louvre Museum Database.
  4. ^ Southport Palette Club: 36th Annual Exhibition, Nov. 9th - Dec. 6th, 1959 [exhibition catalogue with notice of Philip Connard's death].
  5. ^ "Orleans House Gallery Collections Catalogue – Anne Finlay – London Borough of Richmond upon Thames". www.richmond.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.

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