Thomas Hearne (artist)
Thomas Hearne (22 September 1744 – 13 April 1817) was an English landscape painter,
Early life
Thomas Hearne was born at Marshfield, Gloucestershire. When he was five years old, his father, William, died and Thomas moved with his mother, Prudence, to Brinkworth, Wiltshire. One of his biographers, Simon Fenwick, suggests that the nearby Malmesbury Abbey proved an inspiration to Hearne's later interest in Gothic architecture. As a teenager he was apprenticed to his uncle who worked as a pastry cook in Maiden Lane, Covent Garden. Next door was a print shop; Miller, the engraver, no doubt facilitated his move to the profession of artist.[6]
In its early years, the Royal Society of Arts offered prizes—which it called "premiums"—for people who could successfully achieve one of a number of published challenges. In 1763 Hearne was awarded a guinea premium for a still life. The next year he received 8 guineas for an equestrian piece.[6] By 1765 he had become apprenticed to the engraver William Woollett, who came to consider him the finest landscape engraver of his day and with whom he stayed for six years.
Early in 1771 Hearne spent six weeks with Woollett and the young
Career
Before the invention of photography it was the custom for topographical watercolour artists to travel abroad with the Governors of Colonies.
In 1777, in conjunction with engraver
Byrne further worked with Hearne, using the artist's designs for Rural Sports from 1780.[11]
Influence and impact
Richard Payne Knight, enthusiast of the 'picturesque' style, commissioned Hearne to produce several drawings of the grounds of his home, Downton Castle in Herefordshire.[12]
Hearne's art influenced
Hearne, as part of Regency London's artistic establishment was sketched by
Posthumous
Hearne died in Macclesfield Street, Soho, London on 13 April 1817, and was buried at Bushey, Hertfordshire.
At the 1857 Manchester Exhibition works by Hearne included: Old Ruin and Trees; Glasgow; and Holy Island Cathedral.
From the 1900s, art historian and collector Adolph Oppé, took an interest in 18th- and early 19th-century British watercolours, a subject which had been little studied before. In 1996 the
In February 1966
Thomas Hearne's paintings are now owned by many museums and public art galleries across the world, including
References
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- ^ "Category: Classified ads". The Bury and Norwich Post. 13 December 1809.
- ^ "National Portrait Gallery – Portrait – NPG 1653; Thomas Hearne". Retrieved 10 November 2010.
- Glasgow Herald. 16 September 1857.
- ^ "The Royal Academy". The Morning Post. 3 January 1891.
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- ^ "£3,000 Paid for a Pair of Meissen Plaques". The Times. 23 February 1966.
- ^ "Charge of the medal brigade". The Times. 10 July 1994.
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- ^ "drawing | British Museum". The British Museum. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ "Beverstone Castle, West View". Indianapolis Museum of Art Online Collection. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
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- ^ "Goodrich Castle on the Wye - YCBA Collections Search". collections.britishart.yale.edu. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ "The River Teme at Downton, Herefordshire | Hearne, Thomas | V&A Search the Collections". V and A Collections. 8 January 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ "Exchange: The Cistercian Abbey at Roche, Yorkshire". exchange.umma.umich.edu. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ "Old Tree". Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
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Attribution:
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Hearne, Thomas (1744–1817)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
Further reading
- Champness, John (1993). Lancaster Castle: A Brief History. Lancashire County Books. ISBN 1-871236-26-6.
- Hearne, Thomas: Antiquities of Great-Britain (London: Printed by J. Phillips and published by T. Hearne and W. Byrne, 1786–1807).
- Graves, Algernon. Dictionary of Artists(London, G. Bell and sons, 1907).
- Morris, David. Thomas Hearne and his landscape (London: Reaktion Books, 1989).
- Hargraves, Matthew. Great British Watercolors: From the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale University Press, 2007) p. 38 ff.
External links
- Thomas Hearne online (ArtCyclopedia)
- Paintings by Thomas Hearne (Tate online)
- Etchings of works by Hearne (National Maritime Museum)
- Works by Hearne (Victoria Art Gallery
- Portrait engraving of Thomas Hearne (V&A)
- Man Seated On A Fallen Branch On A Woodland Path (Pencil drawing – Art Renewal Center)
- The Monnow Bridge (swanseaheritage.net)