Harry Hall (painter)

Harry Hall (* 1816 in Cambridge, † April 22, 1882 ) was a British animal painter who specialized in portraits of horses.

Life

Maybe Harry Hall was educated at Abraham Cooper. In 1838 he presented for the first time from the Royal Academy of Arts. At that time he showed a portrait of Edward Wetherby, Esq. He lived at that time still in St. John 's Wood (London), so he moved well in the early 1840s to Newmarket and focused on representations of animals. He worked for various magazines such as British Race Horses, The Sporting Review, The Field and The Illustrated London News, and also -fed continue the exhibitions of the Royal Academy. Also at the British Institution he presented from 1847 to 1866 repeatedly from, also from 1839 to 1875 at the Royal Society of British Artists. Overall, he was there 27 pictures.

Over 40 years of his life, Hall worked in Newmarket; However, he also adopted jobs abroad. So he still traveled at an advanced age to the racing stables Lefevre at Chantilly, where he painted many horses. He died of a stroke on the job at a presentation of the mare Lucetta of Prince Dimitri Soltykoff.

After the death of John Frederick Herring Senior (1795-1865), he was probably the most sought after Tierporträtist his time. A total of 114 horses portraits were reproduced as engravings in the Sporting Magazine. His portrait of the horse Irish Bird Catcher is in the collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art; numerous other images Halls can be found in collections around the world.

Pictures

Fantastic, 1863

Prince Plausible from the stable Gusztáv Batthyánys under jockey G. Fordham, 1860s

Isonomy, 1878/79