Cranbrook Colony
In the Cranbrook Colony lived and worked in the English Cranbrook in the second half of the 19th century, genre painters who mainly depicted rural life in the county of Kent in their works . The Dutch and Flemish masters from the 17th century served as models .
Frederick Daniel Hardy (1827–1911) of Windsor, Berkshire , was so fond of the area that he settled in Cranbrook in 1853 and stayed there until his death in 1911. In 1857 his mentor Thomas Webster (1800-1886) was resident and also stayed.
Later came Frederick Hardy's brother George Hardy (1822-1909), John Callcott Horsley and George Bernard O'Neill (1828-1917). George Henry Boughton and Augustus Edwin Mulready (1844–1905) often visited .
The pictures sold well. Midlands industrialists were grateful customers.
There were imitators - for example William Henry Knight (1823–1863).
Web links
- The Cranbrook Museum (English)
- Entry at Xamou art (English)
- Images on Pinterest