Harry Hall

Harry Hall, self-portrait

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

Life

Harry Hall may have been trained by Abraham Cooper . In 1838 he exhibited for the first time at the Royal Academy of Arts . At that time he showed a portrait of Edward Wetherby, Esq. While he was still living in St. John's Wood (London) at the time , he probably moved to Newmarket in the early 1840s and concentrated on depicting animals. He worked for various magazines such as British Racehorses , The Sporting Review , The Field and The Illustrated London News and continued to feed the exhibitions at the Royal Academy. He also exhibited at the British Institution from 1847 to 1866, and from 1839 to 1875 at the Royal Society of British Artists. He showed a total of 27 pictures there.

Hall worked in Newmarket for over 40 years; However, he also accepted orders abroad. At an advanced age he traveled to the Lefevres racing stables near Chantilly , where he painted numerous horses. He died of a stroke while working on a portrayal of Prince Dimitri Soltykoff's mare Lucetta .

After the death of John Frederick Herring senior (1795–1865) he was probably the most sought-after animal portraitist of his time. A total of 114 horse portraits were reproduced as engravings in Sporting Magazine. His portrait of the Irish Birdcatcher horse is in the collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art ; numerous other pictures by Hall can be found in collections around the world.