Frederick William Hulme (22 October 1816 – 14 November 1884) was an English landscape painter and illustrator. Hulme was born in Swinton in

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, the son of Jesse Hulme and Elizabeth Trewolla. His mother was a

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and it was from her that he received his first lessons. He first exhibited in 1841 in

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. Hulme married Caroline Jackson. Their only son, Frederick Edward Hulme, born in March 1841 in Hanley, Staffordshire, became a notable teacher, writer and amateur botanist known for his drawings of flowers. In 1844 Hulme moved to London where he provided designs for engravers for publications such as "

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. The 1851 census showed him living at 4

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. He practiced as a teacher of drawing and painting and, in 1850, published a text book in 4 parts called "A Graduated Series of Drawing Copies on Landscape Subjects for Use of Schools". He illustrated a number of books including

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's ''Poetical Works of E. A. Poe'' in 1853, and

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's ''Book of South Wales'' in 1861. He occasionally worked on pictures in conjunction with other artists, including Henry Brittan Willis. Hulme is known for his landscape paintings of Surrey and

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- he was a frequent visitor to Bettws-y-Coed in the Conway valley - but he also painted in other areas of the country.Albert Nicholson (rev. Romita Ray).
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' (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 - accessed 9 April 2010). A part work publication entitled "The land we live in" included several views of

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Hulme notably exhibited work at the Royal Academy from 1852 to 1884, the British Institution from 1845 to 1862, the

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and other smaller galleries. The brightness and precision of his landscapes have been compared to those of

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and to

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- another Birmingham artist who had first exhibited fourteen years before. Hulme died in Kensington, London in 1884. In 2002, an 1865 Hulme landscape, "Sheep resting in a woodland glade" sold for £33,000 at Christie's auction house, London.Sheep resting in a woodland glade

Bibliography

*''A Graduated Series of Drawing Copies on Landscape Subjects for Use of Schools'' (1850).

References

External links

Paintings by Hulme
(Art Renewal Center Museum)

(1848 painting) {{DEFAULTSORT:Hulme, Frederick William 19th-century English painters English male painters Landscape artists English watercolourists English illustrators 1816 births 1884 deaths People from Swinton, South Yorkshire 19th-century English male artists