Harold Harvey (1874–1941) was a Newlyn School painter who painted scenes of working class Cornish fishermen, farmers and miners and Cornish landscapes. He was born in

Penzance Penzance ( ; kw, Pennsans) is a town, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is about west-southwest of Plymouth and west-southwest of London. Situated ...

and trained at the Penzance School of Arts under

Norman Garstin Norman Garstin (28 August 1847 – 22 June 1926) was an Irish artist, teacher, art critic and journalist associated with the Newlyn School of painters. After completing his studies in Antwerp and Paris, Garstin travelled around Europe and pa ...

and the

Académie Julian The Académie Julian () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907) that was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number a ...

in Paris (1894–1896).

Private life

Harold Charles Francis Harvey was born to Mary Bellringer Harvey and Francis McFarland Harvey on 20 May 1874 in

. His father was a bank clerk. During his youth, he was home schooled.''Harold Harvey.''
Cornwall Artists. Retrieved 2 October 2012. From 1894 to 1896, he studied art at the Academie Julian in Paris under

. In 1896, he studied at both the

Académie Delécluse The Académie Delécluse was an atelier-style art school in Paris, France, founded in the late 19th century by the painter Auguste Joseph Delécluse. It was exceptionally supportive of women artists, with more space being given to women students t ...

and the Academie Colarossi. Prior to 1911, Harvey lived in Penzance. In 1911, Harvey married fellow artist Gertrude Bodinnar. They first met when Gertrude posed for Harvey. She discovered that she had artistic talent and became an artist in her own right in a wide range of visual and textile arts. The married couple lived in Newlyn at Maen Cottage. Friends of the Harveys included

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Harold Knight Harold Knight (27 January 1874 – 3 October 1961) was an English portrait, genre and landscape painter. Knight was born in Nottingham, England, the son of William Knight (architect), William Knight, architect, and studied at Nottingham School ...

Annie Walke Annie Walke or Anne Fearon Walke (1877 in Banstead, Surrey – 1965 in Penzance) was an English artist.Bernard Walke Bernard Walke, born Nicolo Bernard Walke, was an English Anglican priest. Most of his ministry was in three Cornish parishes; he was parish priest of St Hilary from 1913 to 1936. Personal life Bernard Walke was the eldest of three sons of a ...

of St Hilary Church.''Gertrude Harvey.''
Cornwall Artists. Retrieved 2 October 2012. Late in his life, he converted to Catholicism. He died in Newlyn on 19 May 1941 and was buried in Penzance at the St Clare Cemetery. Gertrude lived in their cottage until 1960 when she moved into a St Just nursing home. She died six years later. Harold_Harvey_-_Pioneer_of_Aerial_Navigation

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Career

After completing his schooling in Paris, Harvey returned to Penzance and began working with Norman Garstin. His works included landscapes and life settings of his native Cornwall, religious themes and interiors. He used oil and watercolour paints. From 1909 to 1913, he was an Associate of the

Royal Cambrian Academy of Art The Royal Cambrian Academy of Art (RCA) is a centre of excellence for art in Wales. Its main gallery is located in Conwy and it has over a hundred members. image:Plas Mawr.jpg, 240px, Plas Mawr, Conwy Early history During the 19th century there we ...

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and, in 1910, he was a member of the South Wales Art Society. From about 1910 and into the early 1930s, he was a member of the

Newlyn Society of Artists Newlyn Society of Artists, often abbreviated to NSA, is an artists association founded in 1896. It is based in Newlyn, Cornwall. It was founded by a group of local artists to organise exhibitions at the new Newlyn Art Gallery built by John Passmore ...

, particularly with artists from the

Lamorna Lamorna ( kw, Nansmornow) is a village, valley and cove in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is on the Penwith peninsula approximately south of Penzance. Lamorna became popular with the artists of the Newlyn School, including Alfred Munnings, Lau ...

valley. In 1920, Harvey and his best friend

Ernest Procter Ernest Procter (22 March 1885–21 October 1935) was an English designer, illustrator and painter, and husband of artist Dod Procter. He was actively involved with the Newlyn School, partner of the Harvey-Procter School and an instructor ...

established the Harvey-Procter School in Newlyn, Cornwall.''Ernest Procter.''
Cornwall Artists. Retrieved 2 October 2012.

Works

Exhibitions

His work was exhibited starting in 1895 as follows: * In Whitechapel, other locations in Britain, Pittsburgh and Venice * 1895 - Newlyn Art Gallery * 1899 - Newlyn Art Gallery * 1909 - Newlyn Art Gallery - he had his first gallery sale * 1913 - Mendoza Gallery, London * 1914 - Newlyn Art Gallery * 1918 -

Leicester Galleries Leicester Galleries was an art gallery located in London from 1902 to 1977 that held exhibitions of modern British, French and international artists' works. Its name was acquired in 1984 by Peter Nahum, who operates "Peter Nahum at the Leiceste ...

, London - with Gertrude * 1920 - Leicester Galleries, London - with Gertrude * 1921 - Newlyn Art Gallery * 1921-1941 -

Royal Academy The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its pur ...

* 1924-1928 - Newlyn Art Gallery * 1924 - Oldham Municipal Gallery Spring Exhibition * 1927 - Leicester Galleries, London * 1932 - Barbizon House, London * 1937 - Bristol * 1939 - Bristol Posthumous exhibitions: * 1979 - Artists of the Newlyn School, Part 1 * 1985 - Artists of the Newlyn School, Part 2 * 1987 - Looking West, Newlyn Art Gallery and Royal Cambrian Academy * 1989 - A Century of Art in Cornwall 1889–1989, Truro, CCC Centennial * 1992 - Artists from Cornwall, 1992 Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

References

External links

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Penlee House Gallery biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Harvey, Harold 1874 births 1941 deaths Painters from Cornwall People from Penzance Académie Julian alumni Académie Colarossi alumni British landscape painters Newlyn School of Artists 20th-century English painters English male painters Académie Delécluse alumni 20th-century English male artists