Henry Strachey (1863–1940) was an

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painter, art critic and writer. Known as ''Harry'', he was the son of

Sir Edward Strachey, 3rd Baronet Sir Edward Strachey, 3rd Baronet (1812–1901) was an English man of letters. Life Born at Sutton Court, Chew Magna, Somerset, on 12 August 1812, he was eldest of the six sons of Edward Strachey (1774–1832) of the Bengal service of the East Ind ...

, and a cousin of

Lytton Strachey Giles Lytton Strachey (; 1 March 1880 – 21 January 1932) was an English writer and critic. A founding member of the Bloomsbury Group and author of ''Eminent Victorians'', he established a new form of biography in which psychological insight ...

. He studied at the

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and exhibited widely between 1888 and 1923 at many galleries and shows, including the Royal Society of Artists in

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(four times), the

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, the

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(twice), the London Salon (eight times), the

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, the New Gallery (three times) and the

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(ten times). He was an accomplished portrait painter and amongst his subjects, in 1914, was the 7 year old Brenda Capron who is better known under her married name as the artist Brenda Pye. He executed a series of panels for the County Council's dining room at Brockwell Park in South London, ''"representing typical scenes of country life : Dawn, with mowers going to work in the field; Noon, two pinafored children by a spray of dog-roses in a field ; Evening, the hay in the stack ; Afternoon, labourers at tea by the side of a stream ; and a large panel of twenty feet or so, the length of the room, showing labourers at work in a wide hayfield."'' He was the

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of ''

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'' magazine (1896–1922). He wrote a book on "''Raphael''" published by G. Bell & Sons, Ltd. London in 1900, which was one of ''The Great Masters in Painting and Sculpture'' series edited by G. C. Williamson. Inside the

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are wall paintings by Strachey from the early 20th century. There are life-sized representations of St Nicholas and St Mary on either side of the altar. Also in the chancel are paintings of the miraculous

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and of disciples on the

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. The

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is pictured over the chancel arch with an equal number of angels of light and darkness. File:Brenda Capron painted by Henry Strachey in 1914.JPG, Portrait of Brenda Capron signed and dated "HENRY STRACHEY 1914" (Oil on canvas, private collection) File:Stowey church interior showing Strachey picture.jpg, The

by Strachey in the

References

* Jane Johnson and A. Greutzner, ''Dictionary of British Artists 1880–1940'', 1976. {{DEFAULTSORT:Strachey, Henry 1863 births 1940 deaths Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art English art critics Younger sons of baronets Henry (artist) English male non-fiction writers