Arthur Trevor Haddon (22 August 1864 – 13 December 1941), also known as Trevor Haddon, was a British painter and illustrator.
Life and career
Arthur Trevor Haddon was born on 22 August 1864 in London. He won a scholarship to the prestigious
Slade School of Fine Art
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and enrolled in 1883. There, he studied under
Alphonse Legros
Alphonse Legros (8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist. He moved to London in 1863 and later took British citizenship. He was important as a teacher in the British etching rev ...
. He also studied with
Hubert von Herkomer
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from 1888 to 1890.
Although he lived primarily in London and Cambridge, Haddon traveled to Rome, Madrid, Venice, California, South America, Hawaii, and Asia. He died in Cambridge on December 13, 1941, at age 77.
Calton Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Work
Haddon was both a painter and illustrator.
Selected paintings
File:'Palm Fringed Shore' by Arthur Trevor Haddon, c. 1826.JPG, ''Palm Fringed Shore,'' c. 1826
File:Arthur Trevor Haddon Spanische Straßenszene.jpg, ''Spanish Streetscape,'' date unknown
File:Herman Finck by Arthur Trevor Haddon (1939).jpg, Pastel portrait of Herman Finck
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(1939)
Illustrations in publications
Haddon illustrated the following works:
* Browne, Edith A., ''Peeps at Many Lands: Spain, with twelve full-page illustrations in colour by Trevor Haddon and Edgar T. A. Wigram'', London: Adam & Charles Black, 1910
* Calvert, Albert Frederick, ''Granada Present and Bygone'', (illustrations by Trevor Haddon), J. M. Dent, London, 1908
* Calvert, Albert Frederick, ''Southern Spain: Painted By Trevor Haddon'', A. & C. Black, Ltd., London, 1908
* Gould, Baring, '' A Book of the Rhine from Cleve to Mainz. With eight Illustrations in Colour by Trevor Haddon'', London, Methuen 1906
* Nye, G.H.F, ''Our Island Home'' (8 illustrations by Trevor Haddon), Bemrose & Sons, Limited, London, c. 1898
* Okey, Thomas, '' The Old Venetian Palaces and Old Venetian Folk. With Fifty Coloured and Other Illustrations by Trevor Haddon'', London. J. M. Dent & Co. 1907
* Thirlmere, Rowland, ''Letters from Catalonia and other parts of Spain'' (illustrations by Trevor Haddon), Hutchinson & Co., London, 1905
See also
*List of Orientalist artists
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*Orientalism
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References
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1864 births
1941 deaths
19th-century British painters
20th-century British painters
British male painters
Hawaii artists
Orientalist painters
19th-century British male artists
20th-century British male artists