Charles Edward Hallé (1846–1914), sometimes given as Edward Charles Hallé, was an English Victorian painter and gallery manager. He was a painter of history scenes, genre scenes, and portraits. Although born only two years before the founding the

Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (PRB), later known as the Pre-Raphaelites, was a group of English painters, poets, and art critics, founded in 1848 by William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Michael Rossett ...

, stylistically Hallé was aligned with the aesthetic of the so-called "second wave" of that group, and artists such as

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Life

Born in

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, Hallé was the son of Sir Charles Hallé, the German-born pianist and orchestra conductor, who emigrated to England during the revolution of 1848. His younger sister was sculptor and inventor Elinor Hallé CBE. His first professors were Richard Doyle and Carlo Marochetti when he entered the School of the

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in London. At seventeen years of age he travelled to France and worked with Victor Mottez, a student of Ingres. From France he travelled to Italy. He was attracted to the tradition of

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found in Rome. Upon his return to London he exhibited four paintings at the Royal Academy in London in 1866, and then departed for

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. He studied the techniques of the Venetian masters and tried to paint in their style. He then returned to England and settled permanently in London. In 1877, with J. Comyns Carr, he assisted Lord

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in the creation of the Grosvenor Gallery. In 1888 with Burne-Jones, he founded the New Gallery in Regent Street. He exhibited frequently in the two galleries he helped found. His works have been displayed in the museum in Sheffield. in January 1900 he joined the South African Conciliation Committee which was looking for a peaceful settlement of the 2nd Boer War. In 1909, he published his reminiscences, ''Notes from a Painter's Life'', a valuable if somewhat cantankerous source-book. Charles Hallé is mentioned very fondly by Isadora Duncan in her 1927 book ''My Life'', published the year of her death. She describes the activities she and Charles enjoyed together in Paris, long strolls, trips to the countryside, gallery tramping and dining. She said, "I danced for him in the forest and he made sketches of me."

Gallery

File:Charles Edward Hallé - Paolo and Francesca 01.jpg, '' Paolo and Francesca'' File:Charles Edward Hallé - Francesca and Her Lute.jpg, ''Francesca and her Lute'' File:Charles Edward Hallé - Preparing for the Ball.jpg, ''Preparing for the Ball''

References

External links

Biography at European Art Gallery
{{DEFAULTSORT:Halle, Charles Edward 19th-century English painters English male painters 20th-century English painters English history painters English genre painters 1846 births 1914 deaths 19th-century English male artists Pre-Raphaelite painters 20th-century English male artists