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 and trained at the Penzance School of Arts under Norman Garstin and the Académie Julian 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 Penzance. 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 Académie Julian in Paris under Norman Garstin. In 1896, he studied at both the Académie Delécluse and the Académie 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 Laura Knight, Harold Knight, Annie Walke, and Father Bernard Walke 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.
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, Conwy 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, particularly with artists from the Lamorna valley.
In 1920, Harvey and his best friend Ernest Procter established the Harvey-Procter School in Newlyn, Cornwall.Ernest Procter. Cornwall Artists. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
Selected works Name Year Image Comments A Summer Night 1941 or before A view of Paul Newlyn Cornwall 1941 or before Three Boys 1904 From the University of Exeter's Fine Art Collection Gertrude in an Interior 1929 St Just Tin Miners The work is in the permanent collection of the Royal Cornwall Museum. Study for The Top of the Bus 1941 or before Supper Time 1909 The Blackberry Harvest 1941 or before The Lady Wheal Reeth Tin Mine 1934 The Letter 1937 The Red Silk Shawl 1932 The Stream in Winter 1933 Two Young Girls with a Butterfly 1929 Unloading the Boats, Newlyn Harbour 1906 The Mangolds 1904 From the University of Exeter's Fine Art Collection
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, London - with Gertrude 1920 - Leicester Galleries, London - with Gertrude 1921 - Newlyn Art Gallery 1921-1941 - Royal Academy 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
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Penlee House Gallery biography