Hedley Fitton

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Southwark Cathedral
Little Market, Vincenzia, Italy (1918)

Hedley Fitton (c. 1858 – 19 July 1929) was an English engraver and printmaker noted mainly for his architectural etchings. His etchings included street scenes and important cathedrals in London, Florence, Edinburgh, Manchester,[1] and Paris. In 1907 the Société des Artistes Français awarded Fitton a gold medal for his work.

Fitton was born in Didsbury, Manchester, and was a pupil at the Warrington School of Art in Cheshire. He travelled and worked extensively in England, Scotland, France and Italy. He lived in Didsbury in the 1890s, working as editor and illustrator for The Daily Chronicle in Manchester, and around 1898 at Shottermill in Surrey - the rest of his life was spent at Haslemere in Surrey.

Hedley Fitton was familiar with the old windmills on the southeast coast not far from London and produced a popular etching called The Two Mills. His best known works are The Pantheon, Rome and The Rose Window, Notre Dame.[2] His etchings depict many of the venerated landmarks of the time.[3]

Flood Brook, Runcorn

His work was exhibited at the Royal Academy, Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, Royal Watercolour Association and at the Paris Salon.[4] His work is also held in the permanent collections of several institutions worldwide, including the Princeton University Art Museum,[2] the La Salle University Art Museum,[5] the British Museum,[6] the Kirkcudbright Galleries,[7] the Harvard Art Museums,[8] the Detroit Institute of Arts,[9] the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,[10] the University of Michigan Museum of Art,[11] the Smart Museum of Art,[12] and Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales.[13]

He died in Haslemere, Surrey.

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Bibliography[edit]

  • Dunthorne, Robert - Illustrated Catalogue of Etchings by Hedley Fitton, R.E. with Descriptions. (London, 1911)
  • Fuller, Errol - Hedley Fitton: The Accent of Truth. (Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK, 2010). ISBN 978-0-9533553-2-7
  • Banks, Mrs. Linnaeus - The Manchester Man - Illustrated by Charles Green and Hedley Fitton - Manchester, Abel Heywood & Son (1896)

References[edit]

  1. ^ The Quiver. Cassell limited. 1894.
  2. ^ a b "The Rose Window, Notre Dame, Paris (1998-35)". artmuseum.princeton.edu. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  3. ^ Romulata
  4. ^ "Heatons biography". Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
  5. ^ "La Salle University Art Museum Collections - Hedley Fitton". artcollection.lasalle.edu. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Collections Online | British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Hedley Fitton | Kirkcudbright Galleries | Dumfries and Galloway | Artists | Gallery". Kirkcudbright Galleries. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  8. ^ Harvard. "Harvard Art Museums". harvardartmuseums.org. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Saint Maclou, Rouen". www.dia.org. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Works – Hedley Fitton – Artists/Makers – The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art". art.nelson-atkins.org. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Exchange: The Two Mills". exchange.umma.umich.edu. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Works | Hedley Fitton | People | Smart Museum of Art | The University of Chicago". smartcollection.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Collections Online". National Museum Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
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