George Hardy (artist)
Appearance
George Hardy (1822–1909) was an English genre painter, a member of the Cranbrook Colony and eldest brother to Frederick Daniel Hardy.[1][2]
Hardy was born in Brighton in Sussex the first son (of 8 children) of George Hardy (1795-1877), a musician to George IV, Queen Adelaide, and Queen Victoria in the Royal household at Windsor. His mother was Sarah Lloyd (1803-1872).
Hardy became an oil painter of light-hearted genre subjects and moved to the artists' colony in Cranbrook in Kent. He married Ellen Hutton in May 1862 and the couple had 3 children.
Hardy died at Warbleton, Sussex in 1909.
Notes
- ^ Hardy, Kimber G. (2016). The Hardy Family of Artists: Frederick Daniel, George, Heywood, James and their descendants. Woodbridge, Suffolk UK: ACC Art Books Ltd. ISBN 978 185149 826 0.
- ^ George Hardy Biography ("The Weald - people, history and genealogy").
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