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Harry Hope Read

Harry Hope Read (1882 - 1959) was active/lived in United Kingdom, England.  Harry Read is known for Abstract figure, landscape and genre painting, pen and ink drawing of nudes.

Harold Hope Read was born in Greenwich, England in 1881 and later lived in Lewisham in London, Brighton and Tunbridge Wells, where he passed away in 1959. During his years in Tunbridge Wells, Hope Read lived an avant-garde lifestyle with his live-in housekeeper, life model and mistress, whom we know only as Hilda. Here the artist became known as the 'the Bohemian of Tunbridge Wells' and his work is now acknowledged as the precursor of that of Edward Ardizzone's (1900-1979).

Hope Read’s involvement with his patron, Charles Lambert Rutherston, and fellow artists William Orpen (1878-1931) and Sir William Rothenstein (1872-1945) has been credited for inspiring the series of paintings and drawings he titled High Life. In this series Hope Read depicts the wealthy and famous clientele of his colleagues in a lavishly detailed drawing style. Through this style he conveys the opulence of the members of high-society he encountered, including their luxurious costumes and grand interi   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2755 characters.]  Artist bio

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