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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hal_Hurst > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hal_Hurst.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Hurst > Source revision: 1355170403 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|English painter (1865–1938)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{EngvarB|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Hal Hurst | image = Hal Hurst (1865–1938).png | alt = | caption = In ''[The Sketch](/source/The_Sketch)'', 24 October 1900 | birth_name = Henry William Lowe Hurst | birth_date = {{Birth date|1865|08|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = [London](/source/London), England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1938|12|23|1865|08|26|df=yes}} | death_place = | burial_place = | occupation = Artist | awards = | spouse = | children = | education = | signature = | party = }} '''Henry William Lowe''' "'''Hal'''" '''Hurst''', {{post-nominals|list=[RI](/source/Royal_Institute_of_Painters_in_Water_Colours) [RBA](/source/Royal_Society_of_British_Artists) [ROI](/source/Royal_Institute_of_Oil_Painters) [RMS](/source/Royal_Society_of_Miniature_Painters%2C_Sculptors_and_Gravers)}} (1865–1938) was an English painter, [etcher](/source/etcher), [miniaturist](/source/Portrait_miniature), illustrator and founding member of the [Royal Miniature Society](/source/Royal_Miniature_Society).''The Dictionary of British Artists 1880–1940'' (Antique Collectors Club, 1980)Houfe, S. ''The Dictionary of 19th Century British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists'' (Antique Collectors' Club, 1996){{cite magazine|title=Hurst, Hal|magazine=Who's Who|year=1907|volume= 59|page=900|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yEcuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA900}} ==Life and work== thumb|''Percy Groves in the Battle of Chillianwalla'' Born Henry William Lowe Hurst in London on 26 August 1865, he was the son of Henry Hurst, a well-known African traveller and publisher ([Hurst and Blackett](/source/Hurst_and_Blackett)). He was educated at [St. Paul's School](/source/St_Paul's_School_(London)) in London and soon after started recording the political instability of Ireland through drawings and illustrations.''Who's Who in Art'' (Third Edition, 1934){{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofbrit0000gran/page/175/mode/1up |title=Dictionary of British Artists: Working 1900–1950 |first=Grant M. |last=Waters |publisher=Eastbourne Fine Art |page=175 |date=1975 |access-date=2023-11-16 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration}} He travelled to the United States of America where he found work illustrating newspapers in New York City and [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia). Hal returned to Europe studying art at the [Royal Academy](/source/Royal_Academy) Schools and the [Académie Julian](/source/Acad%C3%A9mie_Julian) in Paris. He exhibited extensively at all the principal London galleries and was elected member of the [Royal Society of British Artists](/source/Royal_Society_of_British_Artists) in 1896, [Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours](/source/Royal_Institute_of_Painters_in_Water_Colours) in 1898, and the [Royal Institute of Oil Painters](/source/Royal_Institute_of_Oil_Painters) in 1900. He was a founder member of the Royal Miniature Society from its inception in 1896 and elected vice-president, a position he held until stepping down in 1913 – he was given the distinction of honorary member status the following year. Hal shared a studio at 23a [South Audley Street](/source/South_Audley_Street), [Mayfair](/source/Mayfair), London with [Alyn Williams](/source/Alyn_Williams) founder of the [Royal Miniature Society](/source/Royal_Miniature_Society).{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/twentyyearsofmyl00slad/page/358/mode/1up |last=Sladen |first=Douglas |author-link=Douglas Sladen |title=Twenty Years of My Life |publisher=[E. P. Dutton](/source/E._P._Dutton) |place=New York |page=358 |date=1913 |access-date=2023-11-16 |via=Internet Archive}} An motivated, prolific and respected artist, Hal illustrated in excess of 20 published books including [Mark Twain](/source/Mark_Twain)'s ''[The American Claimant](/source/The_American_Claimant)''. In addition, his illustrations were published in ''[Punch](/source/Punch_(magazine))'', ''[Harper's Weekly](/source/Harper's_Weekly)'', ''[Vanity Fair](/source/Vanity_Fair_(British_magazine_1868-1914))'', ''[The Idler](/source/The_Idler_(1892%E2%80%931911))'' and the ''[Illustrated London News](/source/Illustrated_London_News)'', amongst others. He married and had one son and two daughters with whom he lived at 9 Colville Mansions, [Bayswater](/source/Bayswater). He was the friend and neighbour of [Douglas Sladen](/source/Douglas_Sladen), the well-known author and travel writer, who also owned many of Hurst's paintings. Sladen described Hurst as being "a very clever artist" and having a "beautiful young wife." The [National Art Library](/source/National_Art_Library), London holds letters written by Hurst to Sir [Isidore Spielmann](/source/Isidore_Spielmann) and Reginald S. Hunt.National Art Library Catalogue Hal Hurst died on 23 December 1938.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph-mr-hal-hurst/135319619/ |title=Mr. Hal Hurst |newspaper=[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph) |page=11 |date=1938-12-27 |access-date=2023-11-16 |via=Newspapers.com}} ==Exhibitions== ===Solo=== *Exhibition of paintings & sketches by Hal Hurst, R.B.A. – The Modern Gallery (1899), London *"Facts and fancies" in oil and water colour by Hal Hurst, R.I., R.B.A. – [The Dore Gallery](/source/The_Dore_Gallery), London *Exhibition of Water Colours by Hal Hurst, H.R.M.S., R.B.A., R.I – [Winnipeg Art Gallery](/source/Winnipeg_Art_Gallery), Canada ===Group=== *London of today together with some portraits by Hal Hurst, R.I., R.B.A., V.P.R.M.S. – [The Dore Gallery](/source/The_Dore_Gallery), London *Exposition Universalle – Paris (1900) ==Partial bibliography== ===Illustrations for books=== *''From Whose Bourne'' (1893) (written by [Robert Barr](/source/Robert_Barr_(writer%2C_born_1849)) and Luke Sharpe) *''A Woman Intervenes'' (written by Robert Barr and Luke Sharpe) *''The Serious Wooing'' (1908) (written by [John Oliver Hobbes](/source/John_Oliver_Hobbes), pseud Pearl Mary-Teresa Craigie) *[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100278149 ''The American Claimant''] (1892) (written by [Mark Twain](/source/Mark_Twain); co-illustrator [Dan Beard](/source/Daniel_Carter_Beard)) *[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100200452 ''Sir Roger's Heir – a Period Romance''] (1904) (written by [F. Frankfort Moore](/source/Frank_Frankfort_Moore)) *''The Knights of the White Rose'' (written by [George Griffith](/source/George_Griffith)) *''Sappers and Miners or The Flood Beneath the Sea'' (c.1900) (written by [George Manville Fenn](/source/George_Manville_Fenn)) *''Sou'wester And Sword: A Story of Struggle on Sea And Land'' (1917) (written by [Hugh St. Leger](/source/Hugh_St._Leger)) *''Novel Notes'' (1893) (written by [Jerome K. Jerome](/source/Jerome_K._Jerome)) *''Those Children'' (1899) (written by [Curtis Yorke](/source/Curtis_Yorke)) *''The Great Court Scandal'' (1907) (written by [William Le Queux](/source/William_Le_Queux)) *''Through the Sikh War: A Tale Of The Conquest Of The Punjaur'' (c.1890) (written by [G. A. Henty](/source/G._A._Henty)) *''Hunting for Gold, or Adventures in Klondyke'' (1897) (written by [Hume Nisbet](/source/Hume_Nisbet)) *''Vernon's Aunt: Being the Oriental Experiences of Miss Lavinia Moffat'' (1894) (written by [Sara Jeannette Duncan](/source/Sara_Jeannette_Duncan) (Mrs. Everard Cotes)) *''The Stir Outside The Cafe Royal; A Story Of Miss Van Snoop Detective: The Harmsworth Magazine Volume I 1898-9'' (1899) (written by Clarence Rook){{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/ladyinvestigates00patr/page/24/mode/1up |first1=Patricia |last1=Craig |first2=Mary |last2=Cadogan |title=The Lady Investigates |publisher=[Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press) |page=24 |date=1986 |isbn=0-19-281938-0 |access-date=2023-11-16 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration}} *''The Billsbury Election and Other Papers from Punch; With twenty-eight illustrations by Hal Hurst'' (1892) (written by [Rudolf Chambers Lehmann](/source/R._C._Lehmann)) *''The Arcadians: Souvenir Presented By Robert Courtneidge on the Occasion of the Second Anniversary Friday 28 April 1911'' (1911) (written by [Robert Courtneidge](/source/Robert_Courtneidge)) *''The Pictorial Record'' (1887) (written by Walter Tomlinson, with special articles by Thomas W. Harris, Charles Estcourt, and Joseph Nodal. Edited by [John Howard Nodal](/source/John_Howard_Nodal)) *''A Woman of the Commune'' (1896) (written by G. A. Henty) *''A Servant of the Public'' (c.1900) (written by [Anthony Hope](/source/Anthony_Hope)) *''Ships That Pass in the Night'' (1905) (written by [Beatrice Harraden](/source/Beatrice_Harraden)) *[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006533168 ''The Viper of Milan''] (written by [Marjorie Bowen](/source/Marjorie_Bowen)) ===Illustrations for periodicals and magazines=== *''Harper's Weekly'' (18 February 1888) *''Vanity Fair'' Cycling in Hyde Park (11 June 1896) *''Illustrated London News'' Cup Day at Ascot (25 June 1898) *''Illustrated London News'' (Christmas 1901) *''Cassell's Family Magazine'' Cover illustration *''The Idler'' (June 1893) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{commons category-inline}} * {{Gutenberg author |id=9885| name=Hal Hurst}} * {{Internet Archive author |sname=Hal Hurst |sopt=t}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hurst, Hal}} Category:1865 births Category:1938 deaths Category:19th-century English painters Category:English male painters Category:20th-century English painters Category:English landscape artists Category:People educated at St Paul's School, London Category:English portrait miniaturists Category:Vanity Fair (British magazine) artists Category:Members of the Royal Society of British Artists Category:Members of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters Category:Members of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours Category:English children's book illustrators Category:20th-century English male artists Category:19th-century English male artists --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Hal Hurst](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Hurst) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Hurst?action=history)). 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