Harold Septimus Power b. 31 December 1877

Also known as H Septimus Power
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Harold Septimus Power: a New Zealand-born early to mid-twentieth century Australian artist who specialised in animal painting, especially equine subjects. Appointed an official war artist during WWI, he executed several battle pictures featuring horses and artillery in action now in the collection of the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.

Citations

  • Treloar, John Linton (ed) (1933), 'Australian Chivalry, Reproductions in Colour and Duo-Tone of Official War Paintings’, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, This contains reproductions of 10 of the artist’s war pictures.

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, Angus & Robertson Publishers, Sydney.

  • Badham, Herbert E. (1949), 'A Study of Australian Art’, Currawong Publishing Co, Sydney.

  • MacDonald, James S. (1958), 'Australian Painting Desiderata’, Lothian Publishing Company, Melbourne.

  • Middleton, Max (1974), 'The Art of H Septimus Power’, Rigby, Sydney.

  • Pearson, Elizabeth (1976), 'Septimus Power and the Newspapers, 1902 Era’, Elizabeth Pearson, Adelaide.

  • Reid, John (1977), 'Australian Artists at War, Volume 1’, Sun Books, South Melbourne.

  • Fry, Gavin and Anne Gray (1982), 'Masterpieces of the Australian War Memorial’, Rigby, Sydney.

  • Campbell, Jean (1983), 'Australian Watercolour Painters 1780-1980’, Rigby, Sydney.

  • Holden, Robert (1985), 'H Septimus Power, A Major Retrospective – April 1985 (exhibition catalogue)’, Trevor Bussell Fine Art Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney.

  • Holden, Robert (1988), ''Power, Harold Septimus (1877-1951)’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11’, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne.

  • Wilkins, Lola (ed) (2003), 'Artists in action: from the collection of the Australian War Memorial’, Australian War Memorial, Canberra.

  • Churcher, Betty (2004), 'The Art of War’, Miegunyah Press, Melbourne.

  • Robb, Gwenda and Elaine Smith, Robert Smith (eds) (1993), 'Concise Dictionary of Australian Artists’, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne.

  • (2005), 'Harold Septimus Power service records (WWI)’, National Archives of Australia, Canberra.

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