Henry Silkstone Hopwood b. 1860

  • Artist (Painter)
Henry Silkstone Hopwood was known as a painter.
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Name
Henry Silkstone Hopwood
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
1860
Birth place
Leicester, England
Death date
1914
Active Period
  • c.1888 - c.1894
Arrival
  • 1888 (aboard the Thomas Stevens)
Residence
  • England
  • c.1888 Sydney, NSW
Training
  • Julien's Atelier, Paris, France
  • Manchester School of Art, Manchester, England
Languages
  • English
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Biography <p>painter, was born in Leicester and studied at the Manchester School of Art. He visited NSW in 1888, coming out to Sydney on the sailing ship <i>_Thomas Stevens</i>_ . In April 1999 Christie's auctioned his oil on canvas <i>_Morning aboard Ship</i>_ believed to have been executed en route (est. $18,000-$20,000). In 1889 the National Art Gallery of NSW purchased his watercolour <i>_Dinner in the Fo'castle</i>_ from the NSW Art Society. 'A big, genial Bohemian who could sing and tell a yarn with the best', <b>*Lister Lister* </b>recalled in his memoirs (quoted by Moore), he 'did much to enliven the depressed art climate of New South Wales'. The late 1880s in Sydney, said Lister Lister, 'was a great time for black and white artists but a poor one for painters. The arrival of H.S. Hopwood from England in 1888 brought a welcome change, and later on when Streeton and Roberts came over from Victoria, things seemed to go ahead' (Moore, quoted Christie's catalogue). During the 2-3 years Hopwood was in Sydney he exhibited many watercolours of Sydney Harbour and the NSW countryside with the Art Society and became a prominent member of its sketch club.</p> <p>

Hopwood returned to England in 1890. In 1891 he studied under Bougereau and Ferrier at Julien's Atelier in Paris. He exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1892 {et al.}, as well as with the Fine Arts Society, primarily showing genre scenes. The Chantrey Bequest trustees purchased his <i>_Industry</i>_ for London's Tate Gallery in 1894. He was a member of the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) and an Associate of the Royal Watercolour Society (ARWS).</p>