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George Henry

George Henry (1858 - 1943) was active/lived in Scotland, Scotland.  George Henry is known for Richly colored genre, landscape and portrait painting.

George Henry (1858-1943) was a Scottish painter, one of the most prominent of the Glasgow School. He was born in Irvine, North Ayrshire, and studied at the Glasgow School of Art, later in Macgregor's studio, but learned most from his nature studies at Kirkcudbright.

He was influenced also by his collaboration with E. A. Hornel in such works as The Druids (1887), Grosvenor Gallery, London. His Galloway Landscape was epoch-making at Glasgow by reason of its higher key of colour and essentially decorative character. Following these tendencies, the two friends spent a year and a half in Japan.

Henry's importance consists in his influence in the Glasgow school in the direction of richer and more decorative color. In addition to genre and landscape, he also painted portraits, more distinguished by technical ability than by rendition of character.

Henry's pictures in public collections include The Blue Gown, Museum of Cape Town; The Gray Hat,   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1928 characters.]  Artist bio

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