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Harold Speed Art

British, 1872-1958

Harold Speed was an English painter in oil and watercolor of portraits, figures and historical subjects. Born in London, the son of Edward Speed, an architect, he studied architecture at the Royal College of Art, but soon took up painting. He continued his studies at the Royal Academy Schools between 1891 and 1896, winning a gold medal and a traveling scholarship in 1893. In 1896, he was elected as a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1893 and held his first one-man exhibition in 1907 at the Leicester Galleries. In 1930, Speed provided paintings for the new chapel of Wesley House, Cambridge. Speed lived in Watlington, Oxfordshire and London, where he died on 20 March, 1957. Because of their intelligent combination of useful advice and sensitive reflection on the nature and meaning of artistic practice, Speed's instructional manuals on drawing and painting have long been considered valuable resources for artists. There are editions of his manual The Practice and Science of Drawing (1913) in the public domain.

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Artist: Harold Speed
Landscape Study
By Harold Speed
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Harold Speed RA, RCA (1872 – 1957) Landscape Study Oil on paper Painting Size - 12 x 17 in Framed Size - 15 x 20 in Born in London, Harold Speed was the son of an architect, Edward ...
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Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Harold Speed Art

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Landscape in Spring
By Harold Speed
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Harold Speed RA, RCA (1872 – 1957) Landscape in Spring Oil on paper Painting Size - 12 x 16 in Framed Size - 15 x 19 in Born in London, Harold Speed was the son of an architect, Edw...
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Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Harold Speed Art

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Alcantara Bridge Toledo - British Victorian art Spanish landscape oil painting
By Harold Speed
Located in London, GB
This atmospheric Victorian Spanish landscape oil painting is by noted British artist Harold Speed. It was painted in 1894 in a wonderful soft focus Impressionist palette of greys, bl...
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19th Century Impressionist Harold Speed Art

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Wassen Switzerland - British Victorian art Impressionist oil painting of village
By Harold Speed
Located in London, GB
A fine oil on panel by noted British listed artist Harold Speed. It depicts a scene in Wassen in the Swiss Alps and was painted in an impressionist style in 1894. The use of light is...
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19th Century Impressionist Harold Speed Art

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Garden with Classical Statue - British 1930's art gardenscape oil painting
By Harold Speed
Located in London, GB
This lovely British 1930's Impressionist garden landscape oil painting is by noted artist Harold Speed. Painted circa 1932 it is a view through a rose covered pergola towards a house...
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1930s Impressionist Harold Speed Art

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