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Harold SpeedHarold Speed, British Impressionist painting of a beauty by a fountain
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Painted with wonderful, free brushstrokes this fabulous painting encapsulates the joy of an English summer's day with a young beauty resting at the side of a fountain in a cottage garden. A beautiful image in ready to hang condition.
Harold Speed (1872-1957)
By the fountain's edge
Signed
Oil on canvas
20 x 25 inches without the frame
23 x 27½ inches with the frame
Harold Speed initially followed his father's footsteps by training as an architect at the Royal College of Art but subsequently concentrated his efforts on painting, studying at the Royal Academy Schools from 1891-1896. He won a gold medal there and a travelling scholarship in 1893. In 1896 he was elected as a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.
He exhibited extensively throughout his lifetime; at the Royal Academy for virtually his entire career from 1893 until 1955 and at commercial galleries including the Leicester Galleries. He was very sought after as a portrait painter; his Royal Academy exhibits read as a Who's Who of British society from the first half of the 20th century.
He wrote two highly regarded treatises on drawing and painting which are considered a valuable resource to this day:
The Practice and Science of Drawing (1913) and Oil Painting Techniques and Materials (1924).
His work is held in numerous public and private collections including Tate Britain and the National Portrait Gallery
- Creator:Harold Speed (1872 - 1958, British)
- Dimensions:Height: 20 in (50.8 cm)Width: 25 in (63.5 cm)Depth: 3 in (7.62 cm)
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- Condition:Very good condition. Ready to hang.
- Gallery Location:Harkstead, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1481215922782
Harold Speed
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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