Harry George Theaker Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
1873-1954
Born in 1873 in Wolstanton, Staffordshire, Harry George Theaker was the son of George Theaker who was a headmaster of the School of Art in Burslem from 1869–94 and designer for pottery. Theaker’s younger brother, Charles Edmund was an apprentice designer modeler and then a teacher at the Wedgwood Institute in Burslem around 1900. Harry George was an apprentice pottery decorator and then a teacher. He settled in London around1900–05 and was in charge of design at the Polytechnic in Regent Street from about 1906 onwards, where he also taught courses in modeling from design. Theaker remained at the Polytechnic and is listed in prospectuses as headmaster between 1931–32 and 1937–38. Theaker was also a successful illustrator, particularly of children's books. His first known published works date from about 1911, and most of his illustrations date from the 1920s and 1930s. Amongst the books he illustrated are The Ingoldsby Legends by Sir Thomas Ingoldsby, London, 1911; Children's Stories from The Arabian Nights, by Rose Yeatman Woolf, 1914 (and later editions); The Adventures of Don Quixote, c.1920 and 1929; Gulliver's Travels, 1928; The Water Babies, 1930; Grimm's Fairy Tales, 1930; Stories of King Arthur, 1925 and Long, long ago: stories from the classics both retold by Blanche Winder, the latter probably in the 1930s. Theaker made hand-colored plates from Sir John Tenniel's original illustrations to Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass for editions published between 1911–30.
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Artist: Harry George Theaker
Moors, Yorkshire, UK /// British Antique Landscape Watercolor England Country
By Harry George Theaker
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Harry George Theaker (English, 1873-1954)
Title: "Moors, Yorkshire, UK"
*No signature found
Circa: 1935
Medium: Original Watercolor on watercolor paper
Sheet size: 9.75" x 13.75"
Condition: In excellent condition
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Corsham, UK. "GAC" and "H.G. Theaker" pencil inscribed upper left and center on verso.
Biography:
Born January-March 1873 in Wolstanton, Staffordshire. He was the son of George Theaker (1835-1902, born in Sheffield, Yorkshire), headmaster (principal) of the School of Art in Burslem from 1869-94 and designer for pottery. His younger brother, Charles Edmund (1875-1903) was an apprentice designer modeller and then a teacher at the Wedgwood Institute in Burslem around 1900.
Harry George was an apprentice pottery decorator and then a teacher. He settled in London c.1900-05 and was in charge of design at the Polytechnic in Regent Street from about 1906 onwards, where he also taught courses in 'modelling from design'. Theaker remained at the Polytechnic and is listed in prospectuses as headmaster (principal) between 1931-2 and 1937-38.
Theaker was also a successful illustrator, particularly of children's books. His first known published works date from about 1911, and most of his illustrations date from the 1920s and 1930s. Amongst the books he illustrated are 'The Ingoldsby Legends' by Sir Thomas Ingoldsby, London, 1911; 'Children's Stories from 'The Arabian Nights', by Rose Yeatman Woolf, 1914 (and later editions); 'The Adventures of Don Quixote', c.1920 and 1929; 'Gulliver's Travels', 1928; 'The Water Babies', 1930; 'Grimm's Fairy Tales', 1930; 'Stories of King Arthur', 1925 and 'Long, long ago: stories from the classics' both retold by Blanche Winder, the latter probably in the 1930s (see National Art Library catalogue...
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1930s Victorian Harry George Theaker Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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