Harry Rutherford was born on Market Street in Denton, Manchester, in 1903. Harry was immersed in art from childhood; his father William formed the Hyde Art Group with his friends. Soon, Harry was attending the Hyde School of Art on Saturday mornings and, upon leaving school at 14, he continued his studies by attending evening classes at the Manchester School of Art, sharing the classroom with fellow student L.S. Lowry. By the age of 22, Harry was a proficient artist but he still wanted to learn more, so when he heard that the renowned and eccentric artist Walter Sickert (1860–1942) was starting a class in Manchester, he was the first – and youngest – to sign up.
Harry was then employed as Head Artist at a Manchester Advertising Agency and produced topical cartoons for the Manchester Evening News, but an opportunity arose for him to move to Cornwall to devote more time to painting and do some teaching, which he couldn’t refuse. The opportunity also allowed him to develop his own style, distinct from his mentor Sickert’s. In 1930, he entered his painting Penzance to the Royal Academy, who accepted it for their summer show. Commissions from the Duke of Devonshire followed; Harry had arrived as an artist. At the outbreak of the Second World War, Harry joined the RAF, who employed him to paint skies in exact detail to assist in their camouflage training. Alongside his war work, Harry continued to paint his work, though sadly, much of it was destroyed when his studio was ruined during an air raid.
In peacetime, Harry returned to the screens and a different attitude to his accent. After working once more on Cabaret Cartoons, he was offered his own show, Sketchbook, on children’s television. The series ran for six years, with Harry pioneering the idea of art being created live on TV long before the days of Rolf Harris and Tony Hart. At the end of his series, he moved back to Hyde, taking up a teaching position at the Regional College of Art in Manchester. Apart from a brief excursion to Borneo at the invitation of the governor - he became the first Western artist to exhibit in the country in 1957 - Harry remained in Hyde for the rest of his life. In 1961, he was elected President of the Manchester Academy, holding tenure for eight years, while continuing to paint at his studio.
That studio was in Nelson Street in Hyde, in the adjoining house to the Rutherford family home he had lived in as a child and which he now shared with his brother Donald and cat Sugden. In 1985, after a period of ill health, Harry died, leaving a legacy of excellent paintings, many of which were of local scenes, and a collection of fantastic memories for anyone who knew the vivacious, humorous and talented man.
Portrait of a Lady in Blue - British 20thC art oil painting living room interior
By Harry Rutherford
Located in Hagley, England
An original, circa 1970, oil on canvas painting by listed Northern artist Harry Rutherford. A fine example of a Modern British portrait. In fine untouched condition and framed in a p...
Oil
$2,643
H 30 in W 19 in D 0.5 in
19th Century Italian Orientalist Antique Oil Painting Young Woman Well Sunset
Located in Stockholm, SE
Exquisite 19th century Italian orientalist oil painting depicting a romantic sunset scene with a young Middle Eastern woman at an ancient well. The composition features a beautifully...
Canvas, Oil, Wood
$4,750
H 27 in W 23 in D 2 in
Antique American Realist Interior Portrait Signed Framed Original Oil Painting
By Charles Courtney Curran
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract landscape oil painting by Charles Courtney Curran (1861 - 1942) . Oil on canvas, lain to board. Framed. Measuring: 23 by 27 inches overall, and 18...
Oil, Board
$1,350
H 16 in W 12 in
"Listening" (2025) Realist Still-Life of Animals, Flora and Female Figure
Located in Denver, CO
Nadezda's beautiful handmade oil on panel painting "Listening" (2025) is a portrait of a woman dressed in an intricate gothic outfit, resting with her legs to the side and hands clas...
Oil, Panel
$1,152
H 24.02 in W 19.69 in
The Secret in Her Eyes, Romantic Realism Oil on Canvas Painting, 1980s
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Technical Sheet - Title: *The Secret in Her Eyes* - Artist: Rosendo González Carbonell - Technique: Oil on canvas - Dimensions: 24 x 20 inches - Framing: Unframed - Style: Romantic realism...
Canvas, Oil
$950
H 10 in W 8 in D 0.75 in
"The Big Mirror" - Original Painting by Elena Burykina
By Elena Burykina
Located in Denver, CO
Elena Burykina's "The Big Mirror" (2023) is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a blurry portrait of a woman standing in front of a large m...
Oil, Panel
$764Sale Price|20% Off
H 14 in W 10.5 in D 1 in
The Jester, Impressionist Portrait, Signed Oil Painting
By Claude Benard
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Jester, Impressionist Portrait, Signed Oil Painting By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016) Signed by the artist on the lower left hand corner Oil...
Oil
$4,400Sale Price|20% Off
H 21 in W 18 in D 1 in
Fine 1800's Portrait of Young Aristocratic Boy with Letter & Pen Oil on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Aristocrat French School, circa 1800's circle of Louis Leopold Boilly (1761-1845) oil painting on canvas, framed canvas: 16 x 13.5 inches frame: 21 x 18 inches p...
Canvas, Oil
$98,441
H 31.5 in W 40.16 in D 3.94 in
'Une Consultation de Sigmund Freud' by Hubert - Denis Etcheverry (1867 – 1950)
Located in Knokke, BE
Hubert-Denis Etcheverry Bayonne 1867 – 1950 Paris French Painter 'Une Consultation de Sigmund Freud' Signature: signed lower right and dated ‘D. Etcheverry / Paris 1900’ Medium: oi...
Canvas, Oil
$1,350
H 16 in W 12 in
"Swan-Princess" (2025) Realist Still-Life of Animals, Flora and Female Figure
Located in Denver, CO
Nadezda's beautiful handmade oil on panel painting "Swan-Princess" (2025) is a portrait of a woman dressed in an intricate white outfit, standing in a regal post among several white ...
Panel, Oil
$31,213
H 41.74 in W 27.56 in
"Harlequin and his dog", 20th Century oil on cardbard by Ismael de la Serna
By Ismael de la Serna
Located in Madrid, ES
ISMAEL DE LA SERNA Spanish, 1898 - 1968 HARLEQUIN AND HIS DOG signed and dated "I DE LA SERNA 55" (upper left) oil on cardboard 42 x 27-1/2 inches (107 x 70 cm.) framed: 49-1/4 x 35 ...
Oil, Cardboard
Portrait of Jeannie Netter, wearing a Burgundy dress
By Fedor Encke
Located in West Sussex, GB
Fedor Encke (1851-1926) – German Full length Portrait of Jeannie Netter, standing in an interior, wearing a Burgundy Velvet Dress holding a Pink Rose Oil on canvas :85 ¾ x 50 ¼ in. Frame :103 x 67 ¼ in. Signed & inscribed ‘New York’. Circa 1910 Jeannie Netter was an American born musician and song-writer but was mostly merited for her sculpture having been taught by the Russian artist Bernstamm. Fedor Encke was born in Berlin, Germany in 1851. Younger brother of Erdmann Encke who was a sculptor, Encke was the illegitimate grandson of King Frederick Wilhelm II of Prussia and Mistress Wilhelmine Encke, Countess of Lichtenau. Fedor studied under Karl Gussow in Berlin and then went on to study in Rome and Paris. Although he set up a studio in Berlin during the 1880’s, he seems to have travelled regularly between Paris and New York painting many American Society sitters, including President Theodore Roosevelt. Encke’s portrait of Roosevelt dressed in Rough Rider uniform, originally hung in the dining room of the White House and is now at the Presidents place of birth, Segamore Hill, New York. This portrait was also published as the frontispiece of ‘The Rough Riders’ by C. Scribners&Sons, 1899. Encke was in Paris in 1902 and painted the two banking giants, John H. Harjes and J.P. Morgan both having their portraits painted at the same time. To try and finish Morgan’s painting Encke hired a young photographer named Edward Steichen to take Morgan’s picture as a kind of aid memoir to minimize the sitting time. This photograph and the painting that resulted from it caused a considerable stir because of the uncompromising pose of Morgan. The portrait became synonymous with the new capitalism. Encke seems to have been very well connected socially and painted for many members of the European nobility as a result. Encke died in 1926. Works in Museums: Segamore Hill, New York (Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt) National Portrait Gallery America; Smithsonian; Brooklyn Museum of Art; Philadelphia Museum of Art. Bibl: Book on Moses Ezekiel...
Oil
$1,350
H 16 in W 12 in
"Jasmine" (2025) Realist Still-Life of Flora and Female Figure, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Nadezda's "Jasmine" (2025) is a beautiful handmade oil painting on panel. Part of her 2026 solo exhibition "She is Garden", this piece depicts a portrait of a woman stepping out from...
Oil, Panel