Born in 1858, Henry H. Parker was a British artist working at the end of the Victorian era. It is believed that he was born and lived in London, where he studied at Saint Martin's School of Art. Parker started his working life as an illustrator for the Illustrated London News, and by the age of 23 had become known as a landscape painter.
Parker's landscapes are lush and tranquil, frequently featuring a lone figure in a boat or walking down a country path. The scenes are often sunny and bright and the waters are calm and soothing.
Parker's style shows a great influence by the Impressionists, through his use of bright colors and quick brush strokes, but a definite understanding of the academic principles is also displayed. This style of painting was very typical for the late Victorian landscape artists who strove to incorporate the new Impressionist techniques in their more traditional paintings. Parker's landscapes and skies were created with a free but controlled application of paint, while the watery areas of his work were handled in the more traditional way — using glazes to create depth and reflections. His paintings are well composed, beautifully balanced and capture the landscape in its most pure and natural state. This colorful and free look was a welcome relief to the traditional Victorian landscapes of the previous decades and this, coupled with Parker's choice of subject matter, brought him great success.
Parker painted mainly in the South East of England, in Surrey, Sussex, and along the Thames where he frequently stayed at Goring and Streatley. He also painted in the Worcestershire area and in Wales. He would often sign and title his works, with their exact location, on the reverse.
Throughout his life, Parker enjoyed widespread popularity as an artist, and this is today witnessed by the number of his works consigned to galleries and museums throughout the world. From 1923 onward, Parker exhibited in the United States, especially in Chicago, where he was unable to meet the demand for his pictures. His paintings were also popular with the Canadians and were hung in all the leading clubs throughout Canada and the States.
Of final note, it is very interesting that Parker was one of only a handful of artists, of his caliber, to never exhibit at the major exhibition halls in England during his lifetime and whose popularity has increased over the years. Parker's works can be found in the following museums and galleries: Birmingham, Liverpool, Eastbourne, Hartlepool, Bradford (England); the Manitoba Club, Winnipeg, St James's, Montreal (Canada); and the Auckland Museum (New Zealand).
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19th Century landscape oil painting of figures harvesting next to a river
By Henry H. Parker
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Henry H Parker British, (1858-1930) The River Kennet Oil on canvas, signed, further signed & inscribed verso Image size: 19.5 inches x 29.5 inches Size incl...
Canvas, Oil
19th Century river landscape oil painting of Doeford Bridge, Lancashire
By Henry H. Parker
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Henry H Parker British, (1858-1930) Doeford Bridge, Clitheroe Oil on canvas, signed & further inscribed in pencil to stretcher Image size: 11.5 inches x 17.5 inches Size including frame: 16.5 inches x 22.5 inches Provenance: MacConnal-Mason Ltd, Duke Street, London This attractive scene featuring Doeford Bridge near Clitheroe is by Henry H Parker. Two figures can be seen on the bridge overlooking the river Hodder. Doeford Bridge is located in Bowland Forest Low, Lancashire, 9 miles north-west of Clitheroe between Chipping Village and Whitewell. It spans over the river Hodder, near the confluence of the rivers Hodder and Loud. The bridge was built around 1770 and was constructed with squared sandstone blocks formed into 2 segmented arches with a central triangular cutwater. It was made a grade II listed building by Historic England in 1952. Henry Parker was born in the St Pancras area of London on 27 June, 1860 and was christened Henry Deacon...
Canvas, Oil
Homeward Bound
By Henry H. Parker
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas Canvas size: 24 x 36 inches Framed size: 36.75 x 48.75 inches Signed lower right
Canvas, Oil
19th Century landscape oil painting of figures harvesting near Hastings
By Henry H. Parker
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Henry H Parker British, (1858-1930) Harvesting near Hastings Oil on canvas, signed, further signed & inscribed verso Image size: 16.5 inches x 12.5 inches Size including frame: 23....
Canvas, Oil
$10,184
19th Century landscape oil painting of a logging cart on a country track
By Henry H. Parker
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Henry H Parker British, (1858-1930) At Ewhurst near Guildford, Surrey Oil on canvas, signed & dated (18)95, further transcribed verso Image size: 23.25 inches x 35.25 inches Size including frame: 30.25 inches x 42.25 inches An atmospheric landscape painting of a logging cart and horses on a country track by Henry Parker. A figure and a dog are depicted leading a logging cart and team of horses past a village church as dusk falls. Henry Parker was born in the St Pancras area of London on 27 June, 1860 and was christened Henry Deacon...
Canvas, Oil
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H 16 in W 19.5 in
Antique Dutch 19th century ships at sea, fishing boats, men rowing.
Located in Woodbury, CT
A very well-painted Dutch 19th century marine scene. The small boat is full of men who are rowing hard to get to the larger vessels, possibly to either take goods on or off the large...
Canvas, Oil
$5,764Sale Price|25% Off
H 22.05 in W 20.87 in
Shepherd with Sheep, Cows and a Goat in a Landscape by Jan Frans Soolmaker
Located in Stockholm, SE
Jan Frans Soolmaker (Flanders 1635‑1685) Shepherd with Sheep, Cows and a Goat in a Landscape oil on relined canvas canvas size 56 x 53 cm frame i...
Canvas, Oil
$4,500
H 48 in W 36 in D 1.5 in
“Pool Days” Contemporary Blue and Green Toned Tropical Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary naturalistic painting by Texas-based artist Jennifer Lively. The work features a clear, blue pool next to a palm tree. A small white boat can be seen sailing in the back...
Canvas, Oil
Bannack Horses
By Theodore Waddell
Located in Bozeman, MT
Waddell's paintings are a combination of rough marks, thick paint, transparent elegant strokes, and, on a few occasions a slow, hard line scratched into the canvas. You can feel the ...
Canvas, Encaustic, Oil
$2,760Sale Price|20% Off
H 24 in W 33 in
19th century English River landscape with figures, horses, cottage, sheep
By John Frederick Tennant
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well painted and very interesting composition attributed to the English landscape painter john Frederick Tennant. His work is very similar to ...
Canvas, Oil
$13,000
H 32 in W 44 in D 4 in
"Highland Cattle & Sheep”, with shepherd, Scottish landscape, oil on canvas
By William Watson
Located in Naples, Florida
This is an original, unique oil painting by the artist William Watson Jnr., a Liverpool (Birkenhead) painter of animals and landscapes. He was the t...
Canvas, Oil
$3,500
H 20 in W 18 in
19th century English fishing boats off the English coast by Dover Castle, Kent
Located in Woodbury, CT
William Thornley (British, 1857–1935) Fishing Boats off the Coast near Dover, Kent, circa 1890 Oil on canvas Signed lower left ⸻ A classic late 19th-century English coastal scene ...
Canvas, Oil
$7,125Sale Price|25% Off
H 34 in W 38 in D 3 in
Antique English 19th Century, King Charles Cavalier and Westie dogs in a room
By George Armfield
Located in Woodbury, CT
Antique Victorian English 19th Century, King Charles Cavalier spaniel and Westie terrier in an interior. This exquisite English 19th-century painting by...
Canvas, Oil
Eklund Roundup 12
By Theodore Waddell
Located in Bozeman, MT
Waddell's paintings are a combination of rough marks, thick paint, transparent elegant strokes, and, on a few occasions a slow, hard line scratched into the canvas. You can feel the ...
Canvas, Encaustic, Oil
$8,147Sale Price|29% Off
H 12 in W 16 in D 3 in
Arthur Wardle, British oil painting of leopard basking by a river
By Arthur Wardle
Located in Harkstead, GB
An incredibly captivating image of a leopard basking on a rock by a river. Not only is this a very striking study of a magnificent feline but there is also a narrative here with a py...
Canvas, Oil
$1,250
H 36.75 in W 42.75 in D 2 in
After Pieter Casteels III (1684-1749), Timeless, Exotic Birds & Fruits
Located in San Francisco, CA
There was a time, before photography, before airplanes, a time when multi-masted wooden ships carried wonderous things to ports throughout Northern Europe. Then, a faithful rendering...
Canvas, Oil
Country Cottage
By Abraham Hulk the Younger
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Late 19th/early 20th century oil on canvas painting in the manner of Abraham Hulk the Younger (1851-1922), and George Vincent (1796-1832). These artists painted in the Dutch style, though both are British. Each has had experience with Dutch masters that influence their work. George Vincent’s work is perhaps even closer to this than Hulk’s. Vincent paints the trees and skies with the warm hues of light infused on the work. Here, the sky has blue but also a khaki or tan shade, roughed into the blue and white. It is an unusual color in skies, yet Vincent shows us the light through clouds casting a darker shade. The trees are varied greens but also have yellowed leaves, as in autumn. Presented in a period decorative gilt frame, the painting is of a cottage in a woodland with cattle by a pond, a little black dog and man and a woman standing by. In the distance is a glimpse of a river and grasses, framed by trees and an overcast sky. Hulk is renowned for his treatment of the changing season from summer to autumn, and the golden leaves and fading greens in this painting suggest this changing time of year. Hulk is the son of a well known Dutch maritime...
Canvas, Oil
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H 18 in W 24 in
19th century Antique English Landscape at Harvest time
By Henry H. Parker
Located in Woodbury, CT
Henry H Parker was one of England's best-known landscape painters from the end of the 19th century and onwards. This late Victorian English harvest landscape by the esteemed Henry...
Canvas, Oil
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H 18 in W 24 in
19th century Antique English River landscape with Church
By Henry H. Parker
Located in Woodbury, CT
Henry H Parker was one of England's best-known landscape painters from the end of the 19th century onwards. This exquisite late 19th-century English river landscape by Henry H. Par...
Canvas, Oil
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H 23.23 in W 29.93 in
Henry H. Parker - Early 20th Century Watercolour, River at Elstead
By Henry H. Parker
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed to the lower right. Presented in a gilt frame and wash line mount. On paper.
Watercolor
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H 26.75 in W 36.75 in D 3 in
19th Century river landscape oil painting near Pangbourne
By Henry H. Parker
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Henry H Parker British, (1858-1930) A Bend in the River near Pangbourne Oil on canvas, signed & further inscribed verso Image size: 19.25 inches x...
Canvas, Oil
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H 25.5 in W 35.5 in D 2.5 in
19th Century landscape oil painting of the river Lledr near Bettws-y-coed
By Henry H. Parker
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Henry H Parker British, (1858-1930) The River Lledr, Bettws-y-coed Oil on canvas, signed, further signed & inscribed verso Image size: 19.5 inches x 29.5 inc...
Canvas, Oil
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H 29.34 in W 22.45 in
Henry Hillier Parker (1858-1930) - Framed Watercolour, Falls at Killin
By Henry H. Parker
Located in Corsham, GB
An early watercolour by listed British artist Henry Hillier Parker (1858-1930). The scene depicts the famous white waters of Dochart Falls near the vill...
Watercolor
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H 26.25 in W 36 in D 1 in
Original Henry H. Parker Countryside Painting
By Henry H. Parker
Located in New York, NY
Henry H. Parker (British, 1757-1930) Untitled (Countryside), c. Late 19th-Early 20th Century Oil on canvas 16 1/8 x 26 in. Framed: 26 1/4 x 36 in. Signed lower left: Henry H. Parker ...
Canvas, Oil
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H 19.5 in W 23.5 in D 3 in
19th Century Surrey landscape oil painting of the River Mole at Dorking
By Henry H. Parker
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Henry H Parker British, (1858-1930) The Mole Dorking, Surrey Oil on canvas, signed & further inscribed verso Image size: 11.5 inches x 15.5 inches Size including frame: 19.5 inches x 23.5 inches Henry Parker was born in the St Pancras area of London on 27 June, 1860 and was christened Henry Deacon...
Canvas, Oil
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H 21.25 in W 32.5 in D 2.75 in
19th Century River landscape oil painting of cattle by the Thames at Goring
By Henry H. Parker
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Henry H Parker British, (1858-1930) Near Goring on Thames Oil on canvas, signed & dated (18)95 Image size: 15.25 inches x 26.5 inches Size including frame: 21.25 inches x 32.5 inches Provenance: Pawsey & Payne, Ryder Street, London Henry Parker was born in the St Pancras area of London on 27 June, 1860 and was christened Henry Deacon Hillier...
Canvas, Oil
Beneath The Slopes of Ben Venue
By Henry H. Parker
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Oil on canvas, signed lower right and signed and inscribed reverse. This work is signed with one of the artist's pseudonyms (Hillier). Provenance: The Cooling Galleries, London Mea...
Oil
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H 12.25 in W 16.25 in D 2 in
19th Century landscape oil painting of cattle by the River Thames near Henley
By Henry H. Parker
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Henry H Parker British, (1858-1930) Near Henley Oil on canvas, signed, further inscribed & signed verso Image size: 7.75 inches x 11.75 inches Size in...
Canvas, Oil
English River landscape, The River Mole, Dorking `Surrey, UK
By Henry H. Parker
Located in Woodbury, CT
Henry H Parker was one of England's best-known landscape painters from the end of the 19th century onwards. His work was always full of texture, great...
Canvas, Oil