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 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
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
"A Surrey Cornfield"
By Henry H. Parker
Located in Stratford-Upon-Avon, GB
Henry H Parker, British (1858-1930) "A Surrey Cornfield" Medium: Oil on canvas Canvas size: 12 x 18 inches Framed size: 20 x 26 inches Signature: Signed (Lower left) Provenance: Ha...
Canvas, Oil
The Golden Harvest
By Henry H. Parker
Located in Stratford-Upon-Avon, GB
Henry H Parker, British (1858-1930) "The Golden Harvest" Medium: Oil on canvas Canvas size: 14 x 20 inches Framed size: 20 x 25 inches Signature: Signed (Lower left) Provenance: Ha...
Canvas, Oil
$10,123
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
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
$2,450
H 13 in W 15 in
19th century English marine, The Thames at the Pool of London, original frame
By Bernard Benedict Hemy
Located in Woodbury, CT
Bernard Hemy - Bernard Benedict Hemy (1844 - 1910). Marine and Coastal painter in oil and watercolor. Born in Newcastle to Henry F. Hemy, brother...
Canvas, Oil
Remembering Plains no. 54
By Alyson Kinkade
Located in Loveland, CO
Remembering Plains no.54 by Alyson Kinkade 8" x 8" oil on linen ©2021 gallery wrapped, black sides The allure of the horizon of the Great Plains, where waves of colors meet sky. AB...
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$3,950
H 28 in W 38 in
19th Century Victorian English cottage River landscape during a setting Sun
Located in Woodbury, CT
An outstanding example of the work by Henry Maidment Maidment was an English landscape painter form the latter part of the 19th century. He mostly painted English cottage landscapes often with ducks, sheep, and young people. He used a ward palette of color and this gave his paintings a very desirable warm glow. Henry Maidment was his real name and Robert Fenson...
Canvas, Oil
$1,950
H 12 in W 16 in
Antique 19th century English fishing vessels In the English Channel
By William Henry Williamson
Located in Woodbury, CT
William Henry Williamson (British, fl. mid to late 19th Century) Fishing Boats off the English Coast Oil on canvas, signed lower left Circa 1870–80 Presented in a period gilt frame ...
Canvas, Oil
$11,914
H 25.25 in W 35.25 in D 2.5 in
19th Century oil painting of The Grand Canal Venice towards St Marks Square
By Alfred Pollentine
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Alfred Pollentine British, (1844-1910) The Grand Canal looking towards St Marks Square & the Doge’s Palace, Venice Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 19.25 inches x 29.25 inches Size including frame: 25.25 inches x 35.25 inches A wonderful view of the Grand Canal featuring the Doge’s Palace and St Mark’s Square, Venice by Alfred Pollentine. The scene shows the entrance to the Grand Canal with the Santa Maria Della Salute with its distinctive rotunda and the Dogana to the left. Ahead can be seen the bell tower of St Mark’s with the Doges palace to its right. Alfred William Pollentine was born in St Pancras, London on 26 August 1844, the son of William Pollentine, a carver gilder and picture dealer and Caroline Smith. After the death of his father in 1856, his mother married the artist Adam Barland...
Canvas, Oil
19th Century pair of French townscape oil paintings
By Henry Schafer
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
**PLEASE NOTE: EACH PAINTING INCLUDING THE FRAME MEASURES 15 INCHES x 13 INCHES** Henry Schafer German/British, (1841-c.1914) Chartres, France & Metz, Lorraine Oil on canvas, pair, both signed Image size: 10 inches x 8 inches (each) Size including frame: 15 inches x 13 inches (each) A lovely pair of French townscape paintings featuring Cathedrals by Henry Schafer. The first offers a view of Metz Cathedral and other medieval buildings from the river Moselle. On the right, figures can be seen at a market stall whilst others walk down a street. Meanwhile to the left, a boat is shown docking at a quayside in front of an archway. The other painting is of Chartres Cathedral seen from a cobbled town square lined with Medieval buildings. Two figures are depicted next to a market stall on the left as others chat or make their way towards the square along a lane to the right. Henry Schafer was born in Hanover, Germany in 1841. Although little is recorded about his upbringing, he was known to have studied at the l'Ecole National de Beaux-Arts in Paris. After leaving art school, he travelled throughout Europe painting town scenes and buildings of Northern France, Belgium and Germany. By 1864, Schafer had travelled to England with his wife Theresa, to work in London where they settled and started a family. All four of their children were born in England. One of his daughters Emilie Anna Schafer (1871-1937) became a painter and art teacher. Around 1871, the family were living at 53 Vauxhall Bridge Road and in 1881 were recorded as residing at 6, Sophia Terrace, Beulah Road, Thornton Heath in Surrey, with Henry continuing to work as an artist. By 1891, he had moved to 7 St Peters Road in Islington where he lived for the rest of his life. Sometime around the turn of the century, he became a British subject. Schafer is believed to have died in London c1914. Many of his works depict the architecture of gothic cathedrals and churches, as in these two fine examples. He also produced interior studies of churches. Schafer's style resembles that of Alfred Montague...
Canvas, Oil
$19,572
H 38 in W 46 in D 4 in
A Horse in a Walled Courtyard Antique oil painting by F. M. Hollams
By Frances (Florence) Mabel Hollams
Located in St. Albans, GB
Frances Mabel Hollams Signed and dated 1898 Picture Size: 29 x 37" (74 x 94cm) Framed Size: 38 x 46" (97 x 117cm) Oil on canvas Most of her work are painted beautifully on panel...
Canvas, Oil
Arabian Rider at Dusk
By Adolf Schreyer
Located in Austin, TX
Adolf Schreyer's "Arabian Rider at Dusk" is a stunning oil painting on canvas that depicts an Arabian rider in a golden sunset. By Adolf Schreyer 8.5" x 15.5" Oil on Canvas Framed...
Canvas, Oil
$6,500
H 31 in W 39 in
Landscape with two horses and goats in a landscape, far and barn, English 19th C
Located in Woodbury, CT
W. S. Forest English, circa 1850 Study of Two Horses and Goats Before Farmland Oil on canvas Signed lower right Presented in its original richly carved and gilded frame A finely o...
Canvas, Oil
San Giorgio di Greco, Venice - Moonlight
By Henry Pether
Located in London, GB
Henry Pether 1800 - 1880 View of Venice Oil on canvas, signed lower right Image size: 36 x 24 inches (91.5 x 61 cm) Handmade gilt frame Provenance Private Collection, England Exhib...
Canvas, Oil
$975
H 11.25 in W 15.25 in
"Texas Hill Country Landscape With Cattle" oil painting of wildflowers, cactus
By Don Warren
Located in Austin, TX
Canvas Size: 12 x 16 in. Frame Size: 20.5 x 24.5 in. Signed, lower left: "Don Warren" A serene, classic, and cheerful scene in the Texas Hill Country by Don Warren. The foreground i...
Canvas, Oil
$3,950
H 18 in W 22 in
19th century Dutch Fishing Boats by the shore with fisherman and Village beyond
By William Raymond Dommersen
Located in Woodbury, CT
William Raymond Dommersen Dutch, 1850–1920 Fishing Boats at the Shoreline, circa 1890 Oil on canvas Signed lower right A charming late 19th-century Dutch coastal scene by William Ra...
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