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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(Biography provided by David Brooker Fine Art)
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
$11,056
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
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
The Golden Harvest, Victorian Oil on Canvas Landscape Painting, Signed
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
$10,175
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
$4,200
H 29 in W 25 in D 2 in
Hunting Dogs with Geese, Landscape by 19th Century French painter
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Hunting Dogs with Geese" is a 26 x 21.5 inches, oil on canvas landscape of two dogs on the trail by the river. The canvas is signed "B Lanoux" in the lower left. B. Lanoux is a lis...
Canvas, Oil
$15,601
H 22.75 in W 36.75 in D 2.75 in
19th century oil painting of the Dogana & Santa Maria della Salute, Venice
By Jane Vivian
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Jane Vivian British, (fl. 1869-1890) The Punta della Dogana with Santa Maria della Salute from the Molo, Venice Oil on canvas, indistinctly signed Image size: 17.25 inches x 31.25 in...
Canvas, Oil
$22,927
H 30.5 in W 42.5 in D 3.25 in
19th Century landscape genre oil painting of farmworkers with horses & a dog
By George Cole
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
George Cole British, (1810-1883) Rick Making, Lunchtime Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1883 Image size: 23.5 inches x 35.5 inches Size including frame: 30.5 inches x 42.5 inches Prove...
Canvas, Oil
$202,500
H 31 in W 46 in
Late Autumn on the Esk, Victorian Oil Painting, Signed and Framed
By John Atkinson Grimshaw
Located in Stratford-Upon-Avon, GB
John Atkinson Grimshaw British (1836-1893) Late Autumn on the Esk Medium: Oil on canvas Unframed size: 31.25 x 46.5 inches Framed size: 41 x 56 inches Signature: Signed (Lower Rig...
Canvas, Oil
$10,000
H 32.32 in W 48.32 in
Knaresborough Castle on the River Nidd, England /// Robert Gallon Oil Painting
By Robert Gallon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Robert Gallon (English, 1845-1925) Title: "Knaresborough Castle on the River Nidd, England" *Signed and dated by Gallon lower left Year: 1880 Medium: Original Oil Painting on...
Canvas, Paint, Oil
‘” Poppyland”, near Cromer’
By Alfred de Breanski Jnr.
Located in Stamford, GB
Born in London to Anne Roberts and the celebrated landscape painter Alfred de Breanski snr, Alfred was destined to life as a painter. Both parents were celebrated painters in their o...
Canvas, Oil
$6,500
H 36 in W 48 in
"Sentinels" - Original Contemporary Realist Horse Portrait, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"I called this painting Sentinels, inspired by the watchful nature of horses." - Richard Rodriguez Richard grew up in the town of Golden, CO. His parents immigrated from Cuba in 195...
Canvas, Oil
$9,850,000
H 18 in W 24 in
Bob Ross Signed On-Air Painting from Season 1 Episode 1 of The Joy of Painting
By Bob Ross
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: Bob Ross Title: A Walk in the Woods Medium: Original Oil on Canvas Painting Size: 18" x 24" Year: 1983 Inscription: Signed "Ross" in red, lower left front If you found this piece because you have a Bob Ross painting you are looking to sell, please reach out to us directly. Modern Artifact has over a decade of experience collecting Bob Ross original...
Canvas, Oil
$19,671
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
$3,800
H 22.25 in W 17.25 in
Bay - Watercolor on paper, 22 3/16 x 17 3/16 inches, 2026, by Bradley Kerl
By Bradley Kerl
Located in New Orleans, LA
Bradley Kerl creates paintings that merge lived experience, memory, and invention, transforming familiar subjects into images that balance the recognizable with the uncanny. Drawing ...
Canvas, Oil
$40,022
H 24 in W 40 in
Highland Mist, Victorian Landscape, Signed Oil on Canvas, 24x40
By Louis Bosworth Hurt
Located in Stratford-Upon-Avon, GB
Louis Bosworth Hurt British (1856 -1929) Highland Mist Medium: Oil on canvas Framed size: 31 x 47 inches Unframed size: 24 x 40 inches Signed and dated 1900 lower left Born in Ash...
Canvas, Oil
$6,444
H 35 in W 55 in D 3 in
The Country Inn, Mid-19th-Century British Oil Painting
By William Shayer and Edward Williams
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This remarkable mid-19th-century landscape painting by English artist Edward Williams (1781-1855) presents the Thames as he knew it during the final decade of his life - peaceful and...
Canvas, Oil
$5,750
H 13 in W 19 in
Victorian Oil Painting of Loch Tay, Perthshire - Early 20th Century
By Arthur Sydney Watson
Located in Stratford-Upon-Avon, GB
Arthur Sydney Watson British (1881-1931) Near Loch Tay, Perthshire Medium: Oil on canvas Framed size: 18 x 24 Inches Unframed size: 13 x 19 Inches Signed lower right and inscribed...
Canvas, Oil
$7,450
H 13 in W 19.5 in
Victorian Style Oil Painting of Loch Eck, Argyllshire, Signed 1891
By William Davies
Located in Stratford-Upon-Avon, GB
William Davies British (1826-1910) Loch Eck, Argyllshire Medium: Oil on canvas Framed size: 18 x 24 Inches Unframed size: 13 x 19.5 Inches Signed lower right, dated 1891 and inscr...
Canvas, Oil
$7,733
H 21.75 in W 29.75 in D 3 in
19th Century townscape oil painting of the Ducal Palace, Venice
By Alfred Pollentine
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Alfred Pollentine British, (1844-1910) The Ducal Palace, Venice Oil on canvas, signed & dated (18)91 Image size: 15 inches x 23 inches Size including frame: 21.75 inches x 29.75 inches Provenance: Colmore Galleries Ltd, Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire An attractive canal scene featuring the Ducal Palace, Venice by Alfred Pollentine. The view is taken close to the mouth of the Grand Canal towards The Ducal or Doge’s Palace and the Molo. To the left of the Palace on the Molo, can be seen the two columns of St Mark and St Theodore at St Mark’s Square. The columns marked the original entrance used by officials and distinguished visitors to Venice. Alfred William Pollentine was born in St Pancras, London on 26 August 1844, the son of William Pollentine, a carver gilder...
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 16.5 in W 22.5 in D 2.5 in
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...
Oil, Canvas
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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
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H 18.75 in W 24.75 in D 2.5 in
19th Century landscape oil painting of the River Thames at Streatley
By Henry H. Parker
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Henry H Parker British, (1858-1930) The Thames at Streatley Oil on canvas, signed, further transcribed verso Image size: 11.75 inches x 17.75 inches Size including frame: 18.75 inc...
Canvas, Oil
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H 28 in W 34 in D 3 in
On the Thames nr Dorchester - 19th Century English River Landscape Oil Painting
By Henry H. Parker
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
'On the Thames near Dorchester' by Henry H Parker. A large fine 19th century oil on canvas depicting a summertime scene on the River Thames by the emin...
Oil