Code: 2459
Dimensions:
'' Seascape ''
Oil on canvas
35.5 x 25 in (90 x 64 cm) framed approx
Description:
A beautiful large late 19th or early 20th century oil on canvas seascape by Hugh Percy Heard. Excellent quality and condition seascape depicting waves crashing against rocks and a fishing fleet in the distance by this interesting West Country artist. Signed lower right. Presented in a good quality gilt frame.
Condition:
Ready to hang.
Artist information:
Hugh Percy Heard was the son of a merchant trader in the Baltic trading market, and was born and brought up in Bideford, Devon.
A student in St Ives with Norman Wilkinson, he visited Paris in 1900 with him and Reginald Guy Kortright. He ran the Westward Ho! Art Club and became head of the Bideford School of Art.
Hugh Percy Heard exhibited at the RBA (Royal Society of British Artists), LA (Liverpool Academy), DG (Dudley Gallery) and the RA (Royal Academy).
