Harry Becker (artist)

Harry Becker (1865–1928) was an English painter, draughtsman and printmaker from East Anglia.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Biography

Harry Becker was born in Colchester, Essex in 1865.[2] He studied at the Antwerp Academy in Belgium, and in the atelier of Carolus-Duran in Paris.[2][3] He first went to London in 1913.[1] He then moved to Wenhaston and Darsham.[3]

He illustrated Adrian Bell's Suffolk trilogy (Cordoroy, Silver Ley, and The Cherry Tree).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Andrew Lambirth, 'Exhibitions: Fresh and feisty', The Spectator, 13 November 2010, p. 61
  2. 1 2 3 Farming Monthly
  3. 1 2 3 British Council
  4. ↑ Victorian Art Gallery
  5. ↑ Wildlife Art Gallery
  6. ↑ http://www.harrybeckertruthandlight.com/-becker-biography.html


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