Alfred HARTLEY

1855—1933

Born at Stocking Pelham, Hertfordshire, he studied at Royal College of Art, South Kensington, and at Westminster School of Art under Brown.

Hartley moved to St Ives with his wife, the artist Leonora LOCKING (aka Nora), in 1904, living consecutively at two addresses on Bellair Terrace. They joined the St Ives Arts Club in 1906. During his time in St Ives, Hartley was known as a master in etching and coloured aquatint, and went on to develop an international reputation for print work.

In 1907 he exhibited and sold the etching An Essex Stream at NAG. He also founded the New Print Society in St Ives, and in 1911, 1913 and 1924 exhibited at St Ives Show Days. In 1924, both he and his wife showed work from their travels to Bordighera, Italy, Alfred showing charming small pastel studies, Nora painting the streets and the town. He was a master at evocative atmospheric effects, though in his later years he became crippled with arthritis.

details

Alfred HARTLEY RE, RWA, RBA

gender:

male

media:

Painter of portraits and landscapes in oils; etcher and aquatint artist

references:

Cornishman 7 Jul 1926, 8 Dec 1926;

Cornishman & Cornish Telegraph 8 Aug 1928, 10 Jul 1929;

St Ives Times 25 Mar 1911, 10 May 1912, 28 Mar 1913, 1 Aug 1913, 17 Oct 1913, 28 Nov 1913, 2 Jan 1914, 6 Feb 1914, 6 Mar 1914, 27 Mar 1914, 8 May 1914, 19 Mar 1915, 29 Jun 1917, 9 Nov 1917, 14 Mar 1919, 16 May 1919, 23 May 1919, 25 July 1919, 12 Dec 1919, 20 Feb 1920, 5 Mar 1920, 19 Mar 1920, 16 Apr 1920 [from WMN], 14 May 1920 [from WMN], 14 May 1920, 28 May 1920 [from Daily Mercury 14 May 1920], 3 Sep 1920 [from WMN], 23 Mar 1923, 6 April 1923, 21 Mar 1924;

Chanter, C (2012) His Beloved St Ives, The Painter Gerard Wagner (photo & painting images);

Hardie (1995) 100 Years in Newlyn: Diary of a Gallery;

Hardie (2009) Artists in Newlyn and West Cornwall;

Johnson & Greutzner (1975) Dictionary of British Artists;

Mallett's Index;

NAG Exhibition Records;

Newton et al (2005) Painting at the Edge;

The Studio;

Tovey (2000) GF Bradshaw & STISA (Appendix 3: Principal Members of STISA 1927-1960);

(2003) Creating a Splash;

(2009) St Ives: Social History;

(2010) Sea Change;

Wood (1995) Victorian Painters

memberships:

ARE 1894;

RBA 1890;

RE1897;

ROI 1899;

TIAC 1906

STISA 1927-33;

RWA

exhibitions:

St Ives March 1911, 1912 (Black & White studies), March 1913, Summer Permanent exhibition 1913, May 1919, May 1920;

Royal West of England Society October 1919;

Lanham's March 1913 - March 1920;

Porthmeor Gallery Show Day March 1915;

RA 1914-29;

NAG September 1920-29;

Plymouth Art Gallery November 1917 (awarded a Silver medal);

The Exchange, Penzance 'Print!' Apr-Jul 2011: Contemporary and historic prints/printmakers;

works and access:

Works include: Herring boats, St Ives (c1912); Polperro (1919); The Cornish Riviera; Golden Rain; Daybreak; The Hidden Moon (1913); Autumn (1914); Dartmoor study (1914); Trianon Gardens, Versailes (1914); Evening at Polperro; At the Boat Builders (aquatint, 1917); Early morning in the Alps (1920); Hayle; Between Showers (1923); A Windy River; A Rencontre (1923); A Road in Provence; At St. Paul du Var (aquas, 1924); Night Time (etching, 1929); Sunny Afternoon in Dorset (1926)

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