Richard HEYWORTH

Richard HEYWORTH ROI
1862
1942

Born in Newnham-on-Severn, Gloucestershire, Heyworth studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris under Benjamin Constant , and later in St Ives under Julius OLSSON and the Australian David DAVIES.

He was living in London in 1900, as this was the address he gave when he signed-into the St Ives Arts Club, although his work had been referred to on the 1899 Show Day.

He returned to Cornwall briefly in 1909 when he lived in Woodlane, Falmouth, but by 1912 he was living in Teignmouth, Devon and by 1917 in Kings Road, London. From 1923 he was in Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, and was good friends with D W Herdman, curator of the Cheltenham Art Gallery.

He may, therefore, have helped with the organisation of the St Ives Artists' Cheltenham Exhibition of 1925 (and he also contributed six works for that show). Although he was accepted as a member of STISA in 1929, his contributions were sparse, and he did not feature in their 1936 Cheltenham Touring Show.

media

Painter of coastal scenes, and Cotswold landscapes

works and access

Works include: Her Last Moorings, Falmouth and Teignmouth (1925); Newnham (6.5 x 9.5) Oil on wood (Private collection)

Access to work: Cheltenham Art Gallery

exhibitions

RA (10) 1915

Cheltenham (6) Exhibition of St Ives Artists 1925

STISA 1932 Touring Show

Cheltenham 1942 Memorial Show

Paris Salon

L; LS; RHA; ROI; RWA

memberships

ROI 1919

STISA 1929-c1933

misc further info

Correspondent (2011) has small painting of Newnham, signed R Heyworth ROI and dedicated to a friend (name indecipherable), being an oil painting of part of the town on wood.

references

Hardie (2009) Artists in Newlyn and West Cornwall (p330)

Tovey  (2003) Creating a Splash

Whybrow (1994) St Ives (1883-1900 list)

The Year's Art 1910-11