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John Wesley Hardrick (1891-1968)
A highly important African-American painter from Indianapolis, Hardrick (sometimes spelled Hardwick) studied at the John Herron Art Institute (Indianapolis), and exhibited at the 10th Annual Exhibition of Works by Indiana Artists in 1917, with fellow African-American painter, W. E. Scott. He shared a studio with Hale Woodruff for a time in the 1920s and exhibited with him in 1927 at the Art Institute of Chicago. He also was included in [...] Click here to continue reading.
Simon Hardime (Flemish, 1664/72 to 1737)
Born at Antwerp in 1664 or 1672, Hardime taught painting to his brother Pieter, and eventually moved to London in 1720. He remained there, a successful painter of floral still lifes, until his death in 1737.
Emmanuel Hannaux
Emmanuel Hannaux (French, 1855 to 1934), sculptor, won second place at the Universelle Exposition of 1900. He was second in the Prix de Rome 1880. In 1884 he became an Associate of the Artistes des Francaise. He was made a chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1886 and in 1903 he won the Medal of Honor.
Hildegarde Hume Hamilton (1898-1970)
By Debbie Hughes, granddaughter of Hildegarde Hume Hamilton, written in 2004.
Growing up, I remember with fondness the visits to Hildegarde’s house in Fort Lauderdale. She lived in a small house in front of a canal with a huge banyan tree in the front yard. The house always smelled of oil paint and her paintings were stacked up everywhere, on the mantel, on the furniture, walls – all [...] Click here to continue reading.
Hamilton Hamilton (1847-1928)
Of Scottish descent and born in Oxford, England, Hamilton Hamilton became a renowned American landscape and portrait painter and illustrator. He traveled widely, which meant that his landscape subjects included France, England, the American West, and the states of New York and Connecticut. Hamilton Hamilton emigrated with his family to Cowlesville, New York, a rural community near Buffalo, when he was a child, but he spent most of his life in [...] Click here to continue reading.
Theora Hamblett (Mississippi, 1893 to 1977)
Theora Hamblett was born in 1893 and grew up on her father’s farm in Lafayette County, Mississippi. She attended a small school in Paris, about a mile from her home, and eventually became a teacher. For fifteen years she taught in a one-room schoolhouse. Caring for her ailing mother required Hamblett to leave her teaching position, and move to Oxford in 1939. There she bought a Victorian home [...] Click here to continue reading.
William Weeks Hall (American/Louisiana 1895-1958)
William Weeks Hall was the only child of Lily Weeks and Gilbert Lewis Hall, the third generation owners of the Shadows-on-the-Teche plantation in New Iberia (today the only National Trust property in Louisiana). Although he never graduated from high school, Hall’s artistic abilities were recognized when he earned scholarships to study at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Hall had a deep appreciation for the Shadows and restored the [...] Click here to continue reading.
Harry Hall (1814-1882)
Harry Hall, British, started his career at Tattersall’s Equine Sales Company in London. He was a contributor to the Tattersall’s British Racehorses and Sporting Review and he also was an illustrator for The London Illustrated News. Hall was the major racehorse portraitist of his time, providing an invaluable record of all the best horses of the period. He filled the gap left by John F. Herring Sr. of portraits of Classic [...] Click here to continue reading.
George Henry Hall (1825 – 1913
George Henry Hall was born in Manchester, New Hampshire on September 21, 1825. His father moved the family to Boston when his son was four years old. He began his career as an artist at the age of 16. In 1849 he traveled with his friend Eastman Johnson to Dusseldorf, Germany. Hall studied at the Konigliche Akademie for about a year, and continued his studies for two more [...] Click here to continue reading.
Gutta Percha
Gutta percha is defined as a tough plastic substance made from the latex of several Malaysian trees (generally Payena and Palaquium) of the sapodilla family that resembles rubber but contains more resin, and is used especially as insulation and in dentistry.
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