Paul Henry (1876-1958) Flashcards
1
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(1) Where was Paul Henry born?
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- Belfast.
2
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(1) When did he move to Paris (2) and where did he go to pursue his artistic career?
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- He moved to Paris in 1898.
2. Academie Julian and the studio of American artist James MacNeill Whistler.
3
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(1) What did he work as in England?
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- He worked as an art teacher and illustrator.
4
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(1) Where did he move to in 1910 and live for 9 years?
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- Achill Island with his wife Grace.
5
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(1) What did he paint during those years?
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- He painted small paintings of local people going about their daily tasks, farming and fishing.
E.g. The Potato Diggers painted in 1912.
- Influence of Millet as well as the more modern van Gogh and Daumier.
6
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(1) What style was Paul Henry starting to develop?
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- He was beginning to develop an individual style of impasto painting, giving careful thought on composition and colour.
- He eventually moved onto landscape paintings with figures appearing less often.
7
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(1) Dawn, Killary Harbour: Composition and Colour.
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- A small foreground area of heathery hillside and rocks creates a contract to the increasingly pale distance stretching out below.
- Atmosphere of misty light.
- Increasingly cool and pale colours create distance.
8
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(1) Dawn, Killary Harbour: Style and Technique.
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- Flat surface and delicate tones.
- Oil paint is applied thinly and is more brushed out.
9
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(1) When did Paul Henry move to Dublin (2) and what/why did he associate himself with?
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- He moved to Dublin in the 1920’s.
- He became involved with modern painters and the Society of Dublin Painters.
- They were dissatisfied with the RHA.
10
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(1) What painting did Paul Henry produce in the 1930’s?
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- Paul Henry painted A Connemara Village between 1930 and 1933.
- The forms of the turf stacks, cottages, and the clouds are almost sculpted from differently angled brush strokes.
