Thomas Bush Hardy

Dieppe – The Artists – Hardy, Thomas Bush

This page forms part of a series of pages dedicated to the many artists who painted in Dieppe. A full list of all the artists with a link to their works can be found at the bottom of this page.

Thomas Bush Hardy
Thomas Bush Hardy

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Thomas Bush Hardy (1842 – 1897) was a British marine painter and watercolorist. Hardy was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire on 3 May 1842. As a young man he travelled in the Netherlands and Italy.

In 1884 Hardy was elected a Member of the Royal Society of British Artists. He exhibited with the Society and also at the Royal Academy. His paintings feature coastal scenes in England and the Netherlands, the French Channel ports and the Venetian Lagoon.

Hardy had nine children. His son Dudley Hardy was a painter, illustrator and poster designer. His daughter Dorothy received an MBE after working as a nurse in the First World War.

He died on 15 December 1897 in Maida Vale, London.

Click here to read Hardy’s bio on Wikipedia.

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1889 - Thomas Bush Hardy - Entrance to Dieppe
1889 – Thomas Bush Hardy – Entrance to Dieppe

Hardy painted mostly along the French harbours, but he did manage a few paintings inland. Here are all the places he painted in France (a link “⇠” to his works will appear when published):

  • Centre-Val de Loire
    • Amboise
    • Blois
  • Hauts-de-France
    • Boulogne-sur-Mer
    • Calais
    • Dunkerque
  • Normandy

Dieppe in Normandy was a popular place for artists to come and apply their art. Here is a list, non exhaustive, of the artists that painted in Dieppe.

A link (“⇠”) to the artist’s works will appear when published (a “*” indicates that the artist did not work directly in Dieppe, instead worked in nearby villages):

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