Harry Becker (artist)

English artist (1865–1928)

Harry Becker (1865–1928) was an English painter, draughtsman and printmaker from East Anglia.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Harry Becker was born in Colchester, Essex in 1865.^[2] He studied at the Antwerp Academy in Belgium, and in the atelier of Carolus-Duran in Paris.^[2]^[3] He first went to London in 1913.^[1] He then moved to Wenhaston and Darsham.^[3]

He illustrated Adrian Bell's Suffolk trilogy (Cordoroy, Silver Ley, and The Cherry Tree).^[1]

His daughter Margaret Janet Becker wrote the History of Blythburgh and also regarding Wenhaston Church.

References

1 2 3 Andrew Lambirth, 'Exhibitions: Fresh and feisty', The Spectator, 13 November 2010, p. 61
1 2 3 Farming Monthly
1 2 3 "British Council". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
↑ "Victorian Art Gallery". Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
↑ "Wildlife Art Gallery". Archived from the original on 9 October 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2010.

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