Movement, Style, School or Type of Art:
Barbizon School > Impressionism
Date and Place of Birth:
October 26, 1831, Dublin, Ireland
Life:
Born to an artistic Dublin family, Hone was the most significant Irish landscapist of the 19th century. Though educated as an engineer, he preferred painting and could afford to switch careers. (Already independently wealthy, he'd married the Jameson whiskey heiress.) A key member of the Barbizon School, and known as one of the so-called "Irish Impressionists," he settled down in his native land to become a Professor of Painting and create his broad, harmonious scapes in oils and watercolors.
Important Works:
- Banks of the Seine, Near Paris, 1866
- The Boundary Fence, Forest of Fontainebleau, 1868
- Gathering Seaweed on the Strand, Malahide, ca. 1890
- Pastures at Malahide, ca. 1894-96
Date and Place of Death:
October 14, 1917, Dublin, Ireland
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