L Bernard Hall - Artist Info

About L Bernard Hall

Name variants

Bernard Hall, Bernhard Hall, Lindsay Bernard Hall
  • Biography

    Lindsay Bernard Hall (b. December 28, 1859 - d. February 14, 1935)

    He was born at Garston, Liverpool, England, the son of a broker of the same family as Captain Basil Hall, writer of books of travel. Hall was well educated and grew up in an atmosphere of culture. He studied painting at the South Kensington School of Art, Antwerp and Munich, and worked for several years in London. He exhibited at the Royal Academy and was one of the original members of the New English Art Club. On the death of George Frederick Folingsby in 1891 he was appointed director of the National Gallery of Victoria at Melbourne, and began his duties in March 1892. He held the position for 43 years and many of the well-known painte...

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