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1894 Bromley-by-Bow, London, England - 1980 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Known for: Rural landscape, figure, still life, streetscene and genre painting, monotypes.
Robert Newton Hurley LLD (1894 - 1980). "Mastery of the plain was the achievement of Englishman Robert Hurley. Diffident, slightly built, unlettered and untrained, Hurley was an unlikely giant... Read full biography
Robert Newton Hurley LLD (1894 - 1980). "Mastery of the plain was the achievement of Englishman Robert Hurley. Diffident, slightly built, unlettered and untrained, Hurley was an unlikely giant killer." Ronald Rees (1). A prominent western Canadian painter, printmaker and draftsman, Robert Newton... Read full biography
Robert Newton Hurley LLD (1894 - 1980). "Mastery of the plain was the achievement of Englishman Robert Hurley. Diffident, slightly built, unlettered and untrained, Hurley was an unlikely giant killer." Ronald Rees (1). A prominent western Canadian painter, printmaker and draftsman, Robert Newton Hurley (AKA: R.N. Hurley) was born in Bromley-by-Bow, London, England; immigrated to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1923; and died in Victoria, British Columbia, where he'd been living since 1963. Thousands... Read full biography
Robert Newton Hurley LLD (1894 - 1980). "Mastery of the plain was the achievement of Englishman Robert Hurley. Diffident, slightly built, unlettered and untrained, Hurley was an unlikely giant killer." Ronald Rees (1). A prominent western Canadian painter, printmaker and draftsman, Robert Newton Hurley (AKA: R.N. Hurley) was born in Bromley-by-Bow, London, England; immigrated to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1923; and died in Victoria, British Columbia, where he'd been living since 1963. Thousands of his iconic paintings of the Canadian prairies are in private and public collections. (2). His mediums included watercolor, gouache*, acrylic, charcoal, felt pen, pencil, colored pencil, wax crayon, mixed mediums, and monotype*. His subjects... Read full biography
Robert Newton Hurley LLD (1894 - 1980). "Mastery of the plain was the achievement of Englishman Robert Hurley. Diffident, slightly built, unlettered and untrained, Hurley was an unlikely giant killer." Ronald Rees (1). A prominent western Canadian painter, printmaker and draftsman, Robert Newton Hurley (AKA: R.N. Hurley) was born in Bromley-by-Bow, London, England; immigrated to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1923; and died in Victoria, British Columbia, where he'd been living since 1963. Thousands of his iconic paintings of the Canadian prairies are in private and public collections. (2). His mediums included watercolor, gouache*, acrylic, charcoal, felt pen, pencil, colored pencil, wax crayon, mixed mediums, and monotype*. His subjects included landscapes, railway tracks, telephone poles, snowscapes, farms, grain elevators, nudes, portraits, still lifes, genre*, aerial vi... Read full biography
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Robert Newton Hurley LLD (1894 - 1980)
"Mastery of the plain was the achievement of Englishman Robert Hurley. Diffident, slightly built, unlettered and untrained, Hurley was an unlikely giant killer." Ronald Rees (1)
A prominent western Canadian painter, printmaker and draftsman, Robert Newton Hurley (AKA: R.N. Hurley) was born in Bromley-by-Bow, London, England; immigrated to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1923; and died in Victoria, British Columbia, where he'd been living since 1963. Thousands of his iconic paintings of the Canadian prairies are in private and public collections. (2)
His mediums included watercolor, gouache*, acrylic, charcoal, felt pen, pencil, colored pencil, wax crayon, mixed mediums, and monotype*. H...But wait, there's more...
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