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1871 Huddersfield, England - 1950. Known for: Paintings of coastal landscape, historical buildings, cityscape , harbours.
Born in Huddersfield, Hurst Balmford studied at the Royal College of Art and at Academie Julian in Paris in 1898. Initially an architect, Balmford was an art master at Morecambe School of Art where... Read full biography
Born in Huddersfield, Hurst Balmford studied at the Royal College of Art and at Academie Julian in Paris in 1898. Initially an architect, Balmford was an art master at Morecambe School of Art where he later became Headmaster. He began exhibiting in 1914 and achieved early success with 'The Jetty,... Read full biography
Born in Huddersfield, Hurst Balmford studied at the Royal College of Art and at Academie Julian in Paris in 1898. Initially an architect, Balmford was an art master at Morecambe School of Art where he later became Headmaster. He began exhibiting in 1914 and achieved early success with 'The Jetty, Polperro' at the Royal Academy in 1917, while living in Great Eccleston, Lancashire. From 1924 to 1937 he spent a great deal of time in Cornwall, with a studio in St Ives for much of the late 1920s and... Read full biography
Born in Huddersfield, Hurst Balmford studied at the Royal College of Art and at Academie Julian in Paris in 1898. Initially an architect, Balmford was an art master at Morecambe School of Art where he later became Headmaster. He began exhibiting in 1914 and achieved early success with 'The Jetty, Polperro' at the Royal Academy in 1917, while living in Great Eccleston, Lancashire. From 1924 to 1937 he spent a great deal of time in Cornwall, with a studio in St Ives for much of the late 1920s and early 1930s. During this time, he became a member of the St Ives Society of Artists and exhibited in Newlyn and annually at the Royal Academy. His fascination for Cornish coastlines and harbours is evident from his numerous oils and watercolours of... Read full biography
Born in Huddersfield, Hurst Balmford studied at the Royal College of Art and at Academie Julian in Paris in 1898. Initially an architect, Balmford was an art master at Morecambe School of Art where he later became Headmaster. He began exhibiting in 1914 and achieved early success with 'The Jetty, Polperro' at the Royal Academy in 1917, while living in Great Eccleston, Lancashire. From 1924 to 1937 he spent a great deal of time in Cornwall, with a studio in St Ives for much of the late 1920s and early 1930s. During this time, he became a member of the St Ives Society of Artists and exhibited in Newlyn and annually at the Royal Academy. His fascination for Cornish coastlines and harbours is evident from his numerous oils and watercolours of this subject matter. Balmford’s impressionist style attracts a number of collectors and his paintings hang in t... Read full biography
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Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Harbor, Harbour View
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Cornwall, England
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •Royal Academy of Arts School (Schools) of London, Student
- •South Kensington Art School, Royal College of Art, Student
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- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing