Harry Fidler was a British painter known for including farm animals and especially horses in his impressionistic paintings, typically using heavy impasto.
10 Facts About Harry Fidler
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Harry Fidler did not train as an artist until his early thirties.
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Harry Fidler was the ninth of ten children with a number of artistically gifted siblings.
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Harry Fidler attended Herkomer's School at Bushey which was a Hertfordshire school later well known for animal painting.
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Harry Fidler had a studio in an old Methodist Chapel in Teffont Magna and their first home was in Salisbury.
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Harry Fidler frequently included farm animals and especially working horses in his paintings with a heavy style.
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Harry Fidler frequently used poor quality canvas and inadequate ground which means that his work can require early restoration.
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Harry Fidler joined the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Royal Society of British Artists.
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Harry Fidler successfully exhibited several large canvases at the Royal Academy.
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Laura Harry Fidler died in 1936 and her work has on occasion been wrongly attributed to her husband.