1. Heywood Hardy was a British artist, in particular an animal painter and painter of horse riding scenes.
12 Facts About Heywood Hardy
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Heywood Hardy was born on 25 November 1842 at Chichester in Sussex, the youngest of ten children of the artist James Hardy senior and his wife Elizabeth.
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When he was 17 years old Heywood Hardy left the family home in Bath after an argument with his quick-tempered father and removed to Keynsham near Bristol.
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In 1870 Heywood Hardy removed to St John's Wood in London and established himself as an animal painter.
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Heywood Hardy made illustrations for Garrod's research on the horse gait.
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Heywood Hardy painted three winners of the Grand National for their owners.
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Heywood Hardy was much in demand to paint equestrian portraits and pictures of the most famous Hunts and foxhounds of his day.
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In 1909 Heywood Hardy returned to live in Sussex, at East Preston, a few minutes walk from the beach.
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Heywood Hardy was a founder member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, a founder member of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers, a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, and an Associate of the Royal Watercolour Society.
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Heywood's father was originally a musician and three uncles played in the Royal Private Band of Music, including his uncle William Hardy who was Conductor of Queen Adelaide's Private Band.
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Heywood Hardy often participated in musical evenings, as a singer and musician, in the country houses that he visited to paint portraits and pictures of horses and dogs.
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In 1868 Heywood Hardy married Mary Beechey, daughter of Rear-Admiral Frederick William Beechey, FRS, President of the Royal Geographical Society.