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P. Harland Fisher 1867-1944 Pastel An Evacuee 1940
We are pleased to offer for sale this emotive pastel entitled 'An Evacuee 1940' by the artist Percy Harland Fisher, who has signed the painting to the top right hand corner P. Harland Fisher. The painting depicts a three quanter length portrait of a young girl evacuiee in 1940, as inscribed on the label on the backboard by the artist, confirming his name and address as Gorseland, Woodland Road, Camberley, Surrey. The sweet young girl is wearing a pixie bonnet over her fair hair and is wearing a blue coat over her coral coloured jumper. She has blue eyes and a sad expression, unsurprisingly. She has her gas mask box over her shoulder and is cluthing the handle of an umbrella in both hands.
he evacuation of civilians in Britain during the Second World War was designed to defend individuals, especially children, from the risks associated with aerial bombing of cities by moving them to areas thought to be less at risk.
Under the name "Operation Pied Piper", the effort began on 1 September 1939 and officially relocated 1.5 million people. There were further waves of official evacuation and re-evacuation from the south and east coasts in June 1940, when a seaborne invasion was expected, and from affected cities after the Blitz began in September 1940. Official evacuations also took place from the UK to other parts of the British Empire,
Percy Harland Fisher was born on 3rd August, 1865, the youngest of three sons. All the Fisher boys attended Dulwich College, a school at that time well known for its artistic connections all three went on to become professional artists. His brothers, Melton and Horace, attended the Royal Academy schools where they both won gold medals and the prestigious travelling scholarship. They chose to tour the Continent, Melton settling in Venice where he married a Venetian and Horace settling in Capri, also marrying a local girl. Percy showed an early artistic talent, from the age of 17 he regularly exhibited at The Royal Academy. He followed his brothers to the Continent, spending time in Italy before settling in France where he met the artist Gwilt Jolley. In the summer of 1901 he and Jolley advertised in The Studio Magazine for an art class to be held in July at Montreuil sur Mer.
He returned to Britain in 1903 after suffering from repeated bouts of bronchitis. At that time Camberley, with its pine wood walks, was considered a healthy place to live for those with respiratory ailments. He took a studio in Plantation Row, Yorktown and developed a clientele from amongst the many army officers in the area. His pictures of children were particularly popular. Like many artists he also painted subjects of personal interest, for him it was the Romany families that lived on the local common. He also had a deep love of animals which often appeared in his more formal portraits.
Fisher continued to teach, running art classes during the summers. It was through one of these classes that he was introduced to Catherine Ethel Hudson, whom he married in 1911. They eventually settled in “Gorseland” on Woodland Road, although he kept his studio in Plantation Row. He was well known in the locality because he often recruited models for his private work from local schools. His wife was also fondly remembered, as she was often employed by Fisher to distract the young models with stories and games while they were sitting.
Percy Harland Fisher regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy and other important venues such as The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool and The Royal Society of Artists, London. He experimented with a wide variety of media and during the 1920s and 1930s increasingly working in pastel and exhibited regularly at The Royal Pastel Society.
His brothers joined Percy in Camberley towards the end of their lives. Melton died here in 1939. These pictures show a rare insight into a local artist’s life and provide a quiet commentary on an almost forgotten suburban way of life that existed during his life time. He died on 12th May, 1944.
Biography courtesy of Surrey Heath Museum.
The painting imounted with washlines and is framed in a wooded gilt frame, with painted band. It will be supplied with new brass hangers, new brass picture wire and will be ready to hang.
Image size: 23 1/4 x 17 1/2 inches - 59cm x 33.5cm
Frame size: 34 x 27 5/8 inches - 86.25cm x 70.25cm
Medium: Pastel
Condition: Very good. Ther is no foxing or damage and the mount and frame are in very good condition.
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he evacuation of civilians in Britain during the Second World War was designed to defend individuals, especially children, from the risks associated with aerial bombing of cities by moving them to areas thought to be less at risk.
Under the name "Operation Pied Piper", the effort began on 1 September 1939 and officially relocated 1.5 million people. There were further waves of official evacuation and re-evacuation from the south and east coasts in June 1940, when a seaborne invasion was expected, and from affected cities after the Blitz began in September 1940. Official evacuations also took place from the UK to other parts of the British Empire,
Percy Harland Fisher was born on 3rd August, 1865, the youngest of three sons. All the Fisher boys attended Dulwich College, a school at that time well known for its artistic connections all three went on to become professional artists. His brothers, Melton and Horace, attended the Royal Academy schools where they both won gold medals and the prestigious travelling scholarship. They chose to tour the Continent, Melton settling in Venice where he married a Venetian and Horace settling in Capri, also marrying a local girl. Percy showed an early artistic talent, from the age of 17 he regularly exhibited at The Royal Academy. He followed his brothers to the Continent, spending time in Italy before settling in France where he met the artist Gwilt Jolley. In the summer of 1901 he and Jolley advertised in The Studio Magazine for an art class to be held in July at Montreuil sur Mer.
He returned to Britain in 1903 after suffering from repeated bouts of bronchitis. At that time Camberley, with its pine wood walks, was considered a healthy place to live for those with respiratory ailments. He took a studio in Plantation Row, Yorktown and developed a clientele from amongst the many army officers in the area. His pictures of children were particularly popular. Like many artists he also painted subjects of personal interest, for him it was the Romany families that lived on the local common. He also had a deep love of animals which often appeared in his more formal portraits.
Fisher continued to teach, running art classes during the summers. It was through one of these classes that he was introduced to Catherine Ethel Hudson, whom he married in 1911. They eventually settled in “Gorseland” on Woodland Road, although he kept his studio in Plantation Row. He was well known in the locality because he often recruited models for his private work from local schools. His wife was also fondly remembered, as she was often employed by Fisher to distract the young models with stories and games while they were sitting.
Percy Harland Fisher regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy and other important venues such as The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool and The Royal Society of Artists, London. He experimented with a wide variety of media and during the 1920s and 1930s increasingly working in pastel and exhibited regularly at The Royal Pastel Society.
His brothers joined Percy in Camberley towards the end of their lives. Melton died here in 1939. These pictures show a rare insight into a local artist’s life and provide a quiet commentary on an almost forgotten suburban way of life that existed during his life time. He died on 12th May, 1944.
Biography courtesy of Surrey Heath Museum.
The painting imounted with washlines and is framed in a wooded gilt frame, with painted band. It will be supplied with new brass hangers, new brass picture wire and will be ready to hang.
Image size: 23 1/4 x 17 1/2 inches - 59cm x 33.5cm
Frame size: 34 x 27 5/8 inches - 86.25cm x 70.25cm
Medium: Pastel
Condition: Very good. Ther is no foxing or damage and the mount and frame are in very good condition.
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Category Antique Pictures / Engravings / Art
Date 1940
1940s Antiques Origin English
Item code as237a2492
Status For Sale
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€532.09
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