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Thomas Bush Hardy (1842, Sheffield – 1897, Maida Vale, London) was a British marine painter and watercolourist.

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Biography

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Hardy was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire on 3 May 1842. As a young man he travelled in the Netherlands and Italy.

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In 1884 Hardy was elected a Member of the Royal Society of British Artists. He exhibited with the Society and also at the Royal Academy.

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His paintings feature coastal scenes in England and the Netherlands, the French Channel ports and the Venetian Lagoon.

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He died on 15 December 1897 in Maida Vale, London.

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Hardy had nine children. His son Dudley Hardy was a painter, illustrator and poster designer. His daughter Dorothy received an MBE after working as a nurse in the First World War.

Works

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  • Schevening, the Netherlands (1873) is at Lamport Hall.
  • Towing Boats out of Calais (1878) is held at Laing Art Gallery.
  • Seascape (circa 1880) is held at Rotherham Museum and Galleries.
  • Landscape (1882) is held at The National Library of Wales.
  • Museums Sheffield holds Seascape (1887). It also holds two paintings, each called Sea Piece. One is dated 1880 and the other is undated.
  • Portsmouth Harbour (1891) is in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
  • Off the Dutch Coast (1896) is in the collection of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council.
  • A French Paddle Tug Bringing a Barque into Boulogne Harbour in Heavy Weather is in the National Maritime Museum.
  • View on the Grand Canal, Venice (1871),Calais (1886),Boulogne Harbour, and Fishing Boats at Sea are in the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection.
  • References

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