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 James
Duffield Harding was an English painter, engraver and writer. He
received his first lessons in painting from his father, J. Harding (d.
1846), who was a pupil of Paul Sandby (1731-1809). By 1807 the family
had moved to Greenwich where Harding spent much of his time drawing and
painting in Greenwich Park. In 1811, at the age of 14, he exhibited for
the first time at the Royal Academy. He had lessons in watercolour
painting from Samuel Prout (1783-1852) and in 1816 he won the Society of
Arts silver medal for landscape painting. He frequently contributed to
the exhibitions of the Water-Colour Society, of which he became an
associate in 1821 and a full member the following year. He was also
largely engaged in teaching, and published several books developing his
views of art-amongst others: The Tourist in Italy (1831), The Tourist in France (1834), The Park and the Forest (1841), The Principles and the Practice of Art (1845), Elementary Art (1846), Scotland Delineated in a Series of Views (1847) and Lessons on Art (1849). He also learnt engraving from John Pye (1782-1874) and subsequently became a skilled engraver and lithographer.
Collections
James Duffield Harding is represented in the following collections,
among others: Art Institute of Chicago; the Fine Arts Museum of San
Francisco; the Fitzwilliam Museum at the University of Cambridge, UK;
the Louvre, Paris; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, U.S.A.; the
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; the Courtauld Institute of Art, London;
the Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts; the Indianapolis
Museum of Art, Indiana; Norwich Museum, UK; the Tate Gallery, London;
The Huntington Library, California; The Wallace Collection, London; Tyne
& Wear Museum, Berwick upon Tweed, UK.
Source:
Sphinx Fine Art
http://www.sphinxfineart.com/Harding-James-Duffield-DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=45&tabindex=44&artistid=66627
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