Additional information
| Artist | Haslehust |
|---|---|
| Country | British |
| Region | European |
ArtistHaslehust, Ernet William
Artist Years1866-1949
Artist NationalityBritish
TitleThe Nuns Garden
Year1888
MediumDrawing > Watercolor
DimensionsComposition: 16 X 20 inches
Description
Watercolors on wove paper, signed lower right.
Accession NumberTC1777
NotesErnest William Haslehust was an English landscape painter and book illustrator who worked in watercolors.
Haslehust was born in Walthamstow in Essex (now part of Greater London), the son of William Henry Haslehust, and studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London under Alphonse Legros. He was a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI), Royal Society of British Artists (RBA), Royal West of England Academy (RWA) and Royal British Colonial Society of Artists (RBC), and exhibited regularly at many venues including the Royal Academy in London. He also designed posters for the LNER and LMS railway companies, and his art was featured in many magazines of the day including the Illustrated London News and The Tatler.
He was a prolific painter of British landscapes in watercolor. One book he worked on was I Wish I Could Paint (The Studio, London, 1945. 96 p., 4º) with the text by Percy Bradshaw.
(source: wikipedia.org)