Henry Strachey (artist)

Henry Strachey (artist)

Henry Strachey (known as Harry) was an English painter and art critic.

He was born in 1863, the son of Sir Edward Strachey and was a cousin of Lytton Strachey.

He studied at the Slade School and exhibited widely between 1888 and 1923 at many galleries and shows, including the Royal Society of Artists in Birmingham (four times), the Grosvenor Gallery, the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (twice), the London Salon (eight times), the New English Art Club, the New Gallery (three times) and the Royal Academy (ten times).

He was an accomplished portrait painter and amongst his subjects, in 1914, was the 7 year old Brenda Capron who is better known under her married name as the artist Brenda Pye.

He was the Art Critic of the Spectator 1896-1922.

References

* Jane Johnson and A. Greutzner, "Dictionary of British Artists 1880-1940", 1976.


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