- Henri Tebbitt
Henri Tebbitt (1852 - 1926) was an English-Australian painter.
Tebbit was born in
Paris of English parents in 1852. He was self-taught as an artist and after travelling in various countries settled in England. Anoil painting by him, "Wet Weather", was shown at theRoyal Academy exhibition of 1884. Coming toAustralia in 1889 he did a large amount of work particularly inwater-colour . His pictures for a time were very popular with the public, and examples were acquired for theBrisbane ,Hobart , Launceston,Bendigo and Geelong galleries.He died in 1926. Although his standing as an artist was not high, Tebbitt was a man of some character with a philosophic mind. Speaking of his own work in his manuscript autobiography at the Mitchell library,
Sydney , he said: "I have simply endeavoured, perhaps with a vision obscured, to reproduce as faithfully as I could, nature as I see it, and if my efforts are indifferent, no one regrets it more than I do."References
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