HAROLD HARVEY | Feeding the Calves
Oil on canvas
30.5 x 36 cms / 12 x 14 inches
Signed and dated 'Harold Harvey 1906' (lower left)
Harold Harvey’s Feeding the Calves captures the golden glow of early evening in the Cornish countryside, where children and young South Devon calves share a quiet moment of trust. Painted in 1906, this luminous work embodies the poetic realism of the Newlyn School, blending impressionistic brushwork with delicate light and colour. A tender tribute to rural life, this exquisite painting invites collectors to experience its timeless charm at Gladwell & Patterson.
Harold Harvey (1874-1941) was born in Penzance and is recognised as one of the leading painters of the Newlyn School, characterised a focus on local communities captured with a light, en-plein-air technique. Known for his evocative landscapes and charming pastoral paintings of peasant life and fishermen, he practiced in Cornwall for most of his career.
Having become an artist against his father’s wishes, Harvey would travel to Paris to study at the Académie Julian. Here he would be greatly influenced by the work of Jules Bastien-Lepage, combining realist style with a direct connection to the communities in which he painted.
Harvey’s impressionistic style and sincere connection to his rural subjects would bring him great acclaim, firstly as a member of the Newlyn School and then on the national stage. Exhibiting at the RA before the age of twenty-five he would continue to be featured in exhibitions across Britain during his fifty-year career
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