DUDLEY HARDY. Containing 56 Examples of the Artist's Work in Brush, Pen, and Pencil. by HARDY, Dudley: JOHNSON, A.E

1930. London, A. & C. Black, Ltd., 1930. 15.5 x 22cm. (8), 55 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original illustrated hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the series "Brush, Pen and Pencil". Dudley Hardy (1867 – 1922) was an English painter and illustrator. In 1882 he attended the Düsseldorf Academy where he remained for three years. After a further two years' study in Paris and at Antwerp Academy he returned to England to live and work in London. In 1885 Hardy began exhibiting at the Royal Academy, an association that lasted to his death. The preferred subjects for his work became the Middle East and Brittany; painting scenes of desert life and Breton peasantry. His interest in illustration led to the production of French graphic influenced poster imagery, most notably the Yellow Girl advertisement for Today magazine, and Gaiety Girls, a series of posters depicting actresses of the Gaiety Theatre. Much of Hardy's illustrative work is held at the Victoria and… Read More