Charles Napier Hemy

"Waiting", an 1895 painting by Charles Napier Hemy

Charles Napier Hemy (May 24, 1841 - September 30, 1917) was a British painter best known for his marine paintings and his two paintings in the Tate collections.

He was born to a musical family at Newcastle-on-Tyne^[1] and his two brothers, Thomas and Bernard, were also painters. He trained in the Government School of Design, Newcastle, followed by the Antwerp Academy and the studio of Baron Leys. He returned to London in the 1870s and in 1881 moved to Falmouth in Cornwall. He produced painted figure and landscapes, but is best known works are Pilchards (1897) and London River (1904) which are in the Tate collections. Elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1898 and an Academician in 1910, he was also honoured as an Associate of the Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours in 1890 and became a member in 1897. He died in Falmouth on September 30, 1917.^[2]

References

1. ^ Grove Art article by Andrew Greg
2. ^ "The History of Cornwall in 100 Objects". Western Morning News. 27 July 2011 p. 13.

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

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Tate Collection [1]

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Name	Hemy, Charles Napier
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Date of birth	May 24, 1841
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Date of death	September 30, 1917
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