Edward Atkinson Hornel: Difference between revisions

'''Edward Atkinson Hornel''' (17 July 1864 – 30 June 1933) was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] painter of landscapes, flowers, and foliage, with children. He was a cousin of [[James Hornell]]. His contemporaries in the [[Glasgow Boys]] called him '''Ned Hornel'''.

Hornel was born in [[Bacchus Marsh]], Victoria, Australia, of Scottish parents, and he was brought up and lived practically all his life in Scotland after his family moved back to [[Kirkcudbright]] in 1866.<ref name=McConkeyRobins>{{Cite book|last1=McConkey |first=Kenneth |last2=Robins |first2=Anna Gruetzner |title=Impressionism in Britain |year=1995 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-06334-9|page=139 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pA57l4r29OkC&pg=PA139 |accessdate=4 January 2012 }}</ref> He studied for three years at the art school at [[Edinburgh]], and for two years in [[Antwerp]] under [[Charles Verlat]]. Returning from Antwerp in 1885, he met [[George Henry (painter)|George Henry]] and associated himself with the [[Glasgow Boys]].

Hornel and Henry collaborated upon ''The Druids Bringing in the Mistletoe'' (1890), a procession of [[druid]]ic priests bringing in the sacred [[mistletoe]], gorgeous with [[polychrome]] and gold. The two worked side by side to achieve decorative splendor of colorcolour, Hornel boldly and freely employing texture effects produced by loading and scraping, roughening, smoothing, and staining. In 1893–94 (funded by [[William Burrell]] via their friend and art dealer [[Alex Reid (art dealer)|Alexander Reid]]<ref>Alexander Reid in Context, Frances Fowle,_vol1</ref>) the two artists spent a year and a half in Japan, where Hornel learned much about decorative design and spacing. In this period they met the resident British artist, Percy Sturdee.<ref>Alexander Reid in Context, Frances Fowle,_vol1</ref>

Towards the close of the 1890s Hornel's colorscolours, while preserving their glow and richness, became more refined and more atmospheric, and his drawing more naturalistic, combining sensuous appeal with emotional and poetic significance. In 1901 he declined election to the [[Royal Scottish Academy]]. A member of [[Glasgow Art Club]], Hornel exhibited in the club's annual exhibitions.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19091204&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Glasgow Herald article 4 December 1909 ‘’The Glasgow Art Club – Interesting Exhibition’’] Retrieved 2011-08-17</ref><ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZpNAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NKUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4970,385680&dq=glasgow+art+club&hl=en Glasgow Herald article 3 March 1923 ‘’ Glasgow Art Club - a notable spring show’’] Retrieved 2011-08-17</ref>

*[http://www.exploreart.co.uk/artist_display.asp?SF1=sort_name&ST1=HORNELEDWARDATKINSON Hornel at Exploreart] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013080252/http://www.exploreart.co.uk/artist_display.asp?SF1=sort_name&ST1=HORNELEDWARDATKINSON |date=13 October 2013 }}

[[Category:LandscapeScottish landscape artists]]