Fairlie Harmar
Fairlie Harmar, Viscountess Harberton (1876–1945) was an English painter. She was born in Weymouth, Dorset, and studied at the Slade School of Fine Art. Lady Harberton was married to Ernest Pomeroy, 7th Viscount Harberton.
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Fairlie Harmar
- Name
- Fairlie Harmar
- Birthplace
- Weymouth, England
- Died
- 1945
- Education
- Slade School of Fine Art
- Field
- Painting
- Spouse
- Ernest Pomeroy Fairlie Harmar, Viscountess Harberton (1876–1945) was an English painter.
- Born
- 1876 · Weymouth.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- painter
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Fairlie Harmar, Viscountess Harberton (1876–1945) was an English painter. She was born in Weymouth, Dorset, and studied at the Slade School of Fine Art. Lady Harberton was married to Ernest Pomeroy, 7th Viscount Harberton.
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Whilst reviewing Lady Harberton's work in 1918, Ezra Pound thought she was a man, writing "Mr.
Fairlie Harmar studied at Slade School of Fine Art. The field of work recorded is painting. Work by Fairlie Harmar is recorded in the collections of Ashmolean Museum, Walker Art Gallery, Manchester Art Gallery, Royal Pump Rooms and Wolverhampton Art Gallery.
• Name — Fairlie Harmar • Birthplace — Weymouth, England • Died — 1945 • Education — Slade School of Fine Art • Field — Painting • Spouse — Ernest Pomeroy Fairlie Harmar, Viscountess Harberton (1876–1945) was an English painter. She was born in Weymouth, Dorset, and studied at the Slade School of Fine Art. Lady Harberton was married to Ernest Pomeroy, 7th Viscount Harberton. As a Viscountess, she attended the 1937 Coronation, she smuggled in drawing paper to make sketches for a painting that was later in the Royal Collection. Whilst reviewing Lady Harberton's work in 1918, Ezra Pound thought she was a man, writing "Mr. F. Harmer [sic] has put good work into it".
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