Nathaniel Hill
Nathaniel Hill (1861–1930) was an Irish impressionist painter.
Nathaniel Hill
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- Born
- 1861 · Drogheda.
- Nationality
- Ireland
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- landscape · genre · portrait
- Education
- National College of Art and Design
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Nathaniel Hill (1861–1930) was an Irish impressionist painter.
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Hill was born in Drogheda, Ireland. From 1877 to 1880 he studied at the Metropolitan School of Art in Dublin, where he was a contemporary of Roderic O'Conor, Walter Osborne, and Joseph Malachy Kavanagh. During the 1880s he made visits to Brittany in the company of Osborne and O'Conor. He painted rural scenes, as well as peasants and country imagery. A fine example of his portrait style - Hill's late 19th Century portrait of the brewer and banker Thomas Plunkett Cairnes - is held at the Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda. This work is one of his portraits of prominent Drogheda citizens of that period. Hill died at Betws-y-Coed, North Wales, in 1930.
Nathaniel Hill RHA (1860-1930)ConvalescentOil on canvas, 103 x 79cmSigned with initialsExhibited: Taylor Scholarship, Royal Dublin Society, 1883, entitled 'Convalescence'; Royal Hibernian Society, 1884, Catalogue No. 258, entitled 'Convalescent'Literature: J. Campbell, 'Hill, Nathaniel', in Painting, 1600-1900, ed. by N. Figgis, RIA/Yale, 2014, p.301.Provenance: Taylor Scholarship, RDS, 1883; McCo
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![Nathaniel Hill RHA (1860-1930) PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG BOY, CLOGHERHEAD, 1894 and PORTRAIT OF POPPY, 1889 (A PAIR) pencil; (2) signed and dated [Jan 7 1889] on contents page of magazine; drawings inscribed and dated, lower left and lower right respectively h:12.25 w:9 in. A similar portrait in pencil of fellow artist Walter Osborne can be found in the collection of the National Gallery of Ireland, see](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Nathaniel_Hill_-_f4647709ac_%282%29.jpg/600px-Nathaniel_Hill_-_f4647709ac_%282%29.jpg)
Nathaniel Hill RHA (1860-1930) PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG BOY, CLOGHERHEAD, 1894 and PORTRAIT OF POPPY, 1889 (A PAIR) pencil; (2) signed and dated [Jan 7 1889] on contents page of magazine; drawings inscribed and dated, lower left and lower right respectively h:12.25 w:9 in. A similar portrait in pencil of fellow artist Walter Osborne can be found in the collection of the National Gallery of Ireland, see
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Drogheda.
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- 1.GOOSE GIRL IN A BRETTON FARMYARD. Highlanes Gallery.
- 2.November 2021.
- 3.Highlanes Gallery. PORTRAIT OF THOMAS PLUNKETT CAIRNES.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- "Nathaniel Hill (1861-1934)", 29 January 2000. Retrieved 2 August 2006.
- "The Irish Impressionists, Irish Artists in France and Belgium 1850-1914". Julian Campbell. National Gallery of Ireland. 1984
- "Irish Art from Nathaniel Hone to Nano Reid: The Drogheda Municipal Art Collection in Context". Dr Denise Ferran. Highlanes Gallery (Drogheda). 2006
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