Description
Until now, surprisingly little was known about the vast majority of paintings and illustrations that Fred Hall produced and exhibited throughout his lifetime.
Originally from Yorkshire, the son of a doctor, Hall studied at Lincoln School of Art and finished his art training at Lincoln School of Art of Art and finished his art training at Verlat’s Academy in Antwep, where he absorbed the style and techniques of the new wave of social realist artists. This, along with painting in the open air, made him a natural candidate for the new art colony that was emerging in Newlyn in the far west of Cornwall.
He visited for the first time in 1884, joining the ranks of Stanhope Forbes, Walter Lngley and Edwin Harris, among other, and soon became an important and well-liked member of their close community until his departure in the late 1890s.
Roo Gunzi’s research reveals the breadth of Fred Hall’s considerable talent as an artist, from the earliest Royal Academy paintings made when living and working in Newlyn and his witty caricatures of fellow artists, to the Impressionist-inspired farming landscapes that he exhibited towards the end of his life.
