Captain Martin Hardie, the artist, sketching in Italy.

Martin Hardie (1875-1952) was painter, printmaker, writer and museum curator.[1]

Born in London, Hardie was an expert on watercolours, and painted many himself. He was a member of the Royal Watercolour Society.[2]

In 1921 Hardie was appointed Keeper of the Department of Prints and Drawings at the Victoria & Albert Museum,[3] a position he kept until his retirement in 1935.[1] James Laver, who worked under him, described him as 'the most considerate of chiefs, the most helpful of guides, the most delightful of friends' and said 'his is a refined and delicate talent founded upon good draftsmanship and an exquisite sense of atmosphere'.[2]


In July 1925 he exhibited 6 works in the Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Australian Painter-Etchers’ Society, held at Art Gallery, Education Department, Sydney, NSW., (Catalogue of the Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Australian Painter-Etchers' Society, July 1925)

Published writing

  • Watercolour Painting in Britain, posthumously published in 3 volumes between 1966 and 1968.[2]
Volume I: The Eighteenth Century (1966), London: B. T. Batsford
Volume II: The Romantic Period (1967), London: B. T. Batsford
Volume III: The Victorians (1968), London: B. T. Batsford

References

  1. 1 2 "Hardie, Martin, 1875–1952". artuk.org. Art UK. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Martin Hardie". www.tonbridgehistory.org.uk. Tonbridge Historical Society.
  3. ↑ Stocker, Mark. "A Suffolk Bridge". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
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