Harry Epworth Allen (1894–1958) was a painter, notably in tempera, especially of Derbyshire. Born in Sheffield, Allen attended King Edward VII School for boys, then became a clerk in the steel works of Arthur Balfour, in his spare time attending Sheffield Technical School of Art. Served in the Army in World War I, gaining the Military Medal for conspicuous gallantry. Although badly injured and having an artificial leg Allen continued to paint and became Balfour’s confidential secretary until the slump made Allen redundant in 1931. He now painted full-time and joined the new Yorkshire Group of Artists. Began exhibiting RA. Also showed with RSBA and PS. Although Allen’s early work is conventionally realistic he soon developed his distinctive style of simplified landscape and figure studies, which eventually were shown abroad in Canada and America.
In the early 1940s Allen published a series of articles in The Artist on landscape painting in which he expounded his approach. His work is in a number of provincial galleries, notably Sheffield, Wakefield, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Newport, as well as in Australia and New Zealand. Memorial show at Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, in 1959, which in 1986 held an exhibition of his decorative works, and tour. He lived in Ecclesall, Sheffield.
This is part 2 of a 2-part post on the works of Harry Epworth Allen: (Dates were not found for the remainder of works in this series)
Crowlink, Sussex
oil on board 45.8 x 62.2 cmDevil's Bridge, Kirby Lonsdale
watercolour 29 x 39 cm
Central House, DarlingtonDerbyshire Landscape near Haddon Hall
oil on canvas laid down on board 51 x 61 cmDerbyshire Countryside
tempera 15.5 x 20.5 cmEvening, Clifden Bay
pastel on board 28 by 38 cmEdward Carpenter's Cottage, Cordwell Valley
gouache 33 x 48 cmFarmhouse with Country Lane and Trees beyond
watercolour 30.7 x 39.5 cmFarm Shed
pastel 46.5 x 60 cmFell Scene
pastel 27.9 x 35.5 cmFrench Landscape
tempera on panel 24.5 x 25 cmFishermen mending nets on the Irish Coast
tempera 34 x 50 cm19 x 24 cmGalway Landscape
oil on canvas 38 x 39 cmHouses in a Country Landscape
gouache 32 x 48 cmIrish Peat Gatherers
pastel 27 x 34 cmIrish Landscape, Lake and Mountains
pastel 28 x 38 cmKildonan, Isle of Arran
pastel 25 x 36 cmKeel Lake, Achill Island
oil on board 35.5 x 51 cm
National Trust, Mount Stewart, NewtownardsLusk Village
oil on canvas laid on board 49.5 x 59.5 cmLithlingow, Sheffield
gouache 24.8 x 33 cmPolperro
watercolour 16 x 21 cmRough Road through a Landscape
pen and ink with watercolour 25 by 38cmRocky Landscape
oil on plywood 46.5 x 51 cm
Government Art Collection, LondonRoad to the Black Hill, Donegal
tempera on millboard 36 x 51 cmSir Francis Chantry's birthplace, Jordonthorpe Farm
gouache 34 x 50 cmShawlie and Cottages, West of Ireland
pastel 26 x 33.5 cmScarborough Castle
oil on board 34.5 x 49.5 cmStreet Scene with three Women
tempera on card 21 x 17 cmSoldier taking refreshment
pencil 46 x 30 cmThe Stalactites
pastel on board 36 x 50 cmThe Old Post Office, Norton
tempera on board 27 x 37 cmThe Farmyard
tempera on board 36.8 x 48.2 cmThe Bog Road
tempera on board 26 x 36 cmValle Crucis Abbey, Llangollan
oil on board 50.8 x 71.2 cmWhitby Fishermen mending their Nets on Fish Quay
tempera 34 x 50 cmWest of Ireland Village
pastel on card 24 x 34 cmWest Gate Southampton
woodcut on paper 22 x 18.4 cmWardlow Mires, Derbyshire
wood engraving on Japan paper 17.6 x 25.5 cm (image)
